Colorado College Wins First SCAC Contest
from press release
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Colorado College earned the
distinction of being the first team to win a Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference men's lacrosse game by coming from behind to
record a 12-5 victory at Birmingham-Southern College on
Saturday.
Moses Taylor paced the Tigers with three goals and three assists,
giving him six scores and 14 points during the last two games.
Carson Christman struck for a pair goals and set up two others,
giving him at least two goals and three points in every game this
season.
The Panthers took an early lead when Nikko DeRosa found the net
2:15 into the first period and, despite being outshot 12-3 during
the first period, went ahead 2-0 when Matt Ivie scored 83 seconds
into the second frame.
After being held without a first-period goal for the second
consecutive game, the Tigers exploded for 10 scores in the second
and third frames to take control of the contest.
Charles Curtis ignited a 4-0 run when he put CC on the board with
8:38 to play in the second period, and Chris Love tied the game
1:25 later after taking a feed from Hunter Sprole.
Sprole finished with two goals and two assists for his fourth
multi-goal game and his fourth with four or more points.
Taylor put the Tigers in front to stay when he scored with 3:36
remaining in the second half, and Christman's first goal gave
Colorado College a 4-2 after 30 minutes.
Cameron Overton made 11 of his 14 his saves during the first half
to keep Birmingham Southern within striking distance, but CC turned
up the intensity during the third period.
BSC trimmed its deficit to one goal when Zach Hesson scored 1:45
into the second half, but the Tigers answered with six consecutive
goals to build a 10-3 lead after three periods.
Christman scored what proved to be his second game-winning of the
year 6:00 into the third period.
CC has now outscored its opponents 25-10 during the third frame
this season and 48-21 during the second and third periods
combined.
Brendan Haas tied his season high with 11 saves and lowered his
goals-against average to 6.30.
The Tiger defense held its opponent to seven or fewer goals for the
sixth time in seven games.
Zach Pierce grabbed a game-high six ground balls, while Jordan
McHugh had five ground balls and won nine of 16 faceoffs.
DeRosa led the Panthers with two goals and assist, while Ivie
scored twice.
CC improved to 4-1 against NCAA opponents and 1-0 in the SCAC.
Birmingham-Southern slipped to 3-7 overall and 0-1 in conference
play.
Colorado College plays host to Southwestern University next
Saturday in a SCAC game at Washburn Field.
