Men’s Lacrosse Eases Past NJIT

Saturday, February 26

West Point, NY

12:00 PM

Army West Point

3-1

New Jersey Institute of Technology

0-4

NJIT

Army West Point

Men’s Lacrosse Eases Past NJIT

February 26, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

Game 4
SCORE	No. 15 Army Black Knights 18, NJIT Highlanders 4
RECORDS	Army (3-1) \| NJIT (0-4)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Brendan Nichtern (7) \| NJIT – Gavyn Wilson (3)
LOCATION	Michie Stadium

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The No. 15 Army Black Knights cruised to an 18-4 victory over the NJIT Highlanders on Saturday.

GAME SUMMARY
The tone was set early with the Black Knights, who had a 17-1 lead early in the fourth quarter, scoring 24 seconds into the contest. Jacob Morin opened the scoring for his first non-man-up goal of the season. Army's next goal wouldn't come until almost 10 minutes later when Brendan Nichtern found a cutting Danny Kielbasa for a 2-0 lead. Nichtern, then, got on the scoreboard himself with his first goal of the game for a 3-0 lead with four minutes left in the quarter.

The Highlanders got on the board with 11 seconds remaining in the quarter but were held scoreless until 9:35 left in the game by the stifling Army defense behind excellent performances by goalies Wyatt Schupler, Knox Dent, and Mitch Gutgsell.
Army took over the contest in the second quarter with a 7-goal period. Aidan Byrnes scored three of his game-high four goals in the quarter as the Black Knights went into halftime with a 10-1 lead.

Reese Burek started the scoring three minutes into the third quarter which had five different goal scorers – Nichtern, Bobby Abshire, Alex Gekas, and Jackson Eicher. Byrnes added his fourth goal of the game early in the fourth quarter and Gekas netted his second to cap Army's 13-0 run. NJIT scored three straight goals before Ryan Sellew scored the game's final goal with 47 seconds.

The defense was dominant today! #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/pozSYvk6LO
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) February 26, 2022

CADET CAPSULES

Brendan Nichtern, who played in only the first half, had a game-high four assists and scored three goals for a game-high seven points. He moved into second place on the career assists list with 125 and is now third on the career points list with 213. Nichtern also had a career-high three caused turnovers.
Aidan Byrnes finished with a game and season-high four goals on a team-high seven shots.
Wyatt Schupler made 11 saves and allowed only one goal for a .917 save percentage.
Reese Burek had four points (three assists and one goal).
Knox Dent made a career-high seven saves.
Bobby Abshire, Paul Johnson, and Alex Gekas all scored two goals.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Black Knights extended their home win streak to 13 games. Army entered the game tied with Maryland for the longest active home win streak in the nation.
Army set new career-highs in points (32), assists (14), shots (62), saves (24), and caused turnovers (8).
The margin of victory (14) is the largest since an 18-goal win over NJIT on February 10, 2020.
Army allowed one goal through three quarters.
16 Black Knights recorded at least one point.

Postgame comments from Aidan Byrnes, who scored a season-high four goals to lead all goal scorers, and @ArmyLaxCoach about the win over NJIT. #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/ZEtZ7Snc09
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) February 26, 2022