Tuesday, March 11
New Haven, Conn.
7:00 PM
Lehigh University
5-2, 2-1Patriot
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Yale
3-1, 0-0Ivy League
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#14/15 Lehigh struggles in 10-2 loss at #17 Yale
3/11/2014 9:30:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale jumped out to a 4-0 lead and the Lehigh men's lacrosse team could never get anything going as the Mountain Hawks fell 10-2 on Tuesday evening in a matchup of nationally-ranked foes. Lehigh turned the ball over 21 times and could only muster 17 shots (along with five shots on goal) against a physical Bulldogs' defense. Juniors Alan Henderson and Jack Bogorowski scored the Mountain Hawks' goals. Lehigh falls to 5-2 on the season while Yale improves to 3-1.
"Give a lot of credit to Yale. They took the game to us today," said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. "They played harder, they played tougher. They played with more of a chip on their shoulder than we did. Our guys just failed to show up. It wasn't our Lehigh team, unfortunately. I told [Yale] Coach Shay they might have gotten more out of practicing than playing Lehigh tonight."
Lehigh only had three first-quarter shots as it struggled against the Yale defense from the onset. The Bulldogs opened the scoring at 9:00 of the first quarter and added goals at 7:41 and 3:45 to make it 3-0 after one quarter of play.
Yale took a 4-0 lead just 21 seconds into the second quarter, but Henderson fired a shot past Bulldogs goalie Eric Natale to pull within 4-1 at the 11:28 mark. However, Yale's Dylan Levings won the ensuing faceoff and went all the way for his first goal of the season to make it 5-1 just nine seconds later.
The Bulldogs carried the momentum, scoring five more goals to take a 10-1 lead in the fourth quarter. Bogorowski scored a man-up goal at 2:30 of the fourth quarter to account for the 10-2 final.
Yale held a 39-17 edge in shots and 25-22 advantage in groundballs. Junior Matt Poillon made seven saves, allowing nine goals before being replaced by sophomore Steve Brodeur, who stopped 3-of-4 shots sent his way. One bright spot was senior Ryan Buttenbaum, who won 7-of-12 faceoffs with two groundballs. Freshman Casey McAdam also won 2-of-3 draws.
"We try to treat every game like it's the most important one," said Cassese. "We have a team motto that says 1-0. Unfortunately our guys weren't very focused on going 1-0 today and Yale was. They deserved to win the game and they deserved to win in a lopsided fashion."
Lehigh returns home to host Navy on Saturday at 2 p.m. in a big Patriot League matchup.
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Team Stats
LEHIGH
YALE
Shots
17
39
Turnovers
21
10
Caused Turnovers
6
9
Faceoffs Won
9
6
Extra-Man Opps
4
5
Ground Balls
22
25
Game Leaders
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
0
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
0
A
0
FO
2-3
Pen
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GB
2
CT
0
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