Keiser: #4 Men’s Lacrosse Falls to #2 Reinhardt in National Championship 10-5
via press release – photo via Keiser web site
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 4 Keiser 5, No. 2 Reinhardt 10
Records: No. 4 Keiser (10-2), No. 2 Reinhardt (17-1)
Location: Sirrine Stadium, Greenville, SC
Attendance: 125
Weather: 65, partly sunny
KU HIGHLIGHTS
- The Seahawks inaugural season comes to an end in the National Championship with their 10-5 setback to Reinhardt University.
- Reinhardt was the lone team to defeat Keiser this year.
- Grieco scored three of the goals of the Seahawks while Duncan and Bomberry had the others.
- Marentette had two assists for the Seahawks.
- Jake Padden made ten saves in goal for Keiser.
- Reinhardt scored the lone goal of the first quarter in the sixth minute by Jeff Mathis.
- The Seahawks tied it just two minutes into the second quarter on a Jacob Bomberry goal off an assist by Craig Marentette.
- Eddie Grieco gave Keiser their first lead on an unassisted goal just two minutes later.
- However, the Eagles scored two straight to reclaim a 3-2 advantage but Grieco notched his second goal of the game to tie it at 3-3 with 5:47 showing.
- Again Reinhardt scored two unanswered goals to take a 5-3 advantage into the halftime break.
- Neither team registered a goal in the second half until the Eagles broke through in the eighth minute, raising the margin to 6-3.
- The Eagles upped the lead to 7-3 with 1:58 remaining in the third and the score remained the same heading into the fourth quarter.
- Reinhardt netted the first three goals of the fourth before Grieco scored off an assist by Nolan Duncan to get within 10-4 with 2:27 left in regulation.
- Duncan notched the final goal of the game with 1:25 to go but the Seahawks fell by a final of 10-5.
