DANVILLE, Va. - The Averett University men's lacrosse team fell to Virginia Wesleyan University in non-conference action at home on Friday night by a score of 17-3.
Averett (2-3, 0-1 ODAC) junior
Connor Taff scored the opening goal at 11:22 in the first, less than a minute later Virginia Wesleyan (4-1) tied-up the game at 1-1, the beginning of seven unanswered Marlin goals to pull away from the Cougars. Virginia Wesleyan took a 10-2 lead into halftime before scoring seven goals in the second half to bring the final game score to 17-3.
Taff, sophomore
Brayton Powers and freshman
Anthony Garay each totaled one goal while freshman
Emmett Wood had an assist. Sophomore
Jay Etheridge, freshmen Angel Roman Pascual and
Mike Hernandez each had a caused turnover. Freshman
Cameron Shadduck went 7-23 from the faceoff circle with four ground balls.
Between the pipes, freshman
Cameron Prutzman totaled 21 saves.
Averett is back in action next Saturday when they host William Peace University at 5:30 p.m. in non-conference action.
