CHESTER, Pa. – Four goals from junior
Matt Horgan aids in Widener Men's Lacrosse home opener win over Gwynedd Mercy for fourth straight year.
The 14-8 win moves the Pride to 2-2 in the regular season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Matt Horgan led with four goals on five shots.
- Luke Shimko assisted four goals.
- Defensively, Aiden Jackson forced five turnovers.
- In the cage, Logan Mast made 10 saves in 53 minutes of play.
- The Pride took 37 shots to the Griffins 38, won 10 faceoffs, and went 19-of-23 in clears.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- A quick Pride penalty opened the game while Mast snagged back-to-back saves. Samuel Haverstrom saw the first offensive Pride shot before Towsend forced a turnover that led to a Knepp goal at 10:01. Out of a strategic timeout, Nolan Schemmer found the back of the cage on an Ashton Amend pass to take a 2-0 lead with 6:18 on the clock. A quick save and transition would give Horgan an unassisted goal with 4:09 left. A Griffins man-up goal put them on the board while the Pride ended the period up 3-2.
- A quick answer opened the second with a Horgan man-up goal to take a 4-2 lead. Jacob Shannon forced a turnover out of the Griffins' timeout to give Matthew Marino his first goal of the game and second of the season with 10:17 left. Jackson forced a turnover that gave Townsend a ground ball to transition to a Haverstrom goal. Jackson made another force turnover as Haverstrom picked up his second of the game to take a 7-3 lead with 5:52 left. The scoring train continued with Luke Cichetti snagging a man-up goal before Marino put in his second as Shimko assisted both. The Pride headed to half up 9-3.
- Mast opened with a save to start the final 30 minutes of play while the Pride transitioned successfully. Horgan found a goal from Liam Drake for his sixth of the season. A save from Mast would hold the Griffins out shortly before a goal with 10:17 on the board. The period ended with a handful of turnovers on both sides of the ball with a score of 10-5 Pride.
- Horgan's night continued with an unassisted goal at 12:50 before Haverstrom ended his game with a goal at 10:49. Knepp and the Pride captalized on a man-up situation with a Shimko assist at 9:43. Two quick goals for the Griffins would wrap up a solid night from Mast as Colyn Schmitz took over. Schmitz would snag two quick saves before Ashton Amend scores his first of the season to end the game with a final of 14-8.
UP NEXT
Widener returns to Hirschmann Field at Quick Stadium on Saturday, March 7 for the start of Spring Break against the 2-2 (0-0 Liberty League) Ithaca Bombers. Faceoff is scheduled for noon.
