HIGH POINT, N.C. — The High Point University men's lacrosse team capped the regular season with an impressive 17-10 victory over UMass Friday afternoon.
Jack VanOverbeke led the Panthers with three goals and three assists, while
Brayden Mayea scored three goals and five others had two goals.
Head Coach Jon Torpey: "I'm just really proud of our guys' effort. Any time you're playing your final game at home you definitely want to send your seniors out on a high note. And we had a little extra something special today with the game being in honor of Lynn Lee who was the mother of Matty Lee, a guy who graduated for us last year, and she had passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer this fall. To have Matty and his dad be in the locker room before the game, talking to the team, it meant a lot. We wanted to honor Lynn's memory today, we wanted to honor the Lee family and give them a little bit of joy in a really hard time. That's really what this whole things was about, taking care of the seniors and taking care of the Lee family and I'm glad we were able to do that. I thought the guys played in honor of Lynn Lee all day and I couldn't ask for anything more from those guys."
Site: Vert Stadium
Score: High Point 17, UMass 10
Records: High Point (9-6, 3-2), UMass (6-7, 2-3)
The Panthers couldn't have asked for a better start.
Jack Sawyer scored the first goal in the opening three minutes as HPU rattled off six first-quarter goals.
John Adams sniped in a long-stick goal for his first of the season, while
Henry Mudlaff turned defense into offense with his first of the day in his final home game.
Nick Murphy joined the scoring with one, while
Jack VanOverbeke assisted on Murphy's goal before scoring one of his own and helping cap the six-goal first quarter with an assist to
Brayden Mayea.
UMass scored a goal to start the second, but it wasn't long before the Panthers went on another run.
Matt Lutzel scored, and then assisted on Mudlaff's second goal.
Colin Cooke followed with a goal of his own to keep the 3-0 run to make it 9-3 at half.
HPU kept bringing the pressure in the third quarter while the defense continued its lockdown performance.
Nick Rizzo joined the scoring via VanOverbeke's third assist while Lutzel netted his second with less a minute remaining.
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Goalie
Zack Overend only allowed one goal in the third quarter after shutting out the Minutemen in the opening period. UMass used a 4-0 run to begin the fourth quarter, and then the Panthers responded with a 4-0 run of their own. VanOverbeke and Mayea secured hat tricks, while Sawyer and Rizzo netted their second to stop the UMass threat and secure back-to-back wins.
Mayea and
Luca Accardo led the Panthers with five ground balls each, while Accardo led HPU with nine faceoff wins.
Up Next: The Panthers head north to the A-10 Championships, which begin Thursday in Amherst, Mass. The full bracket will be released early next week.
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