HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA – Duncan Morris (Charlottesville, VA/Christchurch) scored a career-high eight goals as Hampden-Sydney Lacrosse scored 16 first-half goals to defeat Methodist 19-9

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 19, Methodist 9
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 3-1; Methodist 1-2
• Location: Hampden-Sydney, VA – Lewis C. Everett

HOW IT HAPPENED

• With the Tigers leading 4-2 after six minutes of play, H-SC scored the next five goals to break open the game and take a commanding 9-2 lead at the 12:55 mark of the second quarter
• Methodist kept the game within six, 10-4, at the 10:18 mark of the second, but the Tigers went on another big scoring spree, scoring six goals to finish out the second quarter with three of them coming in the last 1:24

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Morris needed just 10 shots to score his eight goals, with seven of them coming in the first half. His only time on the field in the second half was a man-up possession that he scored on
• Connor Pool (Charlotte, NC/Charlotte Catholic), Chandler Shaheen (Richmond, VA/St. Christopher's), and Ian Levin (Chapel Hill, NC/East Chapel Hill) each found the back of the net twice while Shaheen and Levin also contributed an assist
• Hunter Brown (Charlottesville, VA/Albemarle) scored once and assisted on three other goals
• Jack Little (San Diego, CA/La Jolla Country Day) handed out two assists
• Jared Arntzen (Atlanta, VA/Blue Ridge) won 15-of-21 face-offs to go with a game-high seven ground balls
• Grant Osterlund (Monument, CO/Palmer Ridge) played the entire second half in the cage to make eight saves

FOR THE FOES

• Jake Smerka found the back of the net four times
• Trevor Dickinson contributed two scores

STATS OF THE GAME

• H-SC collected 35 ground balls to MU's 24
• The Tigers dominated on face-offs, winning 20-of-32
• Hampden-Sydney converted on four of their seven extra-man opportunities and held Methodist to a 1-for-7 mark on EMOs

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney hosts Catholic on Tuesday at 6 pm.