WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Black Knights jumped out to a 9-1 lead by the halftime break and held on as the Saint Joseph's men's lacrosse squad fell to #6/#7 Army, 13-5, at Michie Stadium on Saturday afternoon. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 0-3 while the Black Knights improve to 2-1.
Junior face-off specialist
Zach Cole went 14-of-22 from the X with 10 ground balls while senior midfielder
Shane Fable and sophomore attackman
Matt Bohmer scored twice each to lead the offense.
Graduate student goalkeeper
Jack Zullo (0-3) made six saves vs. nine goals allowed in the first 30:00. Senior
Tucker Almany came in in relief and made four saves vs. four goals allowed in the final 30:00.
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How It Happened
Q1 & Q2 – Army's Brendan Nichtern scored his first of four goals on the day at the 12:58 mark of the first quarter. Fable equalized at 12:24, but the Black Knights tore off on an 8-0 run to close the half with a 9-1 advantage. Army outshot St. Joe's 24-12 in the first half, landing 15 of those shots on goal. Cole went 8-of-12 from the X while Zullo made six saves in the opening 30:00.
Q3 – Saint Joseph's junior midfielder
Ryan Doran (9:44, assisted by sophomore attackman
Levi Anderson) and Fable (9:11) scored 33 seconds apart to open the third and close SJU's deficit to six goals, 9-3, but Nichtern responded with a pair (5:52, 2:18) to send Army into the fourth quarter back on top by eight, 11-3. Almany came in to make three of his four saves in the third quarter.
Q4 – Bohmer scored both of SJU's goals in the fourth to open (13:48, assisted by junior midfielder
Tucker Brown) and close (:17) the final quarter. However, Nichtern and Army's Nicholas Garofano tacked on two more in between Bohmer's pair en route to Army's 13-5 victory.
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