HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA – Hampden-Sydney Lacrosse shook off a one-and-a-half hour weather delay and a rusty first quarter to defeat Guilford College 12-9 in the ODAC Tournament Quarterfinals. The Tigers tied a single-season record for wins with 13. H-SC will play Washington and Lee on Saturday at 3 pm at Roanoke College in the semifnals.

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 12, Guilford 9
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 13-5; Guilford 8-9

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Originally scheduled to start at 5 pm, the game was delayed until 6:30 pm due to a severe thunderstorm that rolled through the area, but the skies cleared for a sunny evening the rest of the way
• Guilford struck first on a man-up goal from Joe Eggleston and Alex Brownlee made it 2-0 at 8:41
• Jake Koferl (Huntersville, NC/Lake Norman) broke the H-SC scoring drought at 7:09
• Eggleston added another extra-man goal at 2:56 to make it a 3-1 after 15 minutes of play
• Daniel Haupt opened the second frame by finding the back of the net at 11:14.
• The teams would go scoreless for 10 minutes before Hunter Brown (Charlottesville, VA/Albemarle) sent a bounce shot from the right wing into the top left corner of the cage at 1:11.
• Guilford won the ensuing faceoff, but Thomas Passenant (Charlotte, NC/Charlotte Country Day) forced a turnover, and the Tigers converted a clear with 40 seconds left. H-SC called a timeout at 16 seconds, and then Koferl buried a shot with just 1.2 seconds left on the clock to make it just a 4-3 game going into the half
• Daniel Haupt opened up the second half with a strike at 11:07
• Duncan Morris (Charlottesville, VA/Christchurch) proceeded to finish off a Brown pass at 10:06, and Chandler Shaheen (Richmond, VA/St. Christopher's) tied it off a Connor Pool (Charlotte, NC/Charlotte Catholic) pass from behind the cage at 7:04
• Pool then scored a goal of his own, this time of the man up variety, to take the lead for the good guys, 6-5, at the 6:12 mark.
• The game proved to be a back-and-forth affair for much of the rest of the night and was tied 7-7 after Andrew McDonagh posted a goal with 0.9 seconds left
• Guilford once again scored early in the fourth quarter to take the lead, but Morris and Ian Levin (Chapel Hill, NC/East Chapel Hill) recorded back-to-back tallies to go up 9-8 with 8:29 to play
• Daniel Hughey would tie the game again less than a minute later at 7:37
• H-SC won the face-off, and Brown put Hampden-Sydney back on top at 6:45
• Mitch Renfrow (Charlotte, NC/Providence Day) made a save on a Dylan Haupt shot at the 5:46 mark. Kevin Wilhelm (Burke, VA/Lake Braddock) picked up the ground ball, raced down the field to clear it in transition, and fired a shot into the back of the net to provide H-SC their first multi-goal lead at 11-9 with 5:31 left in the game.
• Another big save from Renfrow on the next possession led to another Tigers possession. H-SC looked to run clock despite being man up for a minute starting at 4:26, but the Tigers eventually put in their final goal of the night at 2:45
• Guilford won the faceoff but a poor pass led to a Quaker turnover. The Tigers gave it back with only a little over a minute left and Guilford was not able to capitalize.

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Koferl led the way with five points on three goals and two assists
• Brown scored twice and helped on two others
• Shaheen and Morris each contributed two goals
• Pool posted a goal and an assist
• Renfrow stopped 10 shots in cage
• Jared Arntzen (Atlanta, VA/Blue Ridge) won 11 of 21 faceoffs to go with a game-high eight ground balls

FOR THE FOES

• Alex Brownlee contributed two goals and two assists
• Daniel Haupt and Eggleston provided two goals apiece
• Zachary Berkowitz handed out two assists
• Connor Manning went 11 for 18 on faceoffs

STATS OF THE GAME

• Goalkeeper play proved to be a big difference maker as Renfrow made 10 saves, but his counterpart in Parker Styles made just four stops
• H-SC held a 27-21 edge in ground balls
• While each team struggled with turnovers, the low possession game saw Guilford commit 15 compared to 11 for the Tigers
• Hampden-Sydney converted 14 of 18 clears compared to a 10 of 15 mark for Guilford

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney travels to Roanoke College this weekend for the remainder of the ODAC Tournament. H-SC will battle second-seeded Washington and Lee at 3 pm on Saturday in the semifinals.