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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

LaxChamps
14
Wingate WU 11-1
19
Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR 13-1
Wingate WU
11-1
14
Final
19
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
13-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wingate WU 5 3 4 2 14
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 4 8 2 5 19

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Men's Lacrosse Defeats No. 3 Wingate to Capture SAC Tournament Championship

HICKORY, N.C. – For the second time in program history, the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Lacrosse Team captured a South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship. The Bears last won a SAC Tourney in 2016 but added a second title with a win over No. 3 Wingate this afternoon.  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: No. 6 Lenoir-Rhyne 19 , No. 3 Wingate 14
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (13-1), Wingate (11-2)
Location: Moretz Stadium

STATS OF THE GAME:
  • The Bears used an eight-goal second quarter to erase a 5-4 Wingate lead after one. LR scored six of those eight goals in the first 4:46 of the second quarter. 
  • Will Canata came into the game with eight goals on the year but scored three of LR's first seven goals and finished with a career-high five goals on the game.
  • After Wingate cut it to 12-10 in the third quarter, Myles Moffat scored one of his four goals on the game and Bryce Reece added another to give the Bears a four-goal cushion.
  • Canata's final goal of the game gave the Bears their biggest lead of the game at five and that was how it would finish with the Bears grabbing the 19-14 win.
  • Eric Dickinson finished with three goals and an assist as he would go on to be named the Tournament's Most Valuable Player.
  • Victor Powell scored his first career goal and added five caused turnovers and three ground balls.
  • Zach Bodeau dominated the face-off, winning 22-of-28 and grabbing a career-high 15 ground balls.
  • Noah Johnson had 16 saves to earn his 13th win of the season.
  • Wingate was led by a tremendous effort by Willie Grieco who dished out eight assists. Adam Vodovnik had six goals and Bobby Padden had four goals and an assist.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • The Bears beat Queens to win the 2016 SAC Tournament title by a score of 10-9.
  • Lenoir-Rhyne is now 9-5 all-time in SAC Tournament games.
  • The Bears lost to Wingate in the SAC title game in 2018.
  • LR snapped a four-game losing streak to Wingate and pushed the all-time record to 7-6 in favor of the Bears.
  • Dickinson joins Carson Sterling as the only players in LR history to be named SAC Tournament MVP.
  • This is Lenoir-Rhyne's fourth win over a ranked team this year and the highest-ranked opponent they have beaten all season.
  • LR also captured the regular-season crown making this the second sweep of the regular season and postseason championships in program history.
UP NEXT:  Bears will find out their NCAA Tournament draw with the NCAA Division II Men's Lacrosse Selection Show 
 
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