PHILIPPI, W.VA. – The Chowan Men's Lacrosse team dropped to 1-3 on the season after falling to Alderson Broaddus on Saturday afternoon on the road.
THE BASICS
FINAL | Chowan 9, Alderson Broaddus 15
RECORDS | Chowan 1-3, Alderson Broaddus 2-2
LOCATION | Philippi, W.Va.
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
Alex Clabaugh and Austin Lee tallied three points each in the loss. Clabaugh netted a hat-trick, while Lee recorded two goals and one assist.
Quintin Bender added two goals in the loss. Slater Bender took the loss in cage stopping 22 shots.
Chowan was 8-24 at the face-off spot.
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Quarter:
Alderson Broaddus scored quickly in the contest as the Battlers scored in the first 34 seconds. The Battlers would tally another goal 64 seconds later and a third five seconds after that to lead 3-0.
ABU recorded their fourth goal of the quarter before the Hawks jumped on the board. Alex Clabaugh found the back of the net off a pass from Austin Lee. The Hawks would strike again 41 ticks later as Jason Jenkins II scored unassisted.
Patrick Egan scored a man-up goal of the pass from Noah Holloway to draw within one, 4-3.
Second Quarter:
The run continued for the Hawks as Alex Clabaugh scored an unassisted goal to even the score just 41 seconds into the quarter.
Quintin Bender gave the Hawks a 5-4 lead on an unassisted goal. The Battlers countered with two goals to regain the lead 6-5 before Noah Holloway found Bender on the man-up advantage to even the score at six.
ABU went on a 4-1 run to end the half. Austin Lee caused a turnover and scored quickly during the stretch. The Battlers led 10-7 at the intermission.
Third Quarter:
The scoring slowed in the quarter as the Hawks scored twice. Alex Clabaugh scored off a Jason Jenkins II pass.
Austin Lee would pick up the ground ball and score to close the gap to 11-9 heading to the final quarter.
Fourth Quarter:
Chowan was 0-5 in shot attempts in the quarter as Alderson Broaddus added four goals in the quarter to take the win 15-9.
UP NEXT
Chowan travels to Mount Olive to take on the Trojans in the Conference Carolinas opener on Wednesday, February 27. Opening face-off is at 4pm.