аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Men's Lacrosse Wins in Overtime on Senior Day; Clinches GLVC Regular Season Title
Published: April 27, 2024.
The аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø men's lacrosse team won in overtime, 14-13, over No. 19 Rockhurst Saturday (April 27) on senior day at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Stadium. The win secures the Flyers a share of GLVC regular season title and the right to host the conference tournament next weekend.
After the game, the Flyers honored seniors (New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada/New Westminster Secondary School), (Woodstock, Illinois/St. Viator HS / Belmont Abbey College), (McHenry, Illinois/Marian Central Catholic HS), (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS), (Appleton, Wisconsin/St. Francis Xavier HS / Canisius College), (West St. Paul, Minnesota/St. Thomas Academy / Wesleyan University), (Crystal Lake, Illinois/Crystal Lake Central HS), (Eagan, Minnesota/Eagan HS) and Nate Matheu.
TEAM RECORDS
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 11-4 (5-1 GLVC) | No. 19 Rockhurst 10-4 (4-2 GLVC)
LEWIS LEADERS
³Ò´Ç²¹±ô²õ: (San Diego, California/Mt. Carmel HS / CCBC-Essex) (4), (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada/Claremont Secondary School) (3)
´¡²õ²õ¾±²õ³Ù²õ: Clement (3), (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada/St. Joseph HS / Genesee Community College) (2)
Ground Balls: Dominic Tarello (6), (Livonia, Michigan/St. Mary's Preparatory HS / University of Detroit Mercy) (6), (Chanhassen, Minnesota/Chanhassen HS) (6)
³§²¹±¹±ð²õ: Rathe (16)
GAME SUMMARY
FIRST QUARTER: Rockhurst 2, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 1
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø scored first as (Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada/Pitt Meadows Secondary School) found Dalep for the goal. Rockhurst struck back with a pair of goals to go ahead 2-1 before the end of the first quarter.
Rathe made six saves in the opening frame to help keep things close.
SECOND QUARTER: Rockhurst 4, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 2
The Hawks scored first in the second quarter before (Windsor, Ontario, Canada/St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic HS) got on the board for the Flyers to make it 3-2. Rockhurst scored the next two goals to push the lead to 5-2.
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø struck back as Clement found the back of the net with 5:15 left before the half. The Hawks scored one more goal in the frame to take a 6-3 lead into the half.
THIRD QUARTER: Rockhurst 4, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 4
Rockhurst scored the first two goals of the third to push the lead to a game-high five goals, 8-3. (Plymouth, Minnesota/Totino-Grace HS) scored the first goal of the second half for the Flyers before the Hawks scored again to make it 9-4.
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø then went on a charge, scoring the next three goals to get within two. Boyenko found Clement for the score, then Clement assisted Good for the next Flyers' goal.
(Springboro, Ohio/Springboro HS) scored next for аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø after taking a pass from Dalep to make it 9-7. Rockhurst scored one more goal before the quarter was over to take a 10-7 lead into the fourth.
Rathe made five more stops in the third quarter for the Flyers.
FOURTH QUARTER: аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 6, Rockhurst 3
The Hawks scored twice to open the final period and make its lead 12-7. Boyenko scored off of a great pass from McLean to make it 12-8.
Then, Boyenko found Kendrick for another goal to get аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø within three, but Rockhurst answered with a goal to bring its lead to 13-9. The Flyers responded as Dalep scored with an assist from Schermerhorn.
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø kept coming, with Clement assisting on goals by Schermerhorn and then Dalep to make it 13-12 with one minute to play. Then, with the Flyers a man up, Clement scooped up a ground ball and scored himself to tie it at 13.
OVERTIME: аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 1, Rockhurst 0
In overtime, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø won the draw and after a timeout Clement scored a wrap-around goal for the game-winner just 36 seconds in.
FINAL SCORE: аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø 14, Rockhurst 13
UP NEXT
аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø men's lacrosse will host the GLVC Tournament next weekend at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Íø Stadium. As the No. 1 seed, the Flyers will play No. 4 seed Indianapolis Thursday (May 2) at 4 p.m. CT.
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