WINCHESTER, Va. – The Shenandoah University men's lacrosse team opened up its 2020 season with a dominant, 20-8, non-league victory over William Peace Saturday afternoon.
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Shenandoah (1-0) outscored the Pacers 7-3 in the opening stanza, led 10-5 at the half and then scored 10 of the final 13 goals of the contest to pull away.
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IN BRIEF
With the score tied at 3-3 following a
Chris Baker to
Patrick Welsh tally at 3:59 of the first, SU took total control by scoring four straight to finish the period.
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The goals came from four different men:
Logan Clingerman,
Drew Kagdis,
Devon Weaver and
Jay Baker, and gave the Hornets a lead they would not relinquish.
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Peace would come no close than three goals the rest of the way.
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A six-goal run that bridged halftime put the game away for the hosts. Shenandoah kept WPU off the board from the 9:02 mark of the second until 1:49 remained in the third while extending its lead from three goals to nine.
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The Hornets tallied the initial six goals of the fourth before Peace closed the book on the days scoring with a Conor McInerney to Brewer Warlick goal with 3:06 remaining.
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SU BY THE NUMBERS:
Goals:
Chris Baker 4,
Devon Weaver 3,
Jay Baker 3,
Logan Clingerman 3,
Antonio Caffi 3,
Tyler Held,
Drew Kagdis,
Patrick Welsh,
Cole Hammel
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Assists:
Chris Baker 3, Clingerman 2,
Jet Hayes 2, Clement, DiMauro, Heiderman, Hubbard
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Saves:
Jason Simpson 11,
Isaac Graves 2
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