Box score
BELMONT, N.C. --- The Belmont Abbey College
men's lacrosse team outscored Lees-McRae College by an 8-3 margin
in the first half en route to a 15-6 victory in Conference
Carolinas play on Wednesday afternoon.
Belmont Abbey (3-5, 1-1 CC) outshot Lees-McRae (1-8, 0-3 CC) by
a 57-15 margin, including a 33-5 advantage in the first half, while
edging the Bobcats, 47-41, in ground balls. Lees-McRae won 14-of-23
face-offs, as Belmont Abbey converted 24-of-27 clear attempts.
Danny Ives (Cheadle, Cheshire, England) paced the Bobcats with a
game-high three goals, as Derin Vacca (Wake Forest, N.C.) added two
assists and an 8-for-11 afternoon in the face-off circle. Ryan
Sparks (Hilton Head, S.C.) chipped in seven ground balls, as Ryan
Harrison (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Justin McLaughlin (Charlotte, N.C.)
each scoped up six balls. Harrison made 23 saves between the pipes
for the Bobcats.
Five players scored a pair of goals for the Crusaders, as Tanner
Scharr, Jarrett Bergin, Jared Shickles, Joey McGinley, and Corey
Cooke each found the back of the net twice on the afternoon. Josiah
Nash and Dan Morrissey both added two assists, as Shickles and
Scharr chipped in nine and eight ground balls, respectively. Brett
Lawless and J.J. Rowan recorded two and one saves, respectively,
between the pipes for Belmont Abbey.
The Abbey struck first at the 10:14 mark, taking an early 1-0
lead on a Scharr strike before Ives evened the tally at 1-1 off a
pass from Vacca less than two minutes later. Belmont Abbey answered
with a trio of goals, taking a 4-1 lead on a late strike by
McGinley to cap the period.
After Brett Yusiewicz (Chapel Hill, N.C.) opened the second with
a goal to cut the margin to 4-2, the Abbey countered with four
strikes to push the lead to 8-2 with 4:53 to go in the half. Ives
would cap the scoring for the half with just 15 seconds left,
trimming the advantage to 8-3 heading into the intermission.
Belmont Abbey continued to dictate play in the second half,
stretching the margin to 11-4 with three goals in the third
quarter. After Shickles opened the fourth with a strike to push the
lead to 12-4, Jeff White (Middle Township, N.J.) countered for the
Bobcats, scoring his first collegiate goal at the 6:28 mark to trim
the margin to 12-5. The Abbey would answer with a trio of goals to
stretch the lead to 15-5, before Dalton Lamb (Clemmons, N.C.)
capped the scoring with 11 seconds remaining.
Lees-McRae returns to action on Saturday, March 31 when the
Bobcats travel to Misenheimer, N.C. to take on Pfeiffer University
in conference play at 3:30 p.m.
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