Men's Lacrosse falls 11-6 to Sewanee in Finale
Michael Nienaber
4/22/2009 7:36:21 PM
Box Score
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The BSC men's lacrosse team wrapped up its inaugural season with a 11-6 loss to Sewanee on Wednesday evening at Panther Stadium.
Turnovers and a sputtering offense doomed the Panthers in this one. BSC committed 39 turnovers and were outshot 41-34 as a result. All those extra shots gave Sewanee eight more shots on goal.
No Panther scored multiple goals on the day. Ryan Croft got BSC on the board with an unassisted goal (12:26) in the first. D.J. Ward connected with Christopher Buechele with 5:27 remaining in the first, but the Tigers held a 3-2 edge at the first break.
Sewanee opened the second quarter with four straight goals before Parker Samuel gave the home crowd something to cheer about when he connected on a pass from Buechele to score the Panther's third goal. That cut the Tiger lead to 7-3, unfortunately, the Tigers got another goal before halftime and took an 8-3 advantage into the locker room.
Each team scored once in the third, BSC's coming with 7:51 remaining from Dylan Krupa. The fouth saw both teams level-peg again with two goals apiece. Jacob McPherson scored with 7:17 remaining to pull to 5-10 and Max DeLap got a goal with just 31 seconds remaining to cap the Panthers' scoring.
BSC won the ground ball count 41-37 as well as the face-off tally, 13-7 but the turnovers were just too much to overcome.
The loss gives the Panthers a 6-9 record for the year.