No, 12 Mount Olive Falls To Queens 11-10

No, 12 Mount Olive Falls To Queens 11-10

Game Leaders

Queens
G: Justin Swick - 4
A: Eric Fitz - 2
Sv: Anthony Valenza - 12
GB: Jonathan Paige - 11
Mount Olive
G: 2 Players (#9, #19) - 3
A: 3 Players (#13, #21, #24) - 1
Sv: Will Urban - 6
GB: Cole Groebner - 6

Team Stats

Mount Olive
Queens

Shots

41
34

Ground Balls

22
33

Saves

6
12

Clears

18-22
19-21

Turnovers

14
18

Face Offs Won

10
14

Man Up

2-3
1-3
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Posted: Apr 22, 2017

Mount Olive, N.C. – The 12th-ranked University of Mount Olive men's lacrosse team fell to Queens University, 11-10, in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C. 

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Queens 11, Mount Olive 10
Records: Mount Olive (10-4), Queens (8-6)
Location: Queens Sports Complex, Charlotte, N.C.

How It Happened
Play-by-Play

FIRST QUARTER

  • Mount Olive fell behind four minutes into the contest as Queens' Nick Carlson scored the game's first goal with 11:01 left on the clock.
  • The Trojans found the answer with 9:44 as Thatcher Clark found the back of the net to tie the game at one.
  • Queens took the momentum to end the quarter as a goal with nine seconds left gave the Royals a 3-2 lead heading into the second.

SECOND QUARTER

  • UMO owned the second quarter as the Trojans outscored Queens, 2-1, to take a 4-4 tie into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

  • The Trojans again outscored the Royals in the third. Brett Kingston and Clark combined to score three goals and give Mount Olive its first lead of the game at 7-5 heading into the final quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER

  • Kingston started out the fourth quarter with a score to push Mount Olive out to a three-goal lead with 14:05 left.
  • The Royals responded by going on a 4-0 run to take the lead back 9-8 with 11:43 remaining.
  • Clark stopped the bleeding with a goal with 9:08 left as the Trojans tied the game at nine.
  • Jacob Ball tied the game once again after Queens scored and the game was tied at 10 with 2:28.
  • Queens, however, had the final shot as with 24 seconds left Nick Sawyer scored unassisted and Mount Olive was unable to force overtime.

KEY STATS

  • Kingston led the Trojans with three goals.
  • Cole Groebner led the defense with eight groundballs.
  • Between the posts, Will Urban (L: 10-5) suffered the loss allowing 11 goals on 17 shots.

UP NEXT
Mount Olive will host a Conference Carolinas Quarterfinal tournament game at the Ray McDonald Sr. Track and Field/Lacrosse Complex Tuesday, April 25th against the No. 6 seed Lees-McRae College at 4 p.m.