SUWANEE, Ga. - Colorado College, Birmingham-Southern Centre, and Sewanee will compete for the 2012 SCAC men's lacrosse championship April 27 & 29. The winner of the four team tournament wins the league's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship.
AROUND THE SCAC
Birmingham-Southern played twice at home this
weekend to wrap up the regular season, and both games turned out to
be close ones. On Friday, the Panthers came back from a 13-9
deficit and defeated Centre, 16-14, and on Sunday the tables were
turned as Sewanee overcame a 6-0 BSC lead to win 11-10. The
Panthers have clinched the second seed in the upcoming SCAC
Championship, which they are hosting, and will face Centre in
the first round on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Centre wrapped up the regular season with a split
of two games over the weekend, falling 16-14 at Birmingham-Southern
on Friday before bouncing back with a 24-2 win at Oglethorpe on
Sunday. Against BSC, the Colonels built a 13-9 lead at the end of
three quarters, but the Panthers scored six straight goals to start
the fourth quarter and capture the victory. On Sunday, the Colonels
scored the first 20 goals of the game and held Oglethorpe scoreless
until the fourth quarter. The 24 goals set a school record for
goals in a game, and 15 Colonels scored in all. A year after
finishing 3-10, Centre finishes the regular season with a 12-3
record with a 7-2 mark in SCAC play.
Colorado College sophomore attackman Jake Smith
and freshman attackman Dylan Davie each scored four goals and added
an assist during Friday’s 25-2 victory at Rhodes. Smith
struck for five goals and set up five more as Colorado College
extended its winning streak to eight games with a 25-2 victory over
Millsaps College on Sunday afternoon. After Millsaps scored a
man-up goal 3:50 into the second quarter, the Tigers ran off 10
unanswered tallies to build a 16-1 lead after 30 minutes. Colorado
College added nine consecutive goals in the second half before the
Majors scored with 15 seconds to play. Senior long-stick midfielder
Zach Pierce and freshman defender Connor Ervin caused three
turnovers apiece for CC, which recorded a season-high 22 as a team.
Sprole and freshman attackman Bennett Krishock finished with three
goals, while senior attackman Moses Taylor added a pair of scores
to go with two assists.
Dallas (2-12, 1-8 SCAC) ended its 2012 season with a 22-1
road loss to Southwestern.
Hendrix ended the 2012 season with a pair of road wins. On
Friday, freshman attacker Charles Hotchkiss scored a school record
seven goals to lead Hendrix to a 19-1 win at Millsaps. Sophomore
midfielder Cameron Millstone also registered eight points on three
goals and five assists to go with eight ground balls and was
14-of-18 on face-offs. Senior attacker Alex Wilkinson had four
goals and two assists and senior Zach Doelger recorded a goal and
three assists. Freshman Sean Tjaden came up with a goal and an
assist and Don Geders and Matt Carpenter each recorded a goal.
Junior defenseman Robert McCarthy came up with a game-best 12
ground balls, scored a goal and caused two turnovers. Senior keeper
Keith Clemens recorded an assist and seven saves. Hendrix topped
Rhodes 9-5 on Sunday in the season finale. With the win, the
Warriors tied their program record with five wins, set last
year.
Millsaps suffered a pair of tough losses this past weekend
as they fell to Hendrix, 19-1 on Friday before falling to Colorado
College on Sunday, 25-2. The Majors conclude the season with a 3-11
record and 2-7 overall in the SCAC. Millsaps picked up their first
win this season and there first conference win.
Oglethorpe finished the 2012 season by dropping three home
contests this past week. Oglethorpe fell to Huntingdon (L, 14-10)
on Wednesday before losing weekend SCAC clashes with Sewanee (L,
13-5) and Centre (L, 24-2). The Petrels jumped on top but could not
hold the lead. The two teams alternated goals at the onset with the
Petrels' Coleman Plaisted netting a hat trick among Oglethorpe's
first four goals to lead the way. After Plaisted's third tally with
9:04 remaining in the second quarter the score was knotted at 4
apiece. Arness Holsey and Michael Kasmarik rattled off the next two
goals to give Oglethorpe a 6-4 lead which ultimately stood at 6-5
heading into halftime. The Hawks then scored the first four goals
of the second half to take control. Against Sewanee, the Petrels
fell behind 7-1 early on before just being outscored 6-4 in the
latter stages of the game. Against Centre, the colonels manhandled
the Petrels on their way to the impressive 24-2 win. Junior Michael
Kasmarik scored both the Petrel goals in the season-ending loss to
the Colonels.
Rhodes went 0-2 on the week in SCAC play. The
Lynx opened the week with a 25-4 loss to Colorado College
before ending the weekend with a 9-5 loss to Hendrix. Rhodes
finishes its inaugural men’s lacrosse season at 2-10 overall
and 2-8 in SCAC play.
Sewanee closed out the regular season on a roll. First. on
Friday, the Tigers earned their fifth straight win after defeating
the Stormy Petrels 13-5. Two days later, the Tigers used a massive
comeback to defeat BSC, 11-10. The Tigers enter the SCAC Tournament
as the No. 4 seed. Sewanee has also won six straight games.
On Saturday afternoon Southwestern hosted its
final home game of the season and defeated the University of Dallas
22-1. The game served as not just senior day for three seniors,
Donnie Murray, Chris O'Quain and Jack Parker, but was also a
Green-Out game as SU lacrosse supported the HEADstrong Foundation.
The Pirates posted four goals in the first quarter before busting
things open with seven goals in the second and third quarters. UD's
Cody Wooten kept the shutout from becoming a reality, scoring with
1:07 left on the clock to arrive at the 22-1 final. Carter Cowan,
Tyler Downing and Jamie Long posted five goals each in the win.
Southwestern ends their season with a 5-11 overall record and 5-4
in the SCAC.
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