Lynn’s First Lacrosse Season Comes to an End in Loss to No. 6 Tampa
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Uncategorized.
Thanks to Olivia Coiro, Asst. SID at Lynn for this release and all she has done for us at FLN all season
Lynn’s First Lacrosse Season Comes to an End in Loss to No. 6 Tampa
BOCA RATON, Fla.- The inaugural season of men’s lacrosse came to an end for Lynn University in a 19-5 loss to sixth-ranked Tampa on Saturday night. The Fighting Knights finish the season 1-10 overall and 0-5 in Sunshine State Conference action. Tampa’s win gives the Spartans the first-ever SSC Regular Season Championship finishing the regular season 12-2 overall and 5-0 in conference play. Pregame ceremonies honored Lynn’s two seniors, William Port and Joey Bacarella. Lynn took an early 1-0 lead in the first quarter when Brian Kiel scored with 12:45 left on the clock. UT scored three goals over the next 12 minutes to lead 3-1 at the end of the opening frame. Justin Fitzpatrick scored a fast-break goal in the opening seconds of the second quarter to extend the Spartans lead to 4-1. Kiel fired a shot from the top of the crease to cut Lynn’s deficit to 4-2. Tampa scored five unanswered goals to end the half with a 9-2 lead. Danny Egan scored to open the second half while Tyler Janvrin recorded his team-high 11th assist of the season for the Blue & White to trail 9-3. At the end of the third quarter UT had extended its lead to 14-3. Egan scored two more goals in the final 15 minutes for his second hat trick in as many games. Taylor Ferrino made 20 saves in goal for Lynn while grabbing a team-high ten ground balls before Jason Conner came in making three saves of his own. Tampa was led by Kyle Hemrick who scored a game-high five goals while Jake Rooney and Conor Whipple each had four goals. Whipple had a game-high six points where he dished out two assists for the Spartans. Trevor Calleja won 16-of-21 face-offs for Tampa while Andrew Failla earned the win between the pipes with six saves. Kiel finished the season with a team-high 15 goals to become the first career leader in goals in a season for the Fighting Knights. Janvrin led the first-year squad in points with 11 goals and 11 assist for a 21 total points. Ferrino made 191 saves as Lynn’s starting goalkeeper while Chris D’Angelo won 55 percent of face-offs at the ‘X’. To learn more about Lynn’s first year program log on to LynnFightingKnights.com. Don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook and follow @LUKnights on Twitter and Instagram.