ADRIAN, Mich. -- The Siena Heights men's lacrosse team scored two goals in the final minute of regulation to force overtime, but Adrian College would score the game-winner in the extra period to take the 12-11 win. The Saints (0-2) struggled to secure the ball as they committed 21 turnovers on the afternoon.
Jake Gallaher had a monster game with five goals, including the final two that forced the overtime. Gallaher also scooped three ground balls and tallied two caused turnovers in the losing effort. Garnet Potter added four goals and two ground balls in the game. Eric Csizmadia and Jimmy McGrath each scored for Siena as well. Vinnie Jean (L, 0-2) made 19 saves to keep the Saints in the game.
Potter put Siena Heights in the lead with a goal in the first 21 seconds of regulation. The Bulldogs then rattled off three-straight scores to take the lead with 9:51 left in the first quarter. Potter scored again before Gallaher added two goals to flip the advantage back to the Saints, 4-3 with 5:25 on the clock. Csizmadia took an assist from Devin Plemmons and scored a man-up insurance goal at 4:50. Adrian cut the deficit in half with the final score of the first at 1:05.
Potter completed his hat trick at 12:43 of the second to put the Saints back up by two scores. The teams traded goals to a 7-5 score in favor of SHU, with 9:43 left in the half. Adrian's two goals knotted things up at seven as the teams entered halftime with a tie ball game.
The third quarter was low-scoring as Adrian netted two of the period's three goals to hold a 9-8 edge heading into the fourth quarter. In the third stanza, McGrath was the Saint goal scorer when he scored in the final minute off a pass from Potter.
Gallaher scored off an assist from Potter in a man-up situation that tied the game at nine. The Bulldogs scored twice at 7:54 and at 1:15 to take the 11-9 lead. SHU struck quickly, scoring in 15 seconds when Gallaher beat the keeper and brought Siena within one score with 60 seconds left. Gallaher then got the ball back for SHU with a caused turnover that led to the senior scoring to force overtime with just seven seconds left on the clock.
Adrian won the faceoff in the extra period and buried the ball into the net at 2:55 to end the game with the win.
Up Next
The SHU men's lacrosse team will remain in search of its first win of the season with a road trip to face Ottawa on Wednesday, March 9 at 2:00 p.m., EST.
