Second Half Surge Powers No. 15 Army Past Siena

Wednesday, February 23

West Point, NY

3:00 PM

Army West Point

2-1

Siena College

0-3

Siena

Army West Point

Second Half Surge Powers No. 15 Army Past Siena

February 23, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse

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Game 3
SCORE	No. 15 Army 20, Siena 10
RECORDS	Army (2-1) \| Siena (0-3)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Brendan Nichtern (10) \| Siena – Pratt Reynolds/Jack Kiernan (3)
LOCATION	Michie Stadium

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The No. 15 Army Black Knights outscored the Siena Saints 16-6 in the second half en route to a 20-10 victory on Wednesday at Michie Stadium.

GAME SUMMARY

A dominant third quarter propelled the Black Knights to victory. The game was knotted at 4-4 at halftime, and Army trailed 5-4 with 12 minutes left in the third quarter before reeling off eight straight goals as part of a 10-goal quarter.

Danny Kielbasa started the scoring run with his first goal of the season at the 11:23 mark. Bobby Abshire scored the game-winning goal 30 seconds later. It was then the Reese Burek show as he scored four straight goals in four minutes for a 10-5 Army lead with five minutes left in the quarter. Brendan Nichtern and Paul Johnson added goals as part of the 8-0 run for a 12-5 lead.

A man-up goal by Jacob Morin followed by Nichtern's third goal of the game wrapped up the 10-goal quarter by the Black Knights. Siena netted two goals early in the fourth quarter before Army answered with four straight goals including a pair by Morin. Alex Gekas and Jackson Eicher capped the scoring for the Black Knights.

.@ArmyLaxCoach talked about the win over Siena, what adjustments were made to score 16 goals in the second half and Nichtern's day. #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/T6CyTAOL7R
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) February 23, 2022

Brendan Nichtern finished with a career-high ?? points and gave his thoughts following a 20-10 win over Siena.#GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/RMWep9IOrS
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) February 23, 2022

CADET CAPSULES

Brendan Nichtern put in another stellar performance. He finished with a career-high seven assists and a career-best 10 points. His seven assists are tied for the third-most in a single game in program history and are tied for the most in the nation this season. His 10 points are the third-most in a single game in program history and are tied for the second-most in the nation this season.
Brendan Nichtern became the sixth Cadet in program history with 200 points. He now has 206 points which put him in fifth place. He sits in third place on the career assists list with 121 and 19^th on the goals list with 85.
Reese Burek had career-highs in goals with a game-high four, and a career-high in points with five.
Paul Johnson finished with a hat-trick for the second straight game.
Jacob Morin scored three goals which are a season-high.
Will Coletti had a game-high six ground balls and won 8 of 13 faceoffs.
Wyatt Schupler finished with 15 saves and a .652 save percentage.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Army scored 20 goals for the first time since a 20-goal performance against VMI on February 20, 2017.
11 different Black Knights scored a goal, with four scoring at least three goals.
Army extended its home winning streak to 12 games, dating back to the 2019 season.
The Black Knights were 23-for-24 on clears.
Army finished with season-highs in points (31), goals (20), assists (11), shots (61), shots on goal (40), ground balls (36), caused turnovers (7) and clears (23).

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