Posted: Mar 31, 2018
Mount Olive, N.C. – The 17th-ranked University of Mount Olive men's lacrosse team fell to No. 7 Limestone College 16-9 in Conference Carolinas competition Saturday afternoon in Gaffney, S.C.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 7 Limestone 16, No. 17 Mount Olive 9
Records: Mount Olive (8-4, 2-1 CC), Limestone (8-3, 4-0 CC)
Location: Saints Field, Gaffney, S.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
FIRST QUARTER
- Limestone took the momentum early with a goal at the 12:43 mark as Matt Hommel scored the game's first goal.
- UMO countered as Thatcher Clark scored an unassisted goal with 6:52 remaining in the first quarter to tie the game at one.
- The Saints, however, took the lead into the second as a goal with 3:54 gave LC the 2-1 advantage.
SECOND QUARTER
- Limestone's Matthew Nelson gave the Saints a two-goal lead with 12:51 on the clock, but Mount Olive made a charge.
- Austin Whitlow, off a pass from Clark, put the Trojans on a 3-0 run to end the opening half and with a Gunner Parson goal with 4:47 left Mount Olive took its first and only lead of the game.
THIRD QUARTER
- The third quarter was all Limestone as the Saints blasted home eight goals to Mount Olive's two and ballooned out to an 11-6 lead heading into the final quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
- The Saints scored the first three goals of the quarter and despite the Trojans scoring three goals within the final nine minutes of play the deficit was just too large for UMO to overcome as Mount Olive fell.
KEY STATS
- Cody Graden and Gunner Parson led the Trojans with two goals each.
- Will Urban (W: 8-4, 2-1) tallied 7 saves on 23 shots faced.
UP NEXT
Mount Olive will return home to take on No. 15 Belmont Abbey April 7. The first face-off is set for 1 p.m. from the Ray McDonald Sr. Track and Field/Lacrosse Complex.