Black Knights Suffer Setback to Lehigh

Saturday, March 9

Bethlehem, PA

1 PM

Army West Point

4-2, 1-1PL

Lehigh

3-3, 2-0PL

Army

Lehigh

Black Knights Suffer Setback to Lehigh

March 09, 2019 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

BETHLEHEM, Pa. –The #16/17 Army West Point men's lacrosse team suffered an 11-8 setback to Lehigh on the road Saturday afternoon.

It was the Black Knights' first deficit in Patriot League play this season and first loss to a non-ranked opponent.

Sean O'Brien was the only Cadet to have multiple goals in the game, while also registering an assist for a career-high three points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

For the sixth game in a row, the Black Knights scored the first goal of the game.
Nicholas Garofano posted the first of the game, but three-straight by the Mountain Hawks gave Lehigh a 3-1 lead.
The Black Knights had an excellent second quarter, outscoring the Mountain Hawks 3-1.
Liam Davenport recorded an unassisted score with 9:43 on the clock.
Matt Manown then beat his defender on a driving goal to cut Lehigh's lead to 4-3.
Sean O'Brien tied the game with four minutes remaining in the first half off a pass from Alex Alacqua.
The Mountain Hawks reclaimed the lead however with a goal with three seconds to go in the half.
Nichtern assisted O'Brien just 30 seconds into the second half, but Lehigh's 4-0 run pushed the team ahead of the Black Knights 9-5.
Nichtern opened the scoring in the fourth diving across the crease.
Lehigh scored a minute later to give it a 10-6 advantage.
Both of Army's next two goals were assisted as Garofano found Miles Silve and O'Brien connected with Nate Jones.
Lehigh capped the scoring efforts with two minutes remaining to post the final score at 11-8.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

O'Brien paced Army's offense with a career-high three points.
The junior posted two goals and added an assist.
Garofano and Nichtern each notched two points in the game.
Manown, Jones, Davenport, Alacqua and Silva all registered one point apiece today.
Johnny Surdick and Tom Rigney five ground balls each.
Surdick added a caused turnover in the effort.
Marcus Hudgins posted a career-high three caused turnovers today to lead Army.
He also had two ground balls.
Evan Condon and Anthony George returned to the lineup and picked up three ground balls apiece.
AJ Barretto turned aside 15 shots today and boasted a .577 save percentage.