Strong Third Quarter Pushes Greensboro Past The Hawks

MONTGOMERY,Ala.- In their second USA South matchup of the season, Huntingdon men's lacrosse (3-7 overall) was taken down by the Pride of Greensboro(5-4 overall) at home 14-8. A strong third quarter from Greensboro propelled the Pride to the road victory over the Hawks.

How it happened

First quarter

• Continuing his strong play from the Hawks triple overtime victory over William Peace, Kelcey Marston got the Hawks on the board first with a goal at the 12:00 minute mark to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead early

• Landen Conrad followed Marston at the 9:33 mark with a goal of his own off an assist from Colton Keglovic to push Huntingdon's lead to 2-1

• Greensboro responded with two unanswered goals to even the score at 2 with 5:33 remaining in the quarter

• The Hawks battled back to take the lead 3-2 at the 3:49 mark with Kelcey Marston scoring his second goal of the afternoon off a pass from Brady Moulton

• Greensboro put in two more goals in the final 3 minutes of the period to hold a 4-3 lead entering the second quarter

Second quarter

• Picking up where they left off, Greensboro scored two more goals to extend their lead to 6-3 by the 9:16 mark

• Still fighting, Kelcey Marston put in his third goal of the day to stop the bleeding at the 5:11 mark, bringing the score to 6-4

• A goal from the Pride at the 2:05 mark closed the half with the Hawks trailing 7-4

Third quarter

• To open the second half, Greensboro went on a 4-0 offensive explosion to extend their lead to 11-4 by the 5:39 mark

• Gage Kettlewell scored his first goal of the day at the 4:39 mark to stop the run and put the Hawks behind 11-5

• Another Greensboro goal in the final 15 seconds of the quarter put Huntingdon down 12-5 entering the fourth

Fourth quarter

• Not done yet, Tristan Dial put in a goal at the 11:42 mark to cut the lead to 12-6

• Greensboro responded with two goals to push their lead to 14-6 by the 7:05 mark

• Still battling, Gage Kettlewell scored his second goal of the day to bring the score to 14-7 with 2:14 remaining

• In the final 15 seconds, AJ Piazza scored his first goal of the season, but it would be too late, as the Hawks would fall 14-8

Hawk Top Performers

• Kelcey Marston- 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball

• Tristan Dial- 1 goal, 9 ground balls, 1 caused turnover

The Hawks return to action on March 27th, taking on the LaGrange Panthers at home. Gametime is scheduled for 7:00 PM CT.