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Lehigh University
Villanova
Mountain Hawks roll to third straight victory over 'Nova
4/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Lehigh came out on fire on Tuesday and at one point appeared as though it would not allow Villanova to score a single goal. Alec Hoof opened the scoring at the
David Gaunt scored the second quarter’s first goal six minutes in off of a feed from Walsh and Greg Morin followed that up four minutes later on Walsh’s second helper and Lehigh was in business up 4-0. The Mountain Hawks would retain that four goal advantage and take it into halftime.
The Mountain Hawks continued their hot offensive attack in the second half as Best netted his second score of the contest at the
As the fourth quarter began, Lehigh appeared like it would roll to victory with no problem at all, but the Wildcats did not go away, as they scored three goals in a span of
Morin scooped up six ground balls, while Eric Spirko scooped up eight and sent back 12 shots in goal. The Mountain Hawks had 31 shots on the night, and 40 ground balls, while both teams had trouble holding onto the ball with Lehigh turning it over 21 times, and Villanova 18.
Head Coach Chris Wakely wanted to win this game, and was not over looking the national power Wildcats. “I thought Blake (Best) did a great job of quarterbacking our offense. And Tom Weiss was excellent in face-offs, winning seven of 12. (Eric) Spirko had another great game in goal for us too.” Wakely continued, “This was a tough game coming off of the long road trip to Holy Cross over the weekend and now with
Lehigh returns to action on Saturday evening as the Mountain Hawks play host to archrival
