HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA – The #19 Roanoke lacrosse team held off a late Hampden-Sydney rally to win 9-8 on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 8, Roanoke 9
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 7-5, 2-2 ODAC; Roanoke 9-3, 4-0 ODAC

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hampden-Sydney struck first as Hunter Brown (Charlottesville, VA/Albemarle) finished off a feed from Jake Koferl (Huntersville, NC/Lake Norman) at the 8:07 mark of the first quarter
• The lead didn't last long as just 15 seconds later, Roanoke found themselves up 2-1 after Cameron Linsley won and scored off back-to-back face-offs.
• Linsley and Brendan Devane found the back of the net at 3:45 and 3:24 to put the Maroons up 4-1
• Ian Levin (Chapel Hill, NC/East Chapel Hill) and Will Pilat closed the quarter with a goal each as Roanoke led 5-2 after 15 minutes
• IV Stucker pushed the Maroons lead back to four at 13:46 in the second, but they were shut out for the rest of the half.
• Levin struck at 1:56 and Chandler Shaheen (Richmond, VA/St. Christopher's) scored with just 12 seconds left in the half to trim the deficit to just two, 6-4
• Connor Pool (Charlotte, NC/Charlotte Catholic) drew Hampden-Sydney withine one as he scored the first goal of the second half at 12:54
• Pilat kept the Tigers at bay as he found the back of the net on an extra-man opportunity at 11:44 then scored against at 6:41.
• Duncan Morris (Charlottesville, VA/Christchurch) brought the deficit back down to two at 3:19, sending the game into the final frame with a score of 8-6
• Kevin Jackson regained a three-goal advantage for Roanoke at the 9:14 mark, but that would be the last goal they would register
• After a Roanoke failed clear at 2:13, the Tigers cleared the ball and Shaheen scored off a Koferl pass at 1:21 to cut the lead to 9-7
• The Tigers won the face-off and a yellow flag came flying out around the 50 second mark, and H-SC threw the ball out of bounds to get the one-minute man-up opportunity.
• Levin saw his shot saved at the 28 second mark, but Roanoke proceeded to turnover the ball just four seconds later on the clear.
• The Tigers got off the shots that all went wide, but Koferl was able to pick up a groundball and score an extra-man goal with 4.7 seconds left on the clock.
• Jared Arntzen (Atlanta, VA/Blue Ridge) won the ensuing face-off but was not able to get a shot off as the ball was picked up beyond the midfield line.

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Arntzen was 11-for-18 on face-offs with four ground balls
• Levin tallied two goals and one assist
• Koferl handed out two assists while scoring once
• Shaheen found the back of the net twice
• Pool and Brown each contributed a goal and an assist
• Mitch Renfrow (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) made 13 saves

FOR THE FOES

• Linsley scored three goals with one assist
• Will Pilat added on three goals
• Burke McManus recorded 13 stops in goal

STATS OF THE GAME

• A near even game across the board, but the Tigers struggled on clears, succeeding on just 17 of 25 clear attempts
• H-SC outshot Roanoke 42-33

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney will travel to Randolph College on April 9 for a 1 pm game.