EMMITSBURG,
Md. Bryant scored two of the three fourth-quarter goals, including
the game winner with 1:59 left to defeat Mount St. Mary's 7-6 in
non-conference men's lacrosse action on Sunday.
Cody
Lehrer (Baltimore, Md./Delaney) paced the Mount with a two points
and tied the game at 6 with 2:46 left in the fourth quarter. The
freshman added his first collegiate assist in the first quarter.
Mark Stapor (Herndon, Va./Bishop O'Connell) also recorded a goal and an assist in
the contest. Goalkeeper
T.C. DiBartolo (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Carroll) continued to be
impressive between the pipes, recording 13 saves on the
afternoon.
Zach
Greer fueled the Bulldogs (4-2) with three goals and an assist
while Kevin Hoagland found the twine twice. Jameson Love made 12
saves and Matt Larson scored the game-winning tally with 1:59
remaining in the winning effort.
After
playing two ranked opponents, Mount St. Mary's gave Bryant and
Greer, one of the nation's top players, a good battle before the
game was decided in the waning minutes.
The
Bulldogs came into the final quarter holding a slim 5-4 advantage.
Freshman Anthony Golden (Timonium, Md./Loyola Blakefield) took a
pass from Stapor and buried the shot into the netting for his first
career goal and to knot the game at 5 with 10:14
remaining.
Greer
answered right back for Bryant off a Robert Stufano assist at the
7:58 mark in the fourth quarter to regain a one-point
advantage.
Lehrer
then took a feed from fellow freshman Kyle Yates (Solomons, Md./St.
Mary's Ryken) and tied the game at 6 with 2:46 remaining before
Larson recorded his fifth goal of the year with 1:59 remaining for
the decisive score.
Bryant
jumped out to the early advantage on a Jim Long goal at the 14:04
mark in the first quarter. The Mountaineers responded with the next
two goals to grab a 2-1 advantage. Geery Grant (Blue Point,
N.Y./Chaminade) tied the game at 1 unassisted at 12:51 and Jonny
Lefferts (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) notched his first collegiate
score off a pass from Lehrer with 2:23 remaining in the first
quarter.
The
Bulldogs registered two goals in the final 93 seconds to take a 3-2
advantage going into the second quarter. Greer notched his first
tally of the day off a Bryan Kauffman helper at 1:33 and then Gary
Crowley set up Hoagland with 18 ticks on the clock for the
one-point advantage.
Once
again, Mount St. Mary's found the twine for consecutive scores to
reclaim the margin at 4-3. Jim O'Shea (Rockville Center,
N.Y./Chaminade) hooked up with Christian Kellett (Norristown,
Pa./The Malvern Prep) for Kellett's first collegiate goal at 7:55
in the second period. Stapor handed the Mount a 4-3 lead with his
first goal of the year.
Greer set
up the tying score off a save and fed the ball to Hoagland, who
buried the shot in between the pipes with seven seconds left in the
second quarter and the two teams were tied at 4 at
halftime.
Greer
notched his 16th goal of the year with 59 seconds left in the third
quarter off a Max Weisenburg assist for the only score in the third
quarter and to give Bryant a 5-4 edge. The fourth quarter was a
back-and-forth affair with Larson scoring for the Bulldogs to earn
the future Northeast Conference program its first win against the
Mount.
After
Larson gave Bryant the advantage, the Mountaineers had the ball
twice in the final 1:59, but could not convert. Andrew Miller (Cordova, Md./South
River) caused a turnover with 93 seconds left, but the Mount gave
the ball right back to the Bulldogs on a turnover of its own.
Another Bryant turnover with 1:16 left gave the Mountaineers one
more shot. Grant had his shot blocked with 23 seconds remaining by
the Bulldogs' defense and Matt Murname picked up the ball to seal
the victory.
DiBartolo
continues to be impressive in his sophomore campaign and now has 48
saves in the first three games. In a two-minute span in the third
period, the sophomore faced six shots and recorded four saves,
including two off the stick of Greer. Brendan Flanagan (Garden
City, N.Y./Garden City) paced the Mount defense with seven ground
balls and four caused turnovers.
Mount St.
Mary's returns to action when it opens up its Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference schedule at Manhattan on Saturday. Game time is
12 p.m.