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Second-half run gives Cornell 16-11 win over Mountain Hawks
4/15/2017 5:08:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
ITHACA, N.Y. - Sophomore Lucas Spence scored consecutive third-quarter goals to pull the Lehigh men's lacrosse team even with Cornell, but the Big Red responded with a 7-0 run on their way to a 16-11 win over the Mountain Hawks on Saturday afternoon. Spence finished with a career-high four goals to pace the Lehigh offense while sophomore Andrew Pettit tallied his sixth hat trick of the season with three goals and two assists. Freshman faceoff specialist Conor Gaffney returned to the lineup and won 19-of-23 faceoffs with 11 groundballs.
Standing 6-6 overall and 3-4 in Patriot League play, Lehigh will now wrap up its regular season by hosting Bucknell next Friday (Apr. 21) at 7 p.m. on Senior Night. With a win, the Mountain Hawks would clinch a spot in their seventh straight Patriot League Tournament.
Gaffney's 19 faceoff wins tied a career high while senior Casey McAdam also won 3-of-4 faceoffs and collected five groundballs. Sophomore Craig Chick had an assist, faceoff win, two groundballs and a caused turnover. In the process, he moved past Mike Noone and into sole possession of second place in school history for career caused turnovers with 72. Sophomore Eddie Bouhall scored his first goal of the season while adding three groundballs and three caused turnovers.
Lehigh jumped out to a quick 3-1 lead behind a goal from Rai and two from Spence. The teams went back-and-forth, with the score eventually tied at three and four.
Consecutive goals from Pettit in the span of 12 seconds gave Lehigh a 6-4 lead early in the second quarter, but the Big Red ended the half on a 3-0 run, extending the run to 4-0 and lead to 8-6 early in the second.
In the third quarter, Spence scored two straight goals, his third and fourth of the game, but Cornell answered with seven in a row to take a 15-8 advantage midway through the fourth. Lehigh scored three of the game's final four goals, from senior Ian Strain, Bouhall and freshman Erik DiGirolamo, but it wasn't enough.
The Mountain Hawks finished with a 50-45 edge in shots and 37-36 advantage in groundballs. Lehigh struggled clearing the ball (14-of-19) while turning the ball over 19 times, but had just 10 over the final three quarters. Senior Donny Stires made a career-high 16 saves for Lehigh across Cornell's Christian Knight, who made 17 stops.
Lehigh will return home next Friday (Apr. 21) to host Bucknell at 7 p.m. in the regular season finale. The Mountain Hawks need a win to clinch their seventh straight Patriot League Tournament appearance.
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Team Stats
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COR
Shots
50
45
Turnovers
19
14
Caused Turnovers
8
11
Faceoffs Won
24
6
Extra-Man Opps
4
3
Ground Balls
37
36
Game Leaders
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4
A
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FO
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Pen
-
GB
0
CT
2
G
3
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
1
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
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