MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Men's Lacrosse team posted a single-game high 61 shots to defeat Shorter, 17-10, in the Battle of the Hawks on Sunday afternoon at home.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 17, Shorter 10

RECORDS | Chowan 5-3, Shorter 1-7

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawks Field)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Patrick Egan tallied a total of nine points (four goals and five assists) to pace the team.  Jaxon Martin and Jackson Downs posted four goals and one assist each.

Noah Holloway became the all-time points leader for Chowan picking up five points on one goal and four assists.  Austin Lee picked up three goals.

Adam Howard was 15-19 at the face-off spot.  Slater Bender made eight saves to pick up the win in cage.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter:

Chowan raced out to a 4-0 lead as Jason Jenkins II found Austin Lee just 52 seconds into the contest for the 1-0 advantage.  Patrick Egan found Jackson Downs a minute later to lead 2-0 less than two minutes into the game.

Jaxon Martin scored the next two goals with Deven Roberts assisting on the second tally to push the lead to 4-0.

Shorter scored a pair of goals before Patrick Egan scored with 11 ticks left in the quarter to lead 5-2.

Second Quarter:

Noah Holloway found Austin Lee to open the quarter for his 139th career point.  Lee found the back of the net again on an assist from Patrick Egan to lead 7-2.

Patrick Egan scored on a Noah Holloway helper to offset the Shorter goals to lead 8-4.

Jackson Downs scored off an assist from Noah Holloway to end the period to lead 9-4 at the intermission.

Third Quarter:

Chowan scored four goals to open the half to lead 13-5.  Jackson Downs started the run with a goal off an assist from Noah Holloway.  Jaxon Martin and Jason Jenkins II scored off assists from Patrick Egan.  Holloway picked up a goal off a pass from Jaxon Martin to end the run.

Shorter scored two goals before Jaxon Martin and Patrick Egan picked up a goal each to stretch the lead to 15-7.

Fourth Quarter:

Shorter inched closer with three goals to trail 15-10.  Patrick Egan and Jackson Downs scored two goals within a nine second span to take the victory 17-10.

UP NEXT

Chowan opens Conference Carolinas play on Sunday, March 15 as the Hawks travel to the top-ranked team in the nation, Limestone.  Opening face-off is at 1pm.