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Photo by: Hannahally Photography
Lehigh Wraps Up 17-7 Victory Over Holy Cross
3/13/2022 9:26:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men's lacrosse team outscored Holy Cross 4-0 in the first quarter and wouldn't look back, downing the Crusaders, 17-7, on Sunday afternoon at the Ulrich Sports Complex. Junior Christian Mule' posted season highs in goals (5) and points (6) while senior Tommy Schelling had a goal and career-high six assists to lead the offense. Defensively, graduate student Teddy Leggett recorded six groundballs and five caused turnovers, moving from fifth into a tie for second in program history in career caused turnovers.
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Leggett began Sunday with 68-career caused turnovers, passing Mike Noone (71) and tying Eddie Bouhall (73) when all was said and done.
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"I thought today was a great team win," said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. "We've been talking the last couple weeks about trying to put together defense and offense, having strong efforts at the same time. I feel like our first two games, we'd have the defense show up, we'd have the offense show up, but not necessarily together. I thought the Navy game, we saw a little bit of that, but today, we took another step in that direction."
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Along with Mule' and Schelling, sophomore Quinn Armstrong scored three times for his third-career hat trick and junior Andrew Mapstone scored a career-high two goals. Senior Matt Marker also had his first-career multi-goal game, finishing with two goals and an assist. Senior Cole Kirst had a goal and two assists.
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"Offensively, we did a great job sharing the ball," said Cassese. "If you look at our starting attack, we had nine assists with our starting attack and that's pretty impressive. Our second midfield stepped up in a big way… six goals from our second midfield today. I just thought overall, we shared the ball really well on offense and we played really unselfish lacrosse on that side."
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The Mountain Hawks caused 14 of Holy Cross' 19 turnovers. Along with Leggett's five, nine others recorded one caused turnover apiece, including starting close defensemen – seniors Michael Gomez and Anthony Tangredi. As a team, Lehigh posted a season-high 55 groundballs.
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"I thought defensively, we did a nice job and settled in," said Cassese. "Holy Cross is a very good offensive team. They definitely challenged us in a few ways. We were able to vary what we were doing back there. We were able to create a bunch of turnovers for sure and pick the ball up first time on defense and get the ball upfield."
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Marker scored both of his goals in the first quarter, giving Lehigh a 1-0 then later 4-0 lead after 15 minutes of play.
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Lehigh held Holy Cross scoreless for the game's first 16:39, but the Mountain Hawks answered with four of the next five goals – the final two in that stretch coming off the stick of Mule' (both assisted by Schelling). The last gave Lehigh an 8-2 lead midway through the second quarter. The Crusaders answered with two Dean DiNanno goals in less than a minute, but answers from Armstrong and first year Dakota Eierman gave Lehigh a 10-4 lead, on the way to the 10-5 halftime advantage.
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Final shots were 50-29 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks held a 55-30 edge in groundballs. Senior Mike Sisselberger was sensational, winning 20-of-26 with nine groundballs – including 16-of-18 in the middle two quarters. Lehigh was 2-for-4 on the extra man while the Crusaders were 0-for-3. Graduate student James Spence made three saves in the game's first 38:20 before junior Caleb Creasor came in and stopped all four sent his way over the final 11:40.
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The Mountain Hawks will now prepare for their first road league game, at No. 12 Army West Point on Saturday in a rematch of the 2019 Patriot League Championship Game. Gametime is set for 12 p.m. on ESPN+.
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"Proud of the way that our guys played today and I think it was another step in the right direction," said Cassese. "We're going to continue to move forward and try and play our best lacrosse as we move closer to April and hopefully into May."
Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
ÂGallery: (3-13-2022) Men's Lacrosse vs. Holy Cross, 3/13/22
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Leggett began Sunday with 68-career caused turnovers, passing Mike Noone (71) and tying Eddie Bouhall (73) when all was said and done.
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"I thought today was a great team win," said Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese. "We've been talking the last couple weeks about trying to put together defense and offense, having strong efforts at the same time. I feel like our first two games, we'd have the defense show up, we'd have the offense show up, but not necessarily together. I thought the Navy game, we saw a little bit of that, but today, we took another step in that direction."
