Box Score Mount Olive, N.C. – The 18th-ranked University of Mount Olive men's lacrosse team defeated the No. 14 Belmont Abbey College 13-8 in Conference Carolinas competition Saturday afternoon in Mount Olive, N.C.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 18 Mount Olive 13, No. 14 Belmont Abbey 8
Records: Mount Olive (9-4, 3-1 CC), Belmont Abbey (7-4, 2-1 CC)
Location: Ray McDonald Sr. Track and Field/Lacrosse Complex, Mount Olive, N.C.
How It Happened
Play-by-Play
FIRST QUARTER
- Belmont Abbey took the early momentum as a UMO penalty proved costly as the Crusaders scored the man-up goal with 12:21 left to take a 1-0 lead.
- Mount Olive did not seem phased as Austin Whitlow pounced on the opportunity to find an equalizer and scored for UMO with 9:54 to knot the game up.
- The Trojans then went on a three-goal run to take a 4-1 lead with 4:08 remaining with goals from Gunner Parson, Tyler Keele, and Brody Sullivan.
- BAC then ended the quarter with a goal to bring the Trojan lead down to two.
SECOND QUARTER
- The Crusaders once again started off the quarter with the first score to draw to within one, 4-3, with 14:23.
- Jacob Ball answered off a pass from Gunner Parson and pushed the lead back out to two.
- Following a Crusader goal, Thatcher Clark and Tyler Keele gave Mount Olive its biggest lead of the game at 7-4 with 5:55 remaining in the quarter.
- The two squads exchanged goals over the next five minutes and ended the first half with an 8-5 lead for the Trojans.
THIRD QUARTER
- The third quarter saw goals by Cody Graden and Scott Dagnanleach and Mount Olive held onto its three-goal lead 10-7 as the quarter drew to a close.
FOURTH QUARTER
- Mount Olive outscored the Crusaders in the final frame as Keele, Clark, and Parson all scored as the Trojans held off any chance of a Crusaders comeback and took down the No. 14 team.
KEY STATS
- Tyler Keele led the Trojans with three goals.
- Will Urban (W: 9-4, 3-1) tallied 8 saves on 16 shots faced.
UP NEXT
Mount Olive will return to action April 14 when the Trojans will travel to Tigerville, S.C. to take on the Crusaders of North Greenville. The first face-off is set for 1 p.m.
