HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point men's lacrosse celebrated a senior night win under the lights on Friday night with a victory over St. Bonaventure, 18-7.
 
HPU recognized 22 seniors before the opening face-off. Three seniors combined for 11 of the teams 18 goals, led by Brayden Mayea with five. His fifth goal of the night eclipsed the all-time career goal scoring record in program history. The previous record was held by Dan Lomas who played in the High Point jersey from 2013-2016.

Mayea becomes the All-Time Career Goal Leader in program history with his fifth goal of the game ????#GoHPU X #A10MLAX pic.twitter.com/vqXTz3r9ED

— High Point Lacrosse (@HPUMensLax) April 6, 2024

"It's a conference win," Head Coach Jon Torpey stated. "St. Bonaventure is a good, scrappy team and I have all the respect in the world for their coach. I'm proud of the way the guys came out tonight. Everyone knows that the slow starts have been haunting us in the last couple games so it was good to see the guys come out and play with good tempo and execute early."
 
Site: Vert Stadium
Score: High Point 18, St. Bonaventure 7
Records: High Point (7-5, 1-1), St. Bonaventure (1-8, 0-2)
 
The attack was hot for the Panthers with 10 different players scoring. Four of the 10 Panthers registered their first goals of the season including Alex Loveland, Brad Rider, Henry Mudlaff and John-Luke Duley.
 
HPU took a quick 5-0 lead in the first quarter scoring the first goal of the game off the initial face-off with just 15 seconds ticked off the clock.
 
St. Bonaventure scored its first goal of the game in the second quarter at the 12:47 mark. High Point's Jack Sawyer scored a dime just 40 seconds later off a behind the back pass from Nick Murphy to keep the Panthers ahead by five.

OH MY 2??3?? BEHIND THE BACK ASSIST ??#GoHPU x #A10MLAX pic.twitter.com/z4HvR9Qd8G

— High Point Lacrosse (@HPUMensLax) April 5, 2024

 
HPU ended the first half with a 9-4 lead after a late goal from The Bonnies. Thirty seconds into the second half, St. Bonaventure scored a goal but High Point turned up the heat with six straight goals going into the fourth quarter, holding St. Bonaventure scoreless for 15 minutes of action.
 
Mayea scored back-to-back goals to earn his fifth of the night while Nick Rizzo and Sawyer each collected hat tricks.
 
High Point went on to score three goals in the fourth quarter to take the 18-7 win for the teams first A-10 victory of the season.
 
Next Up:
High Point remains home with a battle against Richmond on Saturday, April 13^th at 7:00 p.m. inside Vert Stadium.