Box Score SEWANEE, Tenn. (April 2, 2016) – Four goals by Hayden Hunt, three by Robbie Berndt, and 10 saves by Selby Austin led the Sewanee men's lacrosse team to a 13-6 win over Southern Athletic Association (SAA) rival Berry, Saturday, at historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium.
The Tigers are now 8-3 overall and 5-0 in SAA action. Sewanee has won five straight matches and are also 4-0 at home. In fact, the Tigers have not lost a home match since April 27, 2014.
Sewanee opened the match as Will Pratt scored a man-up goal by Brooks Young in the eighth minute. After Berry tied the match at 1-1, Hunt and Berndt closed the first quarter with back-to-back goals.
In the second quarter Berndt pushed the Tiger lead to three with an early goal with less than a minute off the clock. After a goal by Wil Rainer and a man-up goal by Berry's McKinley Gannon, Pat DiMento scored off an assist from Cotter Brown with just over six minutes left before halftime.
Leading 6-4 with 10:54 left in the third quarter, Hunt got rolling. The first-year attacker netted two straight goals which pushed the Sewanee advantage to four, 8-4. Jimmy Parker then found Berndt less than a minute later to close the third quarter goals.
Finally, Cotter Brown, Hunt, Peter Brown, and Jake Pesetsky all closed the final 15 minutes of the match with goals.
Overall, Sewanee dominated in shots with a 53-32 advantage. The Tigers also finished with more clears and groundballs.
Along with his 10 saves, Austin finished with five groundballs. Additionally, on defense, George Pratt caused three turnovers.
Finally, Cason Liles finished 15-of-22 in faceoffs.
Emche led Berry's offense with two goals and two assists.
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