YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – The Emory & Henry University Men's Lacrosse Team (1-2) fell in non-conference play to host Young Harris College (1-3) Sunday afternoon. The Wasps trailed by just three at the half, but the Mountain Lions put up 10 second-half goals to pull away for the 16-5 victory.
The Basics
FINAL SCORE – Young Harris 16, Emory & Henry 5
LOCATION – Young Harris, Georgia
VENUE – YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field
RECORDS – Emory & Henry (1-2, 0-0 SAC); Young Harris (1-3, 0-0 Carolinas)
How It Happened
- Young Harris recorded the first goal of the contest at the 10:17 mark and held the one-goal advantage for the majority of the opening quarter, but E&H had an answer with just under three minutes to play. Freshman attack Dany Nguyen (Forest, Va.) continued his hot weekend, scoring unassisted with 2:45 remaining to tie things up at 1-1. Sophomore midfielder Caleb Mims (Kingsport, Tenn.) followed suit less than a minute later with an unassisted tally of his own to give E&H their first lead of the contest at 2-1. The Mountain Lions would score 26 seconds later and the match was all square at 2-2 through one period of play.
- YHC was first on the board once more in the second, but Nguyen recorded his sixth goal of the weekend with 7:35 on the clock to tie the match once more at 3-3. Young Harris would come to life late in the period, scoring three unanswered goals to take the 6-3 advantage into the locker room at halftime.
- The home team put up two more goals to begin the second half and saw their lead grow to 8-3. Nguyen completed his hat trick at the 6:04 mark as he took a pass from Mims and beat the YHC goalie to trim the deficit to 8-4. Three more goals by the Mountain Lions created some breathing room at 11-4 heading into the final quarter.
- Emory & Henry wasted no time to start the fourth quarter as sophomore midfielder David Mewes (Greenville, S.C.) put a shot that found the back of the net to reduce the margin to 11-5, just over a minute into the quarter. That was as close as the Wasps would get however, as Young Harris would go on to score the final five goals of the contest to earn the 16-5 win.
Emory & Henry Individual Leaders
- Nguyen led the way for the second consecutive match for the Wasps as he went for a trio of goals on nine shots while collecting a ground ball. Mims finished with one goal, one assist, four ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers.
- Sophomore defender Isaiah Ward (Fredericksburg, Va.) caused a team-high four turnovers and scooped up a team-high five ground balls. Mewes posted a goal while picking up a ground ball and forcing a turnover and freshman defender Joshua Peters (Kitty Hawk, N.C.) had four ground balls and caused a turnover of his own.
- Sophomore goalie Mason Buttery (Carmel, Ind.) made 17 saves in net and picked up three ground balls.
Young Harris Individual Leaders
- Gunnar Fagerstrom paced the Mountain Lions with a match-high four goals while Colburn Connelly and John McElhenny each finished with a pair of scores.
- Jonah Polhemus recorded 10 saves in goal to earn the win for YHC.
Up Next
- Emory & Henry opens South Atlantic Conference play on Friday, February 20 when the Wasps make the trip to the Palmetto State to take on the Cobras of Coker University. Faceoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. from Hartsville, South Carolina.
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