Saint Leo: #19 Men’s Lacrosse Secures 18-10 Win at Alabama-Huntsville in Season Opener
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in College, Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, Saint Leo Men.
via Saint Leo press release
Author’s Note: Former Saint Andrew’s alum Nick Ranta scored three goals for Alabama-Huntsville in this game.SAINT LEO, Fla. – The #19 Saint Leo Lions sealed an 18-10 win at Alabama-Huntsville to open the 2018 season. Jake Gilmour earned seven points scoring three goals, assisting in four. Anthony Visintin tallied five points. Visintin showcased a perfect shooting day, 7-of-7 shots on goal on his way to a three goal, two assist day. Charlie Kurtenbach led scoring with four goals. Jordan Williams overpowered the Chargers on the faceoff, winning 18-of-26. Thomas Tatarian earned nine saves protecting the Lions’ net. The Basics Final Score: Saint Leo Lions 18, Alabama-Huntsville Chargers 10 Location: Huntsville, Ala. | Charger Park Records: SLU 1-0 | UAH 0-1 How It Happened… 1Q | Saint Leo jumped to a 5-0 lead after Charlie Kurtenbauch opened scoring followed by three Jake Gilmour goals and a goal by Julian Taylor. Alabama-Huntsville cracked the goose egg at 5-1 from an unassisted man-up goal at 6:31. Gilmour tallied his fourth goal, assisted by Ethan Ticehurst to close the quarter. | Saint Leo 6-1 | 2Q | Kyle Pauwels, Matt Shand, Daniel Sparks goals extended Saint Leo’s lead, 9-2. The Chargers posted back-to-back goals followed by three more Saint Leo goals by Jason D’Aoust, Philip Buque and another D’Aoust goal, 12-4. Alabama-Huntsville’s goal at 2:06 close scoring for the first half. | Saint Leo 12-5 | 3Q | The Chargers capitalized on a penalty in the first two minutes of the third. A man-up assisted goal followed a Charger unassisted man-up goal forced Saint Leo to take a timeout. Coming out of the timeout, Kurtenbauch and Visintin netted five goals in five minutes, Kurtenbauch scored three, Visintin two. | Saint Leo 17-7 | 4Q | The Chargers scored their eighth goal at 11:50 in the fourth. Visintin answered with his third goal at 10:15. Alabama-Huntsville fit in two more goals before the end of the game. | Saint Leo 18-10 | Points to Note
- Jake Gilmour earned 7 points; three goals, four assists.
- Anthony Visintin earned five points; three goals, two assists, shooting 7-of-7 SOG
- Jordan Williams won 18-of-26 faceoffs. He picked up game-high nine ground balls.
- Julian Taylor scored his first goal as a Lion, and earned six groundballs.
- Thomas Tatarian racked up nine saves.
- Nicholas Ranta led scoring for the Chargers with three goals, three points.
- Collin Wilcox and Luke Levette each scored two goals.
- Golton Nall picked up six groundballs followed by Jacob Glen with four.
- Kyle Siersma earned 16 saves in net.