Lehigh University
No. 9 Army
Lehigh hangs tough but falls to No. 9 Army
4/10/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Army got on the board first as Jeff Bryan found the back of the net at the 13:30 mark of the first half to put the Black Knights in front 1-0. John Walker then followed that up with a goal of his own at the
Walker then scored a goal for Army to tie the affair at three, but the Mountain Hawks answered back as Andrew Lucas took a pass from Marino and found the back of the net at the 10:51 clip of the second and the Brown and White was back in front 4-3. Hoof and Marino then scored back to back goals to propel Lehigh to a three goal lead at 6-3 at the
The second half started with some offensive fireworks, unfortunately for Lehigh they came from Army. The Black Knights ripped off six straight scores to begin the second half and surge in front 10-7. Four of the goals came within
Army scored four unanswered goals however and with
Despite the loss, there were many bright spots for the Mountain Hawks including Jeff King’s eight groundballs, and Tom Ellis’s 14 saves on the day. Head Coach Chris Wakely was pleased with the effort of his team and of the way the Mountain Hawks continued to fight until the very end. “We played hard all of the way through to the end. We didn’t just play out those last seven minutes, we played them like we played the first seven minutes of the game.” Wakely continues, “We matched up well with them on offense, it’s just that they (Army) are so good at groundballs and faceoffs and they won so many of them today, it’s hard to beat them when they do that so well.”
Wakely concludes, “Our defense played well through the run they had, Tom Ellis continued to help us by making some big saves. We got better today more so than in any other game we’ve had thus far this season. I’m proud of the guys and happy with our overall effort.”
Lehigh now has several days off before taking to the road to take on yet again, another nationally ranked Patriot League foe. On Friday Lehigh will travel to
