The Hampden-Sydney Lacrosse team dominated Virginia Wesleyan 17-8 on Wednesday night to conclude the regular season. H-SC will host an ODAC Tournament game on Tuesday with opponent and time to be determined. 

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 17, Virginia Wesleyan 8
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 12-5, 6-3 ODAC; Virginia Wesleyan 2-13, 0-8 ODAC
• Location: Virginia Beach, VA – Birdsong Field

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Tigers got off to a slow start, leading just 2-1 after the first quarter, but the Tigers came brushed it off and dominated from there
• H-SC scored four straight goals to go out in front 5-1 with 13:24 left in the first half
• H-SC maintained the four-goal lead at 7-3 midway through the second quarter before the scoring slowed down, but Hunter Brown buried a shot at the halftime buzzer to put H-SC up 8-3
• Hampden-Sydney went on to outscore VWC 4-0 in the third quarter and led 13-3 41 seconds into the fourth quarter before the Marlins scored four of the next five to make it 14-7 at 8:38
• Ian Levin, Davis Horbal, and Tre Williams proceeded to shut the door on a VWC comeback attempt with three consecutive goals to go up 17-7 with just 5:36 remaining

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Hunter Brown posted game-highs of three goals and three assists to go with three ground balls
• Jared Arntzen won 16 of 18 faceoffs with 14 ground balls. He has won 38 of his last 42 faceoffs with 27 ground balls
• Ian Levin notched three goals, two assists, and three ground balls
• Connor Pool recorded four points on two goals and two assists with three ground balls
• Chandler Shaheen scored three times in addition to four ground balls
• Jack Hayden found the back of the net twice
• Garrett Patnesky added a goal and an assist 

FOR THE FOES

• Joe Couture led Virginia Wesleyan with a score and three assists
• Austin Sax and Matt Baldwin each scored twice
• Chris McTague recorded 14 saves

STATS OF THE GAME

• H-SC was +30 in groundballs, outgaining VWC 56-26. The Tigers had more ground balls in the second half (32) than VWC had for the game
• The Tigers converted on 21 of 24 clear attempts compared to an 18-26 mark for the Marlins
• Hampden-Sydney won 19 of 26 faceoffs
• H-SC capitalized on 2 of 3 man-up opportunities while their man down defense allowed just one goal in five chances
• The Tigers outshot the Marlins 54-30 

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney will host a to be determined opponent on Tuesday at a to be determined time in the ODAC Tournament Quarterfinals