SYLVANIA, OHIO – The Siena Heights men's lacrosse survived a Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) matchup against Lourdes with a goal in the final two minutes of regulation to earn a 13-12 win. Both the Saints (3-3, 2-0 WHAC) and Grey Wolves (4-2, 1-1 WHAC) are receiving votes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Coache's Top 10 poll. The win keeps SHU perfect in WHAC play.
Both Eric Csizmadia and Jake Gallaher led the Saints with six points on five goals and an assist. The duo accounted for 10 of the 13 goals scored by Siena in the game. Devin Plemmons, Garnet Potter, and Logan Hudnut were the other goal scorers for the Saints. Potter had a team-high four assists on the night while Plemmons and Hudnut recorded one assist. Vinnie Jean (W, 3-3) made 11 saves in net for SHU to earn his third win of the season.
The Saints jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of play with two-straight goals from Gallaher and Csizmadia. The Grey Wolves tallied three-straight scores to pull within one of tying before Gallaher completed the hat trick to give SHU the 5-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Csizmadia scored in the first 46 seconds of the second to double up Lourdes, 6-3. Another goal from Gallaher followed a Grey Wolves goal to put the score at 7-4 with 11:48 left in the first half. Lourdes then scored four of the following five goals to knot things up at eight as the teams entered the locker room at the half.
The third quarter was a back-and-forth affair as Gallaher scored his last goal of the game at the 12:43 mark to give the Saints a 9-8 edge. The Grey Wolves scored twice to take their first lead of the game, 10-9, with 5:44 left in the third frame. Hudnut hit a man-up goal to tie the game at ten before Plemmons recaptured the lead with a goal at 3:44.
Potter scored first in the fourth quarter to extend the SHU advantage by two goals, 12-10. Lourdes responded with two goals to tie the score with 4:23 left in regulation. Csizmadia then scored off an assist from Gallaher with 1:44 left in the game to give the Saints the win.
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The SHU men's lacrosse team hosts Taylor in the first home contest of the season on Saturday, April 2, at noon.
