Title Shot: Bucknell Rallies Past Army
from press releases
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Army senior attackman Jason Peyer
scored three goals, but it was top-seeded Bucknell holding on for a
10-8 victory over the fourth-seeded Black Knights in the semifinals
of the Patriot League men's lacrosse tournament, Saturday at
Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium.
In a closely contested game that featured seven ties, neither team
led by more than two goals the entire game. Army (6-9) led, 8-7,
with 12:18 to play in the fourth quarter, but the Bison (9-6)
scored the last three goals of the game to earn the victory and
punch their ticket to their second consecutive Patriot League
Tournament championship game.
Senior attackman Brooks Korvin put Army on the board first after
scooping up the rebound after a save by Bucknell senior goalkeeper
Nick Sciubba and scoring from close range at 10:53 of the first
quarter. Bucknell junior attackman Austin Winter evened the score
with a goal as he was knocked into the Army crease at 9:02. Peyer
made it a 2-1 Black Knight lead after running around the Bison goal
and beating Sciubba from the left side at 4:28.
Bucknell would even the score on a 10-yard bouncer by freshman
Charlie Streep at 1:37 and take a 3-2 lead with 22 seconds to play
in the quarter on a transition goal by senior attackman Joe Mele to
put the Black Knights in a one-goal hole after the first
quarter.
Peyer started the second quarter with a 15-yard bouncer of his own
to even the score, 3-3, with 11:08 on the clock. Bucknell junior
attackman Tim Brandau made a nice play in front of the Army goal
and scored at the 6:51 mark, but Black Knight freshman midfielder
Sean O'Sullivan sent a low shot into the Bucknell goal at 3:49 to
chase Sciubba from the game
and tie the score, 4-4, heading into halftime.
The Bison started the second half with a goal by sophomore attckman
Mike Danylyshyn at 13:45, before junior midfielder Matt Poulos won
the ensuing faceoff and raced 40 yards and scored a goal only seven
seconds later to tie the game back up, 5-5.
Army would score two-unanswered goals to take the first two-goal
lead of the game. Senior midfielder Kevin LoRusso scored on a
10-yard lefty bounce shot at 9:06, before junior midfielder Tyler
Oates took a feed from sophomore midfielder Rob McCallion and
scored from 12 yards away to lead, 7-5, at 3:37.
Bucknell would score two goals of its own to tie the game back up,
7-7, heading into the fourth quarter. Senior midfielder Perry
Menzie scored from 10 yards out, before Streep beat the clock after
a restart and found the net with less than a second left on the
clock.
Peyer's third goal came on an eight-yard bouncer that just trickled
over the goal line at 12:18 to give Army an 8-7 lead, but Bucknell
would end the game with its 3-0 run to seal the win. Winter made a
nice spin move to get open and score at the 9:47 mark, before Mele
(2:58) and Menzies (0:36) put the game away for the home team.
Army sophomore goalkeeper Tom Palesky totaled 11 saves for his 13th
game of the season making double-digit saves.
The Black Knights will wrap-up the season next Saturday, hosting
Penn at 12:00 p.m. in Michie Stadium.
