FREDERICK, Md. - The Hood College men's lacrosse team fell 15-7 in Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth play to visiting Widener.
Inside the Box Score
- Bryan Seavey (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) and Robbie Wiley (York, Pa./Central York) scored two goals apiece for the Blazers.Â
- Jay Lanigan (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack) finished with a goal and an assist.Â
- Alex Dudziak (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley)Â made 10 saves and added seven ground balls.Â
- Garrett Hitchens (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) won 13-of-16 face offs and had six ground balls.Â
- Nino Rizzolino (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) had five ground balls.Â
How it Happened
- After Widener scored the game's first goal, Wiley tied the game with 7:55 left in the opening quarter. It proved to be Hood's only tally of the period and scores by the Pride's Nicholas Knepp and Matt Buckley in the final three minutes made it 3-1.Â
- Wesley Sporer's second goal of the evening increased the Blazers' deficit to 4-1 at 10:49 of the second period.Â
- Hitchens won the ensuing face off and on Hood's third shot of the possession, Rio Muldoon (Prince Frederick, Md./DeMatha Catholic) found the back of the net with 10:14 on the clock.Â
- Rizzolino caused a turnover after the Pride won the face off. A ground ball by Connor Bross (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) kept the possession alive for Seavey to create his first goal of the night, making it 4-3 at 9:38.Â
- Neither team scored for over four minutes until Connor Heisman stretched Widener's lead to 5-3. Michael Hilliard's (Easton, Pa./Central Catholic) first of the season with 3:48 left in the half cut the margin to 5-4 but Heisman struck again to make it a two-goal game at the break.Â
- The defenses kept the opposition at bay for much of the third quarter. Heisman scored his third of the night with 7:54 to go in the third before Sporer took advantage of a Blazer penalty to give the Pride an 8-4 advantage over five minutes later.
- The offenses came out firing in the fourth quarter. Nick Brennan and Knepp scored in the first 90 seconds of the fourth for a 10-4 Widener lead. Lanigan scored at 12:57 to halt a four-goal run but Knepp scored again at 9:57 to make it 12-5 with 11:21 to play.Â
- Maits and Sporer recorded goals over the next seven minutes as Widener's lead jumped to eight.Â
- Goals by Seavey and Wiley bookended a pair of Pride scores over the final 4:24 of action.Â
Analysis
- Hood outshot Widener 44-43.Â
- Widener committed just 16 turnovers, compared to 27 for the Blazers.Â
- Hood held an 18-8 advantage in face offs.Â
For the Opponent
- Sporer had four goals and an assist.Â
- Heiman finished with three goals and an assist, while Knepp had two goals and two assists.Â
- Keegan Billie made 13 saves.Â
- Lathan Collins had six ground balls and caused two turnovers.Â
Up NextÂ
Hood is idle until a MAC Commonwealth contest at Stevenson on Apr. 11.Â