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Along with Mule' and Schelling, sophomore Quinn Armstrong scored three times for his third-career hat trick and junior Andrew Mapstone scored a career-high two goals. Senior Matt Marker also had his first-career multi-goal game, finishing with two goals and an assist. Senior Cole Kirst had a goal and two assists.
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"Offensively, we did a great job sharing the ball," said Cassese. "If you look at our starting attack, we had nine assists with our starting attack and that's pretty impressive. Our second midfield stepped up in a big way… six goals from our second midfield today. I just thought overall, we shared the ball really well on offense and we played really unselfish lacrosse on that side."
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The Mountain Hawks caused 14 of Holy Cross' 19 turnovers. Along with Leggett's five, nine others recorded one caused turnover apiece, including starting close defensemen – seniors Michael Gomez and Anthony Tangredi. As a team, Lehigh posted a season-high 55 groundballs.
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"I thought defensively, we did a nice job and settled in," said Cassese. "Holy Cross is a very good offensive team. They definitely challenged us in a few ways. We were able to vary what we were doing back there. We were able to create a bunch of turnovers for sure and pick the ball up first time on defense and get the ball upfield."
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Marker scored both of his goals in the first quarter, giving Lehigh a 1-0 then later 4-0 lead after 15 minutes of play.
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Lehigh held Holy Cross scoreless for the game's first 16:39, but the Mountain Hawks answered with four of the next five goals – the final two in that stretch coming off the stick of Mule' (both assisted by Schelling). The last gave Lehigh an 8-2 lead midway through the second quarter. The Crusaders answered with two Dean DiNanno goals in less than a minute, but answers from Armstrong and first year Dakota Eierman gave Lehigh a 10-4 lead, on the way to the 10-5 halftime advantage.
Cole with a great move and finish for the Mountain Hawks' fifth goal. Lehigh currently leads 6-2 early in the second quarter.
— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) March 13, 2022
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The Mountain Hawks began the second half with four straight goals, from four different goal scorers. Armstrong's second of the day put Lehigh ahead 14-5 midway through the third quarter.What a goal by Christian Mule' late in that first half 😱 Mountain Hawks lead 10-5 at the half.#SCTop10 #PLTop3 @ESPNAssignDesk @Inside_Lacrosse @USALacrosseMag
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Lehigh cruised from there, as the game's final 16:15 featured Mule's fifth, Armstrong's third and Mapstone's second.Armstrong's second puts the Mountain Hawks up by nine in the third quarter.
— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) March 13, 2022
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Final shots were 50-29 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks held a 55-30 edge in groundballs. Senior Mike Sisselberger was sensational, winning 20-of-26 with nine groundballs – including 16-of-18 in the middle two quarters. Lehigh was 2-for-4 on the extra man while the Crusaders were 0-for-3. Graduate student James Spence made three saves in the game's first 38:20 before junior Caleb Creasor came in and stopped all four sent his way over the final 11:40.
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The Mountain Hawks will now prepare for their first road league game, at No. 12 Army West Point on Saturday in a rematch of the 2019 Patriot League Championship Game. Gametime is set for 12 p.m. on ESPN+.
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"Proud of the way that our guys played today and I think it was another step in the right direction," said Cassese. "We're going to continue to move forward and try and play our best lacrosse as we move closer to April and hopefully into May."
Like Lehigh men's lacrosse on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram for continued updates on the Mountain Hawks.
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Team Stats
HC
LEHIGH
Shots
29
50
Turnovers
19
18
Caused Turnovers
11
14
Faceoffs Won
7
20
Extra-Man Opps
3
4
Ground Balls
30
55
Game Leaders
Players
G
5
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
0
G
3
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
5
CT
1
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
6
CT
1
G
2
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
3
CT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Lacrosse
M
/ Men's Lacrosse
D
/ Men's Lacrosse
A
/ Men's Lacrosse
LSM/D
/ Men's LacrosseA
/ Men's LacrosseA
/ Men's LacrosseA
/ Men's Lacrosse
A
/ Men's Lacrosse
FO/M
/ Men's Lacrosse
G
/ Men's Lacrosse
D
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