Box Score SALEM, Va. - The Sewanee men's lacrosse team suffered a 14-6 defeat to the Maroons of Roanoke College Saturday afternoon from Kerr Stadium.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Roanoke (1-1) 14, Sewanee (0-3) 6
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-Sewanee got the scoring going with 11:39 left in the opening quarter thanks to a Kip McGuire goal via a Cameron Acuff pass. However, the Maroons took their first lead of the game with back-to-back goals with 5:37 left in the opening quarter.
-34 seconds later, JoJo Fogarty found Kip McGuire's pass to even the game at two goals each with over five minutes left in the stanza.
-The Maroons, thanks to a man-up goal, reclaimed the lead with less than three minutes to go and added another one to push their lead back to two goals, 4-2.
-Sewanee got back in the contest in the final seconds of period with a Daniel Burnum goal to trail 4-3 after 15 minutes.
-The hosts scored three of the first four goals in the first eight minutes of the quarter, but Sewanee trailed 8-5 after two quarters of play.
-Roanoke put on the gas in the second half, allowing just one goal in the final 30 minutes and holding Sewanee scoreless for a period of over 25 minutes in the game. Meanwhile, the Maroon offense outscored the Tigers, 6-1, to secure the win.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
-Daniel Burnum led the Tigers with two goals on two shots, while Cameron Acuff, Drew Mullen, Kip McGuire and JoJo Fogarty each added a goal each.
-Charlie Warren won 13-of-20 faceoffs and collected six ground balls, while Hampton Brannon (0-3) stopped 22 shots.
ROANOKE KEY STATISTICS
-Jason Sarro totaled seven points with five goals and two assists to lead the Maroons.
-Matt Federau stopped seven of the 13 shots he faced, as the team held the Tigers to 19 shots in 60 minutes.
UP NEXT
Sewanee is back in action on Friday afternoon with a non-conference contest against Piedmont in Demorest, Ga.
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