SALEM, Va. – A seven-goal Roanoke run keyed a 19-5 ODAC men's lacrosse victory for the host Maroons over Shenandoah University Saturday afternoon.
Roanoke (8-4, 4-0 ODAC) scored the game's first six goals, but the Hornets (4-6, 1-1) put together back-to-back goals in a 42-second span late in the second to cut the deficit to just four, 6-2.
IN BRIEF
The Maroons retook control of the contest, closing out the first half scoring on a Wyatt Whitlow goal at 2:46 of the second and then scoring the initial six coming out of halftime to lead 13-2 with 5:07 remaining in the third.
Whitlow had five of the seven goals during this run.
Austin Sydnor broke the scoreless string for Shenandoah by finishing off a
Stephen Graham feed at 2:33 of the third, but SU would get no closer than that 10-goal deficit. Roanoke scored the game's next two goals and four of the final five tallied in the contest to provide the final margin.
Robert Harvey, at 9:56, and Graham, at 3:31, had the Hornets fourth quarter goals.
Josh Boonshaft and
Jake Green, with the former goal coming off a
Zachary Heiderman assist, got Shenandoah started on the day.
Roanoke outshot SU, 57-50, had a 34-22 edge on groundballs, and won 19 of the game's 27 faceoffs.
Graham also had a team-high four groundballs with
Austin Galler adding three.
Goalkeeper
Mark Isabelle made 17 saves.
UP NEXT
SU hosts the other set of ODAC Hornets, the University of Lynchburg, on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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