Lynn Men Jump to 10-1 Lead and Take the 16-5 Road Win over Quincy Behind 12 Different Goal Scorers

Written by Lee Roggenburg on March 3, 2024. Posted in College, Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, Lynn Men.

All Saints’ Academy alum Fisher Williams 1G

Lynn Men’s Lacrosse Earns Second Win

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Lynn University men’s lacrosse team took a 10-1 lead in the first half and never looked back on its way to 16-5 victory over Quincy, Saturday afternoon. The win evens the Fighting Knights record 2-2 overall.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
– Lynn outshot QU (47-30) and had more shots on goal (32-22)
– The Fighting Knights finished 27-of-28 clears and caused nine turnovers
– The Fighting Knights never lost the lead throughout the entire game
– Lynn opened the scoring with a 2-0 lead at 12:31 with graduate student Thomas Murray and junior Connor Houston finding the net
– QU scored 30 seconds later to narrow it to 2-1
– Graduate student Scott Friant scored a goal at 9:11 and assisted the next goal at 7:51 to make it 4-1
– Junior Tyler Van Wart and graduate students Jalen Stanton and Joseph Michalski closed the scoring in the first quarter for a 7-1 lead after one
– Murray opened the second quarter with a goal at 13:53, assisted by graduate student Brian Hoskins
– Freshman Will Harris scored with 6:06 left in the second to make it 9-1
– Harris then assisted junior Edward Downey at 3:49 to set the score at 10-1 at the half
– The Fighting Knights had 20 shots on goal in the first half
– In the third quarter, Houston scored the Fighting Knights 11th goal with 13:36 to play
– Quincy shorted the gap to 11-5 with 7:09 on the clock in the third
– Hoskins and graduate student Fisher Williams closed the quarter with a goal each for a 13-5 edge
– Hoskins opened the scoring in the fourth quarter (13:31) with his second tally to make it 14-5
– Sophomore Connor Zombro and freshman Mitch Rini scored the final two goals of the game (9:07 and 2:22) for Lynn to set the final at 16-5

FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
– Houston, Hoskins, Zombro and Murray each finished with two goals scored
– Rini and Harris each scored their first collegiate goals
– Friant assisted four goals and scored one
– Sophomore goalkeeper Tristan Lenard had 16 saves in the game – his second highest this season
– Junior Camren Santos was 6-of-9 (66.6%) on face-offs with three ground balls

UP NEXT:
– Lynn faces Maryville next Monday at 12:00 pm