PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The High Point University men's lacrosse team hit the road for its third Atlantic 10 Conference game of the season at No. 16 Saint Joseph's. In a thrilling game of lacrosse, High Point continued its winning streak earning its third win in league play with a 16-15 upset over the Hawks.
"That was fun," head coach
John Crawley stated. "St. Joes is a heck of a team… they play really hard, make it really hard to play a clean game, and are extremely well coached. I'm so proud of our guys. They played tough and they stuck together… through good and bad. Overend had an excellent game in the goal.
Ryan Hynes led our offense with toughness and poise and we made stops when it counted. It was a full team win, and I'm extremely proud of these guys."
Site: Sweeney Field
Score: High Point 16, No. 16 Saint Joseph's 15
Records: High Point (4-5, 3-0), No. 16 Saint Joseph's (5-3, 2-1)
High Point made the first moves on the scoreboard. After
Zack Overend picked up his first save of the game, HPU went down and scored with a goal from
Nicholas Steele off a rebound shot from teammate
Magnus Falkiewicz at the 9:48 mark in the first quarter.
Ryan Hynes put the Panthers up 2-0 with an unassisted goal at the 6:46 mark. Saint Joseph's quickly answered and scored off the next two faceoffs. Falkiewicz's second shot of the day found the back of the net to keep HPU in the lead at 3-2 with 4:46 left in the first quarter.
Saint Joseph's extended on a 3-0 run and went up 5-3 but a late goal from
Matt Lutzel kept High Point within one goal at the end of the first quarter.
Goals from
Ian Cann and
Luke Fenderson in the first two minutes of the second quarter gave HPU a one goal advantage 6-5. Hynes heated up and scored on back-to-back goals, each unassisted as he made his way through traffic to give High Point an 8-6 lead with 8:50 to go in the first half.
The Panthers forced a timeout after Fendereson netted his second goal of the day to extend HPU's run to 4-1 in the second quarter and lead 9-6. Out of Saint Joseph's timeout, High Point continued its run with another goal from Cann and
Justin Wixted's first goal of the game to take its largest lead of the day 11-6.
The second quarter was fueled by multi-goals from Hynes, Cann and Fenderson. As a game of runs, Saint Joseph's scored three straight goals in the final two minutes of first half action. HPU led 11-9 at the break.
Hynes matched his season-high in goals with his fourth of the game in the third quarter with just under 13 minutes to go in the quarter. After a lot of time ran off the clock, Falkiewicz scored his second goal of the game off a sneaky pass from Wixted to go up 13-11.
The defensive midfielder
Scott Moore punched in his first goal of the season to keep HPU up by two goals 14-12. Moore scooped up the ground ball on the faceoff and sprinted down field to score. HPU led 14-13 at the end of the third quarter.
Carson Robins netted an early goal to start the fourth quarter and keep HPU ahead by two goals, 15-13. Overend picked up three saves in the first 11 minutes of the quarter to hold Saint Joseph's from scoring. The Hawks snuck in one goal at the seven minute mark but
Collin Rovere answered with his own goal to keep the Panthers in a good spot and lead 16-14.
Saint Joseph's put the pressure on High Point scoring a goal with two minutes left on the clock to make it a one-goal game. SJU took a shot with 40 seconds on the clock and Overend came up big with a save. HPU ran out the clock and secured its third ranked win of the season and third straight A-10 victory, 16-15.
Overend led the game with a season-high 14 saves for a .483 save percentage. Hynes finished with four goals followed by Cann, Fenderson, and Falkiewicz each with two goals.
#GoHPU x #A10MLAX
