No. 12 Army Tops Lafayette For Fifth Straight Win

Friday, March 11

Easton, PA

7:00 PM

Army West Point

6-1, 2-0PL

Lafayette College

2-4, 0-2PL

Army

Lafayette

No. 12 Army Tops Lafayette For Fifth Straight Win

March 11, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

Game 7
SCORE	No. 12 Army Black Knights 18, Lafayette Leopards 12
RECORDS	Army (6-1, 2-0 Patriot) \| Lafayette Leopards (2-4, 0-2 Patriot)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Brendan Nichtern/Reese Burek (7) \| Lafayette – Peter Lehman/Kalman Kraham (4)
LOCATION	Fisher Stadium

EASTON, Pa. – The 12^th-ranked Army Black Knights extended their win streak to five games after an 18-12 victory over the Lafayette Leopards on Friday night.

GAME SUMMARY
The game was moved from Saturday afternoon to Friday night due to incoming inclement weather. However, the gameday change didn't deter the Black Knights as they got off to a 6-1 lead after 15 minutes.

Bo Waters netted the opener at the 12-minute mark to score the first of two goals of the quarter. After Lafayette tied the game seconds later, the Black Knights reeled off five straight goals. Jacob Morin put Army back ahead, followed by goals from Waters, Bobby Abshire, Danny Kielbasa and Paul Johnson.

Army built a 10-3 lead with 9:38 left in the second quarter behind goals by Brendan Nichtern, Kielbasa, Reese Burek, and Joey Stillings. The Leopards scored four of the next five goals to trail 11-7 at halftime.

The Black Knights started the second half quickly, scoring three straight goals as part of a 5-1 run. Morin opened the scoring 39 seconds into the quarter and Johnson netted one minute later. The duo each scored another goal as part of the run for a 16-8 lead with 2:21 remaining. Army added two more goals in the final minute of the quarter for an 18-9 lead.

CADET CAPSULES

Reese Burek had a career-high seven points, including a career-best five assists.
Brendan Nichtern finished with seven points (two goals and five assists) for his fourth 7-point game of the season. Nichtern now has 229 career points and 132 career assists, which sits 10 behind Army's all-time record held by Tim Pearson '02.
Will Coletti won a season high 22 faceoffs and was 22-of-32 for a .687 winning percentage at the X. His career-high 12 ground balls are the most by a Black Knight this season.
Jacob Morin scored a season-high four goals, which is one off his career best, to lead all goal scorers.
Wyatt Schupler reached double digits in saves (14) for the fourth time in 2022.
Paul Johnson scored a hat-trick for the third time this season.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Black Knights are 6-1 since a 10-1 start in 2017.
Army had a season-high 38 ground balls and tied season-highs in points (32) and assists (14).
Army is averaging just over 17 goals a game during the winning streak.
Army had seven different players with multi-goal games.

COACH'S CORNER
"All the credit goes to our captains and our senior leadership. This game presented some unique challenges being moved up a day and then having to travel the day of a game. The team came out with outstanding energy and played hard which are necessary ingredients to get a victory against a talented team on the road. Will Coletti's play at the face-off X was a catalyst to our offensive success tonight. We were able to stack offensive possessions that led to five consecutive goals in the first quarter and two separate three-goal runs. The offense was unselfish with consistent ball movement with 14 of our 18 goals assisted. Reese Burek was outstanding having his best game as an Army player. Brendan (Nichtern) and Paul (Johnson) also had terrific games with the attack unit combining for seven goals and 10 assists. Jake Morin also played a pivotal role in stretching the defense with four goals from distance." – Joe Alberici

UP NEXT

Army returns to Michie Stadium to host Lehigh on Saturday, March 19 at 12 p.m.
Coverage will be provided by ESPN+
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