ITHACA, NY. – The High Point University men's lacrosse team stayed in New York for a quick turnaround non-conference game at No. 6 Cornell University. After making the first punch, the Panthers fell 17-9 to the Big Red.

"It was awesome to be able to square up with the returning national championship team," Head Coach John Crawley stated, "and they competed that way. Hats off to their team and staff for how prepared they were and how hard they played. I think it was a great weekend for our team to get closer... spending four days together, playing two games. I think there's a lot for us to keep building off of heading into our last regular season game. For now, it will be great to have some extended time to get these guys healthy, recover and dive back into the film." 

Site: Schoellkopf Field
Score: High Point 9, No. 6 Cornell 17
Records: High Point (6-6, 5-0), No. 6 Cornell (8-3, 3-1)
 
The Panthers made the first move with a long shot goal from Collin Rovere off a pass from teammate Justin Wixted in a man-up situation.

After making the first move, Cornell turned up the heat on HPU's defense and went on an eight-goal run. Through 23 minutes of action, Zack Overend had picked up eight saves in an attempt to stop the Big Red's run after getting 22 shots thrown at him.
 
At the under seven-minute mark in the second quarter, Charlie Killen fired one into the back of the net with a shot into the right side to make it 8-2, Cornell.
 
High Point trailed 9-2 at the break. Through the first half, HPU had taken seven shots to Cornell's 19 and struggled in the open field only going 9-12 from the clear with 12 turnovers to Cornell's five. 
 
At the start of the second half, Luca Accardo won the faceoff and showed impressive forearm strength after going down field and nailing the one-handed shot to give the Panthers their third goal of the game.
 
With nine minutes to go in the third quarter, Magnus Falkiewicz ripped a shot for High Point's fourth goal of the game to make it 12-4 in favor of Cornell. In the last minute in a half of the quarter, Carson Robins and Brice Richins added to the scoreboard to make it 14-6.
 
HPU could not close the gap to less than an eight-goal deficit in the final fifteen minutes of action. Owen Bunten, Nicholas Steele and Robins each scored in the fourth quarter to match Cornell's three goals, ending the game trailing 17-9.
 
UP NEXT:
High Point has a long break with a bye weekend before hosting No. 4 Richmond for the final game of the A10 regular season on April 24 at 5:00 p.m. at Vert Stadium.