MCDANIEL 18, ST. MARY’S 12 Green Terror conclude season on a high note
If Saturday’s men’s lacrosse game between in-state rivals McDaniel College and St. Mary’s served as the final game of the spring, the Green Terror ended the shortened season in positive fashion.
A seven-goal run during the fourth quarter lifted the Terror to an 18-12 victory Saturday at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium.
McDaniel improved to 3-3 behind six goals from Pat Fegan and 16 faceoffs won by Jason Heeley, who also collected five ground balls. Bryce Brookhart added seven ground balls, two assists and a caused turnover, while Jakob Katzen made 10 saves in goal and added an assist.
Jude Brown led the Seahawks (5-3) with four goals and five assists. Erich Wuesthoff added four markers.
Fegan opened the scoring off a quick feed from Nick DeLoriers just 38 seconds into the game. Ben Claffee responded with a solo run with 13 minutes, 43 seconds showing before Heeley won the ensuing faceoff and set up McDaniel’s go-ahead goal seven seconds later. A pair of Jackson Reilly goals gave the hosts a 4-2 lead with 10:12 remaining before Wuesthoff and Jude Brown responded a minute apart to draw the game back even with 6:41 left.
Fegan sandwiched a pair of goals around one from Wuesthoff to make it a 6-5 game after the first quarter of play. Brown finished a pass from Jack Conway then hit Wuesthoff for a 7-6 edge with 8:34 to play in the second period. Fegan finished off a pass from Bryce Brookhart to tie the game with 7:23 on the clock before Reilly scored his second man-up tally just 26 ticks before halftime.
Frank Kratovil found DeLoriers just 2:58 into the third quarter before Jackson Kratovil connected with Dylan Vitale 1:48 later for a 10-7 lead. Brown hit Cameron Linger and Wuesthoff 2:35 apart to pull St. Mary’s back within one with 4:44 showing.
Sean Allen’s goal then started a gameclinching 7-0 run for the Green . Fegan scored from long range after Carson Marshall forced St. Mary’s into a bad pass on a clear attempt just 18 seconds into the fourth quarter. Marshall then netted an unassisted tally 1:15 later.
Micah Brooks scored less than a minute later to push the lead to 15-9 with 9:48 to play. Marshall needed just 10 seconds to make it 16-9 before Frank Kratovil scored from a bad angle to cap the run with 8:39 showing.
Saturday’s game marked the final one for McDaniel this spring as the Centennial Conference suspended all athletics effective March 16 until further notice because of the coronavirus outbreak.
McDaniel’s women’s lacrosse team had its game against Bridgewater canceled.
The Green Terror baseball team (8-4) played Marymount in a doubleheader. Despite losing twice, Iasiah Ishmail had three hits and Julian Jenkins belted his first career home run for McDaniel.