Second Half Surge Not Enough to Top #6/8 Loyola

Friday, April 20

Baltimore, MD

7 PM

Army West Point

5-7, 2-6PL

#6/8 Loyola

10-3, 7-1PL

Army West Point

Loyola Maryland

Connor DeWitt (7) of Army
Army Black Knights vs. Holy Cross Crusaders
NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse
Michie Stadium - West Point, NY
March 17, 2018

Second Half Surge Not Enough to Top #6/8 Loyola

April 20, 2018 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Army West Point men's lacrosse team fell to #6/8 Loyola Friday night despite a strong second half surge by the Black Knights.

HIGHLIGHTS & GAME NOTES

Johnny Surdick had a standout defensive performance tonight holding the nation's fourth-best point producer, Pat Spencer, to zero goals on nine shots.
There was only one other contest this season where Spencer did not score a goal.
Surdick caused two turnovers and had four groundballs.
Connor DeWitt and Conor Glancy had two goals in tonight's game to lead Army's offense.
DeWitt's pair of scores was a career-high
Glancy has garnered at least one point in each game this season.
Nate Jones posted two points on the night on a goal and assist.
Jones has recorded at least two points in every game this season.
Alex Alacqua, Jon LaMonica and Matthew Donovan each tallied one goal in the game.
It was Alacqua's third goal of the season and LaMonica's second career goal.
Donovan has now scored a goal in each of the last three games for Army.
Sean O'Brien and Matt Manown recorded one assist each.
AJ Barretto made 11 saves while picking up three groundballs.
John Ragno went 10-19 on the faceoff and led both sides with seven groundballs.
Manown has now notched one points in both of Army's last two games.
LaMonica and Danny DeSanti each caused two turnovers and had one groundball apiece.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights kept the game close through the first 15 minutes.
Loyola scored the first goal of the contest three minutes in after a long defensive stand by Army.
Four minutes later, DeWitt faded right on Jacob Stover to score weak side high.
The Greyhounds then went on a 6-0 run to take a 7-1 lead halfway through the second period.
The Black Knights snapped the streak when Barretto made a long clear to O'Brien in the right corner of Army's offensive zone.
O'Brien dodged his defender on the catch and drew Jones' across the crease. He dished the ball off to Jones who scored on the edge of the crease.
The Black Knights carried the momentum into the beginning of the third quarter when Glancy scored on a righty crease roll.
The Greyhounds answered with two straight goals, but LaMonica scored off a pass from Jones to break up the streak with 8:53 to go in the third.
Loyola scored one more, but a 2-0 run by Army closed out the third frame.
Donovan skidded a low shot past Stover to cut the score in half.
Then with six seconds remaining, DeWitt netted his second of the game on another right fade down the line.
The momentum continued to shift in favor of Army at the start of the fourth.
Manown and Alacqua moved the ball around the perimeter to set themselves up for a dish off and score two minutes into the frame to make it a three-goal game.
The Greyhounds netted one two minutes later to extend their lead to 11-7.
The two teams traded goals to close out the game at 12-8 in favor to the Greyhounds.
Glancy netted his second of the game after picking up the faceoff and darting towards the net. It was the final goal of the game with 3:21 on the clock.