MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Men's Lacrosse team came up just short in a 15-12 loss to Newberry at home on a muddy field on Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICS
FINAL | Chowan 12, Newberry 15
RECORDS | Chowan 1-2, Newberry 3-0
LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawks Field)
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
Patrick Egan tallied a career-high five goals and one assist in the loss. Jason Jenkins II added a hat-trick with four goals and one assist.
Alex Clabaugh tallied three points with a goal and two assists.
Slater Bender recorded 14 saves in goal.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter:
Chowan grabbed the momentum early as Patrick Egan scored twice in the opening five minutes off assists from Jason Jenkins II and CJ Orland.
After a Newberry goal, Jason Jenkins II scored along with a man-up goal by Patrick Egan off the assist by Alex Clabaugh to give the Hawks a 4-1 lead.
Newberry closed the gap to 4-3.
Second Quarter:
Newberry would knot the contest at four and five as Noah Holloway tallied his first goal of the season.
The Wolves would take the lead 6-5, but Jason Jenkins II found the back of the net off a Quintin Bender pass to even the score at 6-all.
Patrick Egan found the back of the net once again off a pass from Jaxson Martin. Martin would find Jaylen Pierre for a goal and Egan would find Alex Clabaugh to give the Hawks a 9-6 advantage.
Newberry scored to close the gap to 9-7 at intermission.
Third Quarter:
Out of the half, Newberry scored three times to take a 10-9 lead. The Hawks countered with a Jason Jenkins II and Patrick Egan goal to regain the lead at 11-10.
Newberry once again regained the lead with two goals to end the quarter.
Fourth Quarter:
The Wolves pushed their lead to 14-11 before Jason Jenkins scored a man-up goal off a pass from Noah Holloway for the final tally of the contest for the Hawks.
Newberry posted the final goal of the game with 1:24 remaining to hold off the Chowan rally.
UP NEXT
Chowan hits the road to face Alderson-Broaddus on Saturday, February 23. Opening face-off is at 2pm.
