Army Knocks Off Lehigh in Patriot League
from press release
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Army junior attackman Jeremy
Boltus scored five points on two goals and three assists while
sophomore midfielder Sean O'Sullivan added two goals and an assist
to lead the Black Knights to a 9-5 victory at Lehigh, Tuesday night
in Patriot League lacrosse action.
Lehigh (3-5, 0-2 PL) led 3-2 at the 13:19 mark of the second
quarter but the Black Knights (3-4, 1-0 PL) would hold the Mountain
Hawks socreless for the next 24 minutes while scoring seven
unanswered goals to put the game out of reach.
Lehigh got on the board first as sophomore midfielder Roman
Lao-Gonsey scored from five yards away at the 9:49 mark. Army would
respond with two goals of its own by O'Sullivan, first with a
12-yard bouncer at 7:01 and a 15-yard rip at 2:36 as the Black
Knights held the one-goal edge after the first quarter.
Lehigh would start the second quarter with two straight goals in a
32-second span to retake the lead 3-2 at the 13:17 mark. Sophomore
midfielder Cameron Lao-Gonsey scored on a low liner fro 15 yards
out, before sophomore attackman Adam Johnston bounced home a man-up
tally from eight yards away.
Army would take over from there as sophomore LSM Tim Henderson
rifled a shot on goal that just dribbled behind Lehigh freshman
goalkeeper Dan Carr at the 8:58 to start the string of seven
unanswered Black Knight goals. Senior attackman Tyler Oates scored
on a 15-yard laster off an O'Sullivan feed at 7:22 before
back-to-back goals by freshman attackman Garrett Thul put the
visitors up 6-3 at halftime. Thul finished off some pretty Black
Knight passing on a man-up attempt at the 4:50 mark before netting
a behind-the-back tally at 3:49.
While the Black Knight defense pitched a shutout in the third
quarter, a goal by senior attackman Tyler Seymour off a feed from
Boltus at 9:20, followed by a pair of goals by Boltus put Army up
9-3 after three quarters of play. Boltus' first tally came as he
dove in front of the Lehigh creast at 4:10, before his second
punctuated a transition goal off a pass from Thul with 37 seconds
left in the quarter.
Lehigh would break its scoring drought with a man-up tally by
Johnston 51 seconds into the fourth quarter, but Army would control
the ball for most of the period while senior goalie Tom Palesky
made five of his 14 saves to salt the win away. Lehigh's freshman
atackman Dante Fantoni would tally with 25 seconds remaining for
the final score of the game.
BLACK KNIGHT NOTES: Army improved to 19-3 in 21 all-time meetings
with Lehigh ... the four-goal scoring differential broke a string
of four straight one-goal games between the two conference rivals,
including a 13-12 double-overtime win by Lehigh last March at
Michie Stadium ... junior attackman Jeremy Boltus' five-point
effort moved him into 21st place on Army's all-time scoring list
with 111 points to date. He also moved into 12th place on the
career assist list with 61 ... Army held Lehigh over five goals
under its season average as the Mountain Hawks were ranked third in
the Patriot League with a 9.86 scoring average ... senior captain
Alex Gephart led the Black Knights on the field before the game
carrying the American Flag ... Army will play its final
non-conference game of the season next Tuesday at Hofstra in a 7:00
p.m. faceoff in Hempstead, N.Y.
