SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The High Point University men's lacrosse team took a trip up to Syracuse University to face the No. 7 ranked team in the county. Playing at the dome for the first time, High Point gave The Orange a run before a strong end to the third quarter for The Orange led to the 19-13 loss.
Jack VanOverbeke and
Brayden Mayea led the Panthers with nine goals combined. VanOverbeke tied his career-high with five goals while Mayea picked up another hat trick with four goals.
"Syracuse has a really great program," Head Coach
Jon Torpey stated. "We knew coming in that it was going to be a battle. I'm really proud of our guys' resilience. We went down 7-0 in the first and that's not where we wanted to be, and we got it to 9-8 in the third and just kept battling. It was a great environment and electric atmosphere. I love the guys I coach and I think the guys I coach would give their heart and soul in anything they do."
Site: JMA Wireless Dome
Score: High Point 13, No. 7 Syracuse 19
Records: High Point (4-2), No. 7 Syracuse (5-2)
After a slow start for the Panthers, the team finally got in a groove in the second quarter. Syracuse took off on a 7-1 lead in the first, but High Point responded in the second.
Scoring four goals, HPU cut the game to three before going into the break down, 8-5.
At the start of the third quarter, The Orange netted a goal two minutes into play. Reacting quick, High Point scored three goals in four minutes to put the Panthers within one. Mayea and VanOverbeke worked to score the three goals.
Going down two goals with 8:46 left to go in the third, the game witnessed no goals until the 5:34 mark. From there Syracuse scored six goals before
Collin Cooke and
Ryan Hynes found the back of the net before the end of the third quarter to make it 16-10.
Collin Hoben won the first face-off of the fourth quarter which led to a quick goal by
Jack Sawyer.
High Point was only able to score two more goals before the final horn, both from Mayea, as the Panthers fell 19-13 in the end.
Next Up:
High Point returns home to host Georgetown on Tuesday, March 5 for the teams only home game in the month of March. The face-off is set for 5:00 p.m.
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