LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Shenandoah University men's lacrosse team traveled down to Lynchburg for a battle with the 16
th-ranked Hornets. Shenandoah (9-7, 5-3) lost a tough one to Lynchburg by a final score of 15-11.
Tyler Held led the way for the Hornets with four goals, while
Logan Clingerman was the other Hornet with multiple goals with two.
Matt Daniel,
Sam Poster,
Dylan Foughty,
Bradley Holt, and
Jet Hayes rounded out the scoring for Shenandoah with
Clark Harrity, Joshboonshaft,
Aaron Coombs, and
Jonathan Hammond all dishing out helpers.
Mark Isabelle got the start in goal and made 10 saves in the contest. From the face-off circle, the Hornets were 10-29 in wins with
Jason Forchetti winning five,
Austin Galler and
Braxton Snead winning two, and
Ryan Therkorn winning a draw.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Austin Galler won the opening face-off with Dillon Bakhsh picking up the ground ball. However, the strong Lynchburg defense swarmed and forced a turnover leading to Lynchburg's first shot and save from Mark Isabelle.
- Two more shots from Lynchburg and another Isabelle save happened before Lynchburg finally beat Isabelle and took a 1-0 lead with 12:23 to play in the first.
- Lynchburg continued to pressure Shenandoah as the offense seemed relentless, but Tyler Held got the first shot for Shenandoah with just over nine minutes to play, forcing the Lynchburg keeper to make a save.
- Back-to-back goals from Lynchburg over the span of 50 seconds made it a 3-0 game.
- Lynchburg went on to score the final four goals of the 1st quarter while Shenandoah managed three more shots.
- It only took 30 seconds into the second for Lynchburg to make it an 8-0 game, off a Shenandoah face-off win, and then a turnover.
- Lynchburg cashed in on another turnover which led to another goal and a 9-0 lead.
- As the Hornet offense was trying to get some momentum, Shenandoah got shots from Jet Hayes, Sam Poster, and Luke Petrie. This time it was Shenandoah taking advantage of a Lynchburg turnover and failed clear attempt that led to their first goal from Tyler Held, his 6th of the season.
- Lynchburg however, ended the half on a 5-0 run and took a 14-1 lead into the break.
- After the break, the comeback was on. First, it was Clark Harrity taking advantage of a Lynchburg turnover and scoring to make it 14-2.
- Tyler Held scored his second of the game off another Lynchburg turnover with 10:19 on the clock.
- Two minutes later, Jet Hayes got in on the scoring action to make it a 14-4 game off a shot by Bryan Berryhill that was saved.
- Lynchburg did pick up their only goal of the second half to push the lead back to 15-4.
- A turnover caused by Bradley Holt led directly to a goal from Holt off an assist from Aaron Coombs.
- In the fourth, Jonathan Hammond found Matt Daniel as the Hornets continued to cut into the Lynchburg lead.
- Four more shots from Shenandoah led to Tyler Held's hat trick for the game.
- On the ensuing face-off, Braxton Snead won the face-off and picked up the ground ball. Tyler Held then picked up a ground ball and cashed in on for his fourth goal of the game to make it 15-8.
- With 3 minutes left in the game, Logan Clingerman scored his first goal of the game off an assist from Josh Boonshaft.
- Lynchburg won the next face off, but a turnover caused by Zack Dobson, led to the Dylan Foughty goal.
- With the Hornets on the man-up opportunity, Josh Boonshaft found Logan Clingerman for the second time with under 2 minutes to play in the game, but Lynchburg built too big of a lead and held on for the 15-11 win.
UP NEXT:
The Hornets will stay on the road to finish the regular season on Saturday with Averett. The outcome of that game, with the rest of the league play on Saturday, will determine the playoff standings.
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