Men's Lacrosse Earns Tournament Berth With Win At Hobart

Saturday, April 28

Geneva, NY

12 pm

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

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Men's Lacrosse Earns Tournament Berth With Win At Hobart

4/28/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

The Sacred Heart University men's lacrosse team secured a berth in the Northeast Conference Tournament with a 10-6 win over NEC host Hobart College Saturday afternoon. The win improved the Pioneers to 7-7 on the year and 3-3 in league play, while the Statesmen fall to 5-9 overall and 1-5 in NEC action.

What it Means

SHU will be the fourth-seed in the NEC Tournament, which begins on Thursday at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pa.
The Pioneers will take on the host Hawks on Thursday in one semifinal, while Bryant and Robert Morris will face-off in the other semifinal
The Pioneers earn a tournament spot for the second consecutive year
The Championship Game will be played on Saturday with the tournament champion earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament

Turning Point

SHU broke a 2-2 tie midway through the first quarter when TJ Fitzell found the back of the net to give the Pioneers a lead they would not relinquish
That tally started a 3-0 Pioneer run, capped by a Max Tuttle goal with 5:08 to play in the quarter, putting SHU in front 5-2

By the Numbers

Tuttle scored a game-high four goals to lead the Pioneers offense
The Tewaaraton Award candidate was the only multi-goal scorer, as six other Pioneers each found the back of the net
Brooks Dutton earned the win in net, stopping 14 shots on the afternoon; six in the second half of action
Joe Saggese had a goal and an assist for SHU
Joseph Cipoletti had four caused turnovers and four ground balls
Nick Albanese was 4-9 at the face-off X and finished with four ground balls

How it Happened

Eric Holden opened the scoring for Hobart, 1:45 into the game
Tuttle answered with a pair of goals 46 second apart (11:41, 10:55) to put SHU in front 2-1
Mason Burr tallied the equalizes for the Statesmen at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter
Fitzell tallied his goal at the 8:03 mark, starting the Pioneers 3-0 run in a 2:58 stretch
Justin Scott scored the last goal of the first quarter (4:25) and the first of the second (11:07) to bring Hobart within one, 5-4
Tuttle (3:17) and Julian Garritano (2:07) both scored in the second quarter, giving SHU a 7-4 halftime advantage
Each team scored once in the third, with Scott scoring at 4:10 and Kevin Cop for the Pioneers at 1;17, sending the game to the fourth with SHU in front 8-5
It took two-thirds of the final stanza for either team to score, with Owen Smith pulling Hobart within two, 8-6, at the 5:34 mark
Saggese scored his goal at 3:04 and Reed Avveduti tallied the final goal at the 2:01 mark

More Numbers

The Pioneers were 4-7 at the face-off X in the second-half
The Pioneers were 1-1 with an extra man and stopped Hobart on its only man-up opportunity
SHU was out shot 41-27 on the afternoon
The Pioneers had 13 of its 20 ground balls in the second-half
SHU was 19-25 clearing, going a perfect 5-5 in the fourth quarter
The Pioneers caused nine turnovers on the day