SEWANEE, Tenn. - The University of the South men's lacrosse picked up an 8-7 victory over Birmingham-Southern College in a Southern Athletic Association (SAA) contest from historic Hardee-McGee Field at Harris Stadium.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final Score: Sewanee (6-3, 2-0) 8, Birmingham-Southern (5-5, 0-1) 7
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HOW IT HAPPENED
-The visitors from Birmingham netted the first goal with 5:21 left in the opening stanza.
-Following a BSC turnover after winning the face off, Sewanee's
Ashton Anton evened the game with a strike with 4:27.
-BSC was able to make it a 2-1 lead thanks to a Sewanee turnover on the ensuing face off.
-The Purple and White scored the equalizing goal from
Luke Valentine thanks to
Zach Crain's pass.
-Late in the period,
Phelps Thomas gave the Tigers the lead for good on a man-up goal. Prior to the goal, BSC was penalitized for unnecessary roughness.
-In the second quarter, Sewanee won all four face offs and limited BSC to one shot in the period to lead 6-2 at the break.
-A defensive third quarter, BSC broke the scoreless quarter with a goal with 3:34 left in the period. However, Sewanee made it a 7-3 lead with an
Ashton Anton goal from
Will Wyckoff.
-Despite a
Jack Westfall goal early in the fourth quarter, BSC made things interesting by cutting the deficit to one goal, 8-7, with 43 seconds to go.
-On the ensuing face off, BSC won the battle and had an extra-man opportunity thanks to an illegal body check by Sewanee. However,
Greg Ix saved the final attempt by Micah Finotti in the final seconds.
SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS
-
Phelps Thomas,
Luke Valentine and
Ashton Anton scored two goals each for Sewanee.
-Jore Orem forced three turnovers and picked up four ground balls.
-In goal,
Greg Ix (5-3) stopped 10 shots in full time.
BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN KEY STATISTICS
-Micah Finotti led all attackers with a hat trick, while Robert Marquet scored twice.
-Will Johns had an 11-of-19 performance at the face off, while Nathan Pepe stopped nine shots in 60 minutes for the Panthers.
UP NEXT
Sewanee continues the home stand on Tuesday with Augustana College (Ill.). Face off is schedule for 7 p.m. from Harris Stadium.
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