Men's Lacrosse drops Senior Day Match to Piedmont
IRVING, Texas – The University of Dallas men's lacrosse team (2-7) closed out the home portion of its season with a 17-2 setback versus Piedmont College (4-7) on Sunday. A seven-goal first quarter set the momentum from the onset as the Crusaders dropped their fifth straight.
Prior to the match, Dallas recognized seniors Nicholas Baeza (San Antonio, Texas) and Jacob Tom (Waukesha, Wis.) for their three years of commitment to the program since its third year back after the 2014 cancelled campaign.
STAT NOTABLES
(Individual Notes)
- Bogar Trout III (Tecumseh, Mich.) scored his third goal of the season and also had an assist for points on both UD scores.
- Seamus McGuire (Colorado Springs, Colo.) netted his first career collegiate goal.
- Christian Lopez (Las Vegas, Nev.) was a save shy of tying his personal best in his rookie season with 26. The goalie also made five groundballs for second on the squad.
- Tyler Smith (Snoqualmie, Wash.) tallied a game-high 10 groundballs.
- Peter Early (San Antonio, Texas) did not score or assist, which snapped his point-streak at seven matches. That was three games away from matching his stretch of 10 in a row to start his career in 2016.
- The Lions were led by Jeremy Kohn with five goals and two assists for a game-best seven points. Preston Quarles had four goals for the other hat trick in the match. He added an assist.
- Zach Czulada got the win in 30 minutes of goalkeeping in the first half. He made three saves against four shots faced. Ryan Morgan had four saves against five faced in the remaining 30 minutes.
(Team Notes)
- Dallas was outshot 62-15. This included a 22-3 difference in the first quarter.
- The Crusaders did make nine-of-26 saves in the first.
- UD had 26 turnovers compared to 10 by its opponent, but did commit fewer (4-3) in the second quarter.
- Even though they were 17-of-26 in successful clears, the Crusaders improved after failing the first trio of clear attempts by three-of-five in the first frame. From there, the Navy and White went 5-for-5 in the next quarter and only had two failed in each 15-minute stretch of the second half.
- Piedmont only missed one clear (28-29), went 16-for-22 in faceoff wins, and held a 42-24 edge in groundballs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
11 unanswered goals surged Piedmont way in front through the majority of the first half. This included seven scoring results in the opening quarter. Britt Kennedy hit an early goal unassisted about 25 seconds into the match. On the next goal Jared Harris found Quarles for a goal with his pass to make it 2-0 and just past 10 minutes left in the frame. Kohn then got involved with back-to-back goals relatively soon after. His second goal on that consecutive stretch was a man-up scenario. Quarles got a point on the timely assist.
Dallas found the back of the cage with just beneath four minutes left in the second quarter. Trout III broke through to erase the shutout bid. Dallas trailed 12-1 at intermission once Kennedy closed the first half like he started on a goal with 36 ticks on the clock.
Trout III did match his previous game where he had two points by garnering an assist in the third. It was the final goal by either side in that quarter as a nice immediate shot on the pass by McGuire counted for Dallas' other goal. It occurred with 1:20 to go and made things 16-2.
Piedmont only had one goal in the fourth with a little less than three minutes to go. Sean Kennell made his second goal as a quintet of players scored multiple times. Kohn assisted to secure his seventh point.
Besides that goal, Lopez had settled in matching seven saves per quarter in the last 30 minutes to combine for 14.
UP NEXT
Dallas is on the road the remainder of the season. Four matches altogether are listed with a pair each weekend stint. First up is April 1-2 at Carroll University and University of Dubuque, respectively.
