HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University Panthers hosted Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon and picked up its second win of the season with the 17-11 victory at Vert Stadium.
Multiple Panthers had career performances as High Point was led by
Isiah Moran-Weekes with six goals, scoring four of the six in the first half while finishing with two ground balls and a caused turnover.
Owen Bunten recorded five goals for a new career-high and
Justin Wixted tagged a hat trick with three goals and three assists.
Ryan Hynes had immaculate field vision and dished out a career-high seven assists.
"Today really felt like a team win," Head Coach
John Crawley stated. "It felt like guys on both sides of the ball contributed. We had guys come off the bench to contribute on offense, defense and in the middle of the field. We had 12 of our 17 goals assisted. A couple of ugly goals off ride backs and ground balls… but I thought we played for each other and played team ball. There's still a lot for us to clean up… but today was a good step in the right direction."
Site: Vert Stadium
Score: High Point 17, Robert Morris 11
Records: High Point (2-1), Robert Morris (0-2)
Bunten punched in the first goal for the Panthers with a long shot from the top just three minutes into the start of the game. Robert Morris matched it with a goal of their own a minute and a half later at the 11:19 mark. From there, RMU took a 3-1 lead with three minutes left to go in the first quarter.
High Point quickly answered in the final two minutes of the first quarter with goals from Moran-Weekes and Bunten to tie the game at three all.
At the start of the second quarter, the Colonials scored first to take a one-goal lead but a goal from
Carson Robins for his first career goal tied it at four all with 13:06 on the clock.
Mid-way through the second quarter, Moran-Weekes heated up and scored three straight goals with the help of
Luca Accardo on the faceoff to draw three straight wins. Moran-Weekes' momentum helped High Point press on a 7-4 lead. Wixted closed out the first half by sneaking in a goal off a quick pass from
Collin Rovere five seconds before the horn for High Point to lead 8-5 at the break.
Moran-Weekes stayed hot to open the second half, scoring the first goal at the 12:39 mark. Robert Morris closed the gap to two goals at 9-7 with eight minutes left to go in the quarter. High Point went back up by four with Moran-Weekes' sixth goal of the game and Wixted's second goal.
Before the end of the quarter, the Colonials cut the game to within two points again to make it 12-10 going into the final 15 minutes of action.
The Panthers turned up the pressure and stretched their lead in the fourth going on a 5-1 run after shutting down Robert Morris' offense. High Point secured the 17-11 win and earned the Panthers' second win of the season.
As a team, HPU out shot RMU 43-38 with 27 shots on goal. On High Point's faceoff, Accardo finished the game going 7-for-18 along with
Scott Moore who went 5-for-12. In goal
Zack Overend recorded 12 saves and earned his second win of the season.
UP Next:
High Point travels to Charlottesville, Virginia on Tuesday, February 18 for a matchup against No. 7 ranked University of Virginia. The first faceoff is set for 5:00 p.m.
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