HIGH POINT, N.C. – On Tuesday evening at Vert Stadium, the High Point University Panthers hosted Queens University of Charlotte for a mid-week non-conference game. From the start, the Panthers offense rolled through the game and defeated the Royals, 18-7, making it the team's largest margin of victory thus far this season.
"I'm proud of our team to have gotten a win tonight, Head Coach
John Crawley stated. "Going into the game, we knew we were going to get a Queens team that was going to play very hard. After a bit of a slower start, I thought our guys got more organized on both sides of the ball and started to play better complimentary lacrosse.
Luca Accardo had a great day at the X , and our attack unit of
Justin Wixted,
Owen Bunten and
Carson Robins did a nice job settling into the game.
John Adams and
Zack Brenfleck did a nice job with our defense… and it was good to see a lot of guys contribute out of the defensive midfield. We need to continue winning each day and keep developing."
Site: Vert Stadium
Score: High Point 18, Queens 7
Records: High Point (3-4), Queens (2-6)
After going down 2-0 in the first four minutes of the game, the Panthers turned things around and set the tone for the remainder of the game.
Luca Accardo got the offense going by winning his second faceoff of the day and trekking down field to score High Point's first goal within six seconds of the faceoff whistle.
The Panthers went on to score two more goals during a two minute span, the first from
Ryan Hynes and the second from
Collin Rovere to lead 3-2 at the 9:30 mark in the first quarter. Both teams went scoreless through six minutes of action before the Panthers fired off back-to-back goals from Wixted and Robins. Queens snuck in a goal in the last 30 seconds of the first quarter as HPU led 5-3.
The Panthers offense dominated in the second quarter with the help of stops from the defense. High Point limited the Royals to just four shot attempts as the Panthers went on to out score Queens, 6-1. In the mix of the six goals,
Robby Lang scored his first career goal after scooping up the rebound ground ball from
Ian Cann's shot.
High Point kept its momentum in the third quarter and outscored the Royals 6-1 for a second time. Robins scored his third goal of the game off a pass from
Josh Weitzman at the six-minute mark in the third, helping the Panthers take a 14-5 lead while earning his first career hat trick.
Matt Lutzel followed up with two goals before the end of the quarter and
Tommy Meehan hit a spin move on his defender to shoot in a shot at the last second.
Going into the final 15 minutes, High Point led 17-5. The Panthers last goal of the game was scored by freshman
Hunt Sands, registering his first collegiate goal of his career. HPU won 18-7 for its largest margin of victory thus far in the season.
UP Next:
High Point will travel to No. 12 Georgetown on Saturday, March 15 at 12:00 p.m.
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