Hampden-Sydney Lacrosse won their third NCAA Tournament game and first since 2003 with a decisive 23-8 win over Transylvania University in the Second Round. The Tigers advance to play Salisbury University on Saturday. Game location and time is to be determined. 

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 23, Transylvania 8
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 16-5; Transylvania 13-4
• Location: Hampden-Sydney, VA – Lewis C. Everett Stadium 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hampden-Sydney wasted little time establishing their dominance as H-SC tallied the first two goals of the game in just 23 seconds, both from Duncan Morris
• Hunter Brown added an unassisted tally at 13:35 before Transylvania got on board at 9:20.
• Four different players scored to close out the first quarter with the Tigers ahead 7-1
• Hampden-Sydney scored the first three goals of the second quarter to lead 10-1, but the Pioneers rattled off the next four scores to make it just a 10-5 game with 5:12 left in the first half
• H-SC called a timeout to get regrouped, putting up the next two goals to go into halftime ahead 12-5
• The third quarter was much the same as the first as the Tigers scored seven of the frame's eight goals
• Hampden-Sydney emptied the bench in the fourth period and outperformed Transylvania 4-2 

TIGER TOP PERFORMERS

• Duncan Morris led all scorers with seven points on six goals and an assist
• Hunter Brown contributed three goals and three assists to tie the single-season record for assists with 43
• Jared Arntzen won 18 of 21 faceoffs with 12 ground balls
• Wilson Booth went 11 for 12 on faceoffs with four ground balls
• Chandler Shaheen found the back of the net four times
• Jack Doetzer tallied once and added four assists
• Ian Levin recorded two goals with an assist and four ground balls
• Matt Duignam scored two times
• John Burke added two goals
• Ben Carson tallied a goal and an assist
• Jack Little scored once and helped on another
• Connor Pool handed out two assists

FOR THE FOES

• Josh Mesmer scored twice with an assist
• T.J. Toivonen scooped six ground balls

STATS OF THE GAME

• H-SC held a 54-17 advantage in ground balls
• The Tigers went 30 of 34 on faceoffs
• Hampden-Sydney's man down defense held Transylvania to a 1-7 performance while H-SC was 2-4 on man ups
• H-SC outshot Transy 50-30

UP NEXT

• Hampden-Sydney will play Salisbury in the NCAA Tournament Third Round on Saturday.