DANVILLE, Va. – The Shenandoah University men's lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season with a dominating win over the Averett Cougars by a score of 19-1. The Hornets (10-7, 6-3) reached 10 wins for the first time in the regular season in program history and had hat tricks from
Dylan Foughty,
Logan Clingerman, and
Tyler Held.
Matt Daniel and
Bryan Berryhill each had two goals, while
Dylan Taylor,
Sam Poster,
Austin Sydnor,
Rylan Volpe,
Jordan Rogers, and
Dylan Pencek rounded out the scoring for the Hornets. The Hornets also dished out 10 helpers on their goals with Foughty and Clingerman leading the way with two assists each.
Aaron Coombs, Connor Walthall, and
Caleb Kelley led the way defensively with two caused turnovers each while
Jet Hayes and
Bruce Nyandemo each had five ground balls. The Hornets were 11-22 on faceoffs with
Austin Galler going 3-5,
Braxton Snead going 4-8,
Ryan Therkorn going 2-4,
Hudson Phillips going 1-1 and
Jason Forchetti going 1-4.
Mark Isabelle started in goal for the Hornets making six saves and not allowing a goal in just over 24 minutes of work.
Jack Dwyer took the next 20-plus minutes making five saves and allowing a goal, while
Ryan Feldman made three saves in the final quarter of action.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- It took the Hornet offense a little bit to get going as Matt Daniel fired the first shot of the day for Shenandoah that was saved by the Cougars keeper.
- Averett took their first offensive opportunity and got two shots off, both saves by Isabelle.
- Then over a minute, the Hornets scored three times. First, it was Logan Clingerman, then Tyler Held, and finally, Bryan Berryhill to finish off the offensive fury.
- After a Hornets' turnover, Mark Isabelle intercepted a ball for his first caused turnover and ground ball of the day. Austin Sydnor ended that possession with a shot a goal, which was saved keeping it a 3-0 game.
- With under 9 minutes to play, the Hornets tacked on two more goals from Clingerman and Held as the lead ballooned to 5-0.
- Matt Daniel picked up his first goal of the game with under three to play in the first, and then Sam Poster added the last goal of the quarter with 18 seconds left in the period.
- The Hornet defense was stifling as they forced another turnover, this time a shot clock violation, and Austin Sydnor cashed in off a Clingerman assist to make it 8-0.
- Shenandoah then went on a 6-minute scoring drought before Clingerman completed the hat trick with 7 minutes left to play in the half.
- Dylan Pencek and Matt Daniel scored roughly 30 seconds apart before Averett would pick up their only goal of the game with 5:22 left to play in the half.
- Tyler Held got that goal back to make it 12-1 on an extra-man opportunity as the Hornets took an 11-goal lead into the break.
- Jordan Rogers, Dylan Taylor, and Dylan Foughty all scored in the third to make it 15-1.
- In the fourth, Dylan Foughty added two more goals to complete his third hat trick of the season sandwiched between Rylan Volpe's first goal of the season as it was all Hornets in this one-sided victory.
UP NEXT:
The Hornets have earned the 6
th seed in the ODAC Playoffs and will host the 7
th-seeded Guilford Quakers in first-round action tomorrow at home. That game will start at 3 pm.
#GoSUHornets
