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Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Lax
17
Winner Wingate WU 16-4
16
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 14-5
Winner
Wingate WU
16-4
17
Final
16
Lenoir-Rhyne LR
14-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wingate WU 4 5 4 4 17
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 4 4 5 16

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Joel Krenz, Assistant AD for Media and Communications

Lenoir-Rhyne drops heartbreaker in NCAA Opening Round

HICKORY, NC - Down 16-12 with five minutes remaining, the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Lacrosse team nearly made yet another improbable comeback in their NCAA opening round game against #5 seeded Wingate. The Bears scored four goals in a three and a half minute span to tie the game at 16 before Wingate's Vinny Butrico scored the game winning goal with a minute left. 

This marks the end of yet another successful season for Head Coach Greg Paradine and the Bears, as they finished with a 14-4 record and five ranked wins. Wingate will now travel to Tampa on Sunday after the Spartans beat Colorado Mesa 12-7 earlier today.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: (4) Lenoir-Rhyne 16, (5) Wingate 17
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (14-4), Wingate (15-4)
Location: Hickory, NC | Moretz Stadium

STORY OF THE GAME
  • With Wingate up 4-2 Jarrett Huff scored a goal with 10 seconds left in the first quarter to put the Bears down one after one.
  • Tied at 7-7, the Bulldogs scored the final two goals of the half to head into the locker room up 9-7.
  • After an opening goal from Wingate's Kyle Spence, Matt Scruggs and Donovan Powell scored back-to-back goals to put Lenoir-Rhyne back within one.
  • Wingate scored three of the quarter's final five goals and led 13-11 going into the final frame.
  • Owen Scott scored an early goal to make it 13-12, but a 3-0 Wingate run took the air out of Moretz.
  • Scott scored hit second straight goal to stop the run before Powell, Evan Voss, and Nate Serrano each scored unassisted goals to tie the game at 16-16.
  • Matthew Mancini won three out of four faceoffs during that span to give the Bears a chance.
  • Wingate's Vinny Butrico scored with one minute left to dash the Bears hopes of a third consecutive national championship game appearance.
STATS OF THE GAME
  • Morgan Madish led the Bears with two gaols and two assists.
  • Donovan Powell, Owen Scott, and Evan Voss each notched hat tricks.
  • Matthew Mancini was 20-33 on face offs with 11 ground balls.
  • Jack Burdge made nine saves in the match.
  • Wingate's offense ran through Kyle Spence (2g, 7a) and Sean Clark (6g).
  • The Bears out-shot the Bulldogs 57-50 and held a 35-26 advantage on shots-on-goal.
  • There were only three penalties in the game.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • This was Lenoir-Rhyne's fifth straight season with at least 14 wins.
  • Evan Voss finishes his career with exactly 200 points, becoming the fifth Bear in school history to do so.
  • His 103 assists put him at third all-time.
  • Matthew Mancini's 249 faceoffs won this season put him second all-time behind Shane Gottberg's 263 in 2018.
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