Winter Park, Fla.—The Westminster College men's lacrosse(3-4, 0-1 RMAC) team fell to Rollins College (2-3, 0-0 SSC), 10-8. The Griffins tied the first and third quarters, won the fourth, 4-1, but loss the second quarter 5-0.
Rollins College took a two goal lead four minutes into the first quarter.
Thomas Sarjeant got the Griffins on the scoreboard, scoring his 10
th goal of the season off of a Rollins Turnover caused by
Harrison Nye. Westminster tied the game at 2-2 with a goal from
Christian Pompoco, assisted by
Nick Marcy.
Rollins took a 7-2 lead in at halftime after scoring five goals and shutting the Griffins out in the second quarter.
The third quarter started positively for Westminster. Rollins won the face off by Westminster's
Kyle Williams caused a turnover which led to Pompoco's second goal of the game, assisted by
Lane Kadish. The Griffins traded goals with the Tars and finished the quarter down, 4-9.
Nick Marcy and
Troy Vance each scored a pair of goals and the Griffins were within one point of the Tars, 8-9, with 2:30 remaining. A slashing penalty gave Rollins a man-up advantage and they scored to extend the lead to two, ending Westminster's comeback.
Westminster recorded 30 shots with 18 on goal. The gathered 25 ground balls, won seven face-offs and cleared 21-25 clearance attempts.
Marcy led the Griffin offense with four points, scoring two goals and picking up two assists. Pompoco had a hat-trick and Vance score two. Sarjeant scored a goal and Kadish tallied one assist.
Connor McFarlane played the entire game in goal. He faced 26 shots on goal and made 16 saves and picked up two ground balls.
Williams and Vance each caused three turnovers. Eli Guant caused two and Nye,
Jacob Taylor and
Ian Nadel each caused one turnover.
Grant Phillips led the team with five ground balls with
Chase Flinders and Vance close behind him with four each. Williams gathered three ground balls and Sarjeant,
Kolton Atkinson,
Brad Belasco,
Bridger Fisher, and
Chance Beutler each picked up one ground ball.
Westminster plays at Colorado Mesa on Saturday, March 24, at 5 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the RMAC Network and live stats will be available online.