HAMPTON, Va. – Hitting the road for a mid-week non-conference matchup, the High Point men's lacrosse team dominated against the Pirates of Hampton University. The Panthers put the pedal to the metal from the jump and took the victory 27-5.
High Point matched the score against Hampton a season ago with 27 goals (27-9, Feb. 26, 2023) to tie the program record for most goals scored in a single game.
"It was a great team win," Head Coach
Jon Torpey stated. "I have a lot of respect for this program, their staff and their phenomenal group of guys. They never quit and they kept fighting. I'm just happy with our guys' effort overall. We came off one of the toughest stretches of games in our program's history with three really good games against some quality opponents. I think the guys were kind of wondering like 'Where are we, and what do we need to do to get back?' "and I thought they did a really good job responding to that today."
Site: Armstrong Stadium
Score: High Point 27, Hampton 5
Records: High Point (5-4), Hampton (0-7)
High Point had a field day on the offensive end. Dominating in the first quarter, the Panthers scored seven goals and held the Pirates scoreless.
Zack Overend put in the work in goal to keep Hampton from scoring and recorded six saves.
Nick Murphy tagged the first goal for HPU just two minutes into play.
Jack Sawyer turned up the heat early and scored two goals within two minutes with a goal mixed in from
Collin Rovere.
The Panthers had a man-up situation before the end of the first quarter and capitalized twice, as
Matt Lutzel and
Brayden Mayea each found the back of the net.
Tommy Meehan scored his first goal of the game in the last minute of the quarter before opening the second quarter with a goal at the 12:58 mark.
On the face-off following Meehan's goal, the Pirates won and scored their first goal of the game at 12:39 in the second.
High Point never let off the gas and scored eight straight goals before the end of the first half to lead 16-1.
At the start of the third quarter,
Travis Dick scored a goal within 30 seconds of play to register his first goal since coming back from injury last season.
Hampton tacked on two goals late in the third as the Panthers led 19-3.
In the first face-off of the fourth quarter,
AJ Kiernan matched up with Hampton's Matthew Hall. Coming out with the win,
Josh Weitzman picked up the initial ground ball and found
Weston Benson in the middle of the field. Attacking the middle, Weston sent a long shot into the back of the net to tag goal No. 1 of his career and extend HPU's lead to 20-3.
HPU scored seven more goals in the fourth quarter to the Pirates two. HPU averaged 6.75 goals per quarter and held Hampton to 1.25.
Eight Panthers finished with multi-goals while four of them finished with hat tricks, including Meehan, Mayea, Lutzel and
Damien Ramondo.
Jack VanOverbeke contributed five assists, recording all five in the first half.
Luca Accardo led the way on the face-off going 7-for-10 and picking up a game-high five ground balls.
Next Up:
High Point has a week preparation before traveling to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels on Saturday, March 23
rd at 3:00 p.m.
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