A 10-man senior class helped carry Hampden-Sydney Lacrosse to a 15-9 win over Bridgewater College on Saturday evening, and in the process, the Tigers clinched a top-four seed in the upcoming ODAC Tournament slated to begin on May 2.

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 15, Bridgewater 9
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 11-5, 5-3 ODAC; Bridgewater 6-9, 2-6 ODAC
• Location: Hampden-Sydney, VA – Hellmuth-Gibson Field 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game was originally scheduled to be played at 5 pm at Lewis C. Everett Stadium, but mother nature had other plans as thunderstorms and darkness forced the game to be moved to 5:45 pm and to Hellmuth-Gibson Field
• The first quarter was back and forth as the two squads exchanged two goals apiece with just under two minutes left in the quarter, but Chandler Shaheen put H-SC on top at the 1:06 mark
• Bridgewater evened the game at 3-3 just 28 seconds into the second frame off a Chris Voorhees goal
• The Eagles took the lead for the first time at 12:34 behind a Daniel Brown score, and they pushed the advantage to 5-3 at 8:25 courtesy of Sean MacLeish's stick
• The Tigers didn't take long to mount the comeback as Hunter Brown found the back of the net at 7:05 to draw the Tigers within one, and Jake Hargrove tied the game with 4:31 to play in the first half
• Those two goals kicked off a stretch of eight straight goals for the Tigers. They added two more to end the half to lead 7-5 going into intermission
• H-SC produced the first four goals of the third quarter, including a score from Robbie Bugbee, to go up 11-5
• Bridgewater answered back in a big way to end their scoring drought as Blake Mann posted the next two goals and Chris Voorhees made it three in row, cutting the Tiger advantage to 11-8 with 3:04 left in the frame
• Duncan Morris ended the quick spurt from the Eagles, tallying a man-up goal with a minute left in the third to put H-SC ahead by four, 12-8, after 45 minutes of play
• Bridgewater never managed to trim their deficit to less than four in the fourth quarter as the Tigers outscored them 3-1 in the quarter

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Jared Arntzen dominated on faceoffs as he won 22 of 24 attempts to go with 13 ground balls and an assist. He finished with just two fewer ground balls than the entire Bridgewater team
• Ian Levin notched a game-high five points on three goals and two assists
• Hunter Brown posted four goals and five groundballs
• Jack Doetzer handed out two assists and scored a goal of his own
• Chandler Shaheen found the back of the net twice
• Duncan Morris contributed two goals and an assist
• Jake Hargrove scooped five ground balls along with a goal

FOR THE FOES

• Blake Mann scored three times and assisted on two more
• Chris Voorhees tallied a hat trick
• Daniel Brown tallied a goal and an assist
• Michael Fairley made 13 saves

STATS OF THE GAME

• H-SC annihilated BC 43-15 in the ground all department
• Hampden-Sydney won 22 of the game's 27 faceoffs
• The Tigers man-down defense held the Eagles scoreless on six extra-man opportunities
• H-SC outshot Bridgewater 45-26

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney finishes the regular season on Wednesday with a 7 pm game at Virginia Wesleyan