Eagles Lacrosse Get Win Number Two of the Season Against St. Ambrose
photo images courtesy of Chris Leon Photography
Williamsburg, KY - The Eagles traveled to the campus of the University of the Cumberlands this weekend for a two-game series with St. Ambrose and William Penn. The first game of the series was vs St. Ambrose and the Eagles would come out victorious with a commanding win, 20-9.
Cameron Cochran would lead the Eagles in scoring with 6 goals and 4 assists. His goals would come from 14 shots on goal and 10 being on target. Cochran divided his goals up evenly with 3 goals coming in the first and 3 coming in the second half.
The Eagles also had five scoring 2 goals each. Wyatt Maddox, Reece Dotterer, Brady Hanak, Carter Maurice, and JR Sess each scored two goals in the game.
Brenden Pecora would get the start in goal and he would have 5 saves on 10 shots on goal from St. Ambrose. Liam Wright would get the second half in goal and he recorded 6 saves from 10 shots. Pecora had five goals against him and Wright had 4 goals against him.
The Eagles would start the game trading goals with St. Ambrose and finishing up the first quarter with a slim 6 to 4 lead. This would be as close as St. Ambrose would get during the game and the lead continued to rise after the first quarter.
The second quarter had the Eagles adding five more goals to the game and taking the 10-5 lead to the half. The second half would see the Eagles continue to extend the lead as they would score five goals in the third quarter and five more in the second half. Several Eagles were able to get time in the game and put their name in the scoring column besides the players with multiple goals. Benji Shackleford, Ezequel Ceant, Rett Canon, and Kollin Etheridge were able to get a goal each to help the Eagles get the commanding win!
The Eagles will have Saturday off and come back to play William Penn on the same field at Cumberlands on Sunday afternoon. They will return next week for a home game Thursday afternoon with SCAD Savannah - which will start conference play for the Eagles.