RMU Keeps Bellarmine Winless on Road
from press release
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa.—The Bellarmine
University lacrosse team remained winless on the road, dropping an
18-10 decision to Robert Morris this afternoon in an NCAA Division
I non-conference game at Joe Walton Stadium.
The game started as a defensive struggle as Robert Morris shut out
the Knights in the opening period to take a 1-0 lead. Bellarmine
finally broke into the scoring column at the 13:09 mark of the
second quarter to tie it 1-1 on an unassisted goal by Colton
Clark.
The Colonials then scored four in row before goals by Ted Avendt
and Cameron Gardner trimmed the margin to 5-3 with just over a
minute in the opening half. However, the Colonials' Patrick Smith
got a shot by Bellarmine goalkeeper Dillon Ward with just five
ticks left on the clock to give the home squad a 6-3 halftime
lead.
Robert Morris and Bellarmine traded to goals to start the second
half, before the Colonials went on another 4-0 run to go up 11-4
with 4:05 remaining in the third quarter. Andrew Wolford brought
the Knights a goal closer, but RMU's Corbyn Taobrambleby scored his
fourth goal of the day as the Colonials took a 12-5 lead into the
last quarter.
Although Bellarmine was able to double their goal total in the
fourth quarter, Robert Morris kept its offense firing on all
cylinders and scored six fourth quarter goals to make the final
score 18-10.
For the game RMU held a 57-35 shot advantage over BU, which led to
21 saves for the Bellarmine goalies and just 11 for the
Colonials.
Bellarmine committed twice as many turnovers as the Colonials with
RMU winning the turnover battle 17-8. The Colonials also picked up
45 ground balls to BU's 28.
The Knights held a slight advantage in faceoffs, winning 16 of 31,
and BU converted four of seven man-up opportunities.
Leading scorers for the game were Taobrambleby (4G, 0A) and Kevin
Brownell (2G, 2A) of Robert Morris, and Gardner (3G) and Clark (1G,
2A) of Bellarmine.
Bellarmine slips to 3-6 on the season, while RMU climbs to 4-3.
The Knights hope to snap their road losing streak next Saturday as
they visit the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College. Faceoff is
scheduled for 1 p.m.
