No. 16 Black Knights Rally To Top Greyhounds

Saturday, March 26

Baltimore, MD

1:00 PM

Army West Point

7-2, 3-1PL

Loyola University Maryland

3-5, 2-1PL

Army West Point

Loyola Maryland

No. 16 Black Knights Rally To Top Greyhounds

March 26, 2022 | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

Game 9
SCORE	No. 16 Army Black Knights 14, Loyola Maryland Greyhounds 12
RECORDS	Army – (7-2, 3-1 Patriot) \| Loyola – (3-5, 2-1 Patriot)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Brenden Nichtern (7) \| Loyola – Seth Higgins (4)
LOCATION	Ridley Athletic Complex

BALTIMORE, Md. – Powered by a seven-point output by Brendan Nichtern to set the career points and assists records, the No. 16 Army Black Knights rallied in the second half to beat the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds, 14-12, on Saturday afternoon.

GAME SUMMARY
The Black Knights, who trailed 6-4 at halftime, outscored the Greyhounds 10-6 in the second frame. Army seized control of the contest with four consecutive goals to start the fourth quarter on its way to its first lead of the game.

Brendan Nichtern, Army's talisman, gave the Black Knights their first lead of the game, 9-8, with 11:57 left in the fourth quarter. He followed with another goal two minutes later for a 10-8 advantage. 30 seconds later, Paul Johnson made it 11-8. After Loyola cut the lead to 11-9, Reese Burek restored Army's three-goal lead with seven minutes left.

What a two-man game from Nichtern and Burek??

Only fitting Nichtern sets the new Army points record with the helper setting up Burek. #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/oLPKxidfJj
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) March 26, 2022

Nichtern with the ??s and Burek does the rest.

This was career assist No. 143 for Nichtern. The new Army record. #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/Bo9hYmTM9L
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) March 26, 2022

The Greyhounds answered with a goal at the 6:53 mark, but more magic by Nichtern produced two goals for the Black Knights. Nichtern assisted on Gunner Philipp's goal at the 5:52 mark and on Burek's third goal with 3:58 on the clock for a 14-10 lead.
The Army defense held off Loyola in the final minutes. The Greyhounds scored a pair of goals to trail 14-12 with 2:58 remaining. Wyatt Schupler, then, set up a fortress in the net while denying consecutive point-blank scoring chances with over a minute left in the quarter.

Take a ????? Wyatt Schupler ??

INCREDIBLE. #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/4bqkzydFQY
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) March 26, 2022

The Black Knights trailed until the early stages of the fourth quarter, and by as many as three goals. Loyola took a 2-1 lead after the first quarter and built a 6-3 lead midway through the second quarter. Army scored a momentum halting goal with 59 seconds left in the second quarter when Bobby Abshire scored a man-down goal as the Black Knights went into halftime trailing 6-4.
Abshire scored a pair of goals in the third quarter to get his hat-trick, with his second goal of the quarter tying the game at 7-7. However, the Greyhounds led 8-7 after the third quarter before Jacob Morin tied the game 39 seconds into the fourth quarter.

CADET CAPSULES

Brendan Nichtern had a game-high seven points, including five points in the fourth quarter. He shared game-high honors in goals with three and dished out a game-high four assists. Nichtern now sits atop of Army's career points and assists lists, passing Tim Pearson '02 in both categories; Pearson had 238 points and 142 assists. Nichtern now has 241 points and 143 assists.
Bobby Abshire scored a hat-trick for his second-highest goal tally of the season and had a season-high two ground balls.
Reese Burek picked up a hat-trick for the second-most goals of the season.
Jacob Morin had his third straight multi-goal game after finishing with two.
Wyatt Schupler made 13 saves for his seventh straight double-digit saves game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Army has won three straight at Loyola.
The 14 goals are the most against the Greyhounds by the Black Knights.

There's a new career points ?? of Army Lacrosse ??????#GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/O8rfMXAYq9
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) March 26, 2022

?? ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN ??

Nichtern sets up Burek again and the senior has broken Army's career assist record with his 143rd of his amazing career. #GoArmy | #FamilyToughnessTradition pic.twitter.com/kDJiuuTsH1
— Army M.Lacrosse (@ArmyWP_MLax) March 26, 2022

COACH'S CORNER
"That was a great win on the road. To come from behind the way we did speaks to the toughness of this group and team. We talked all week about perseverance. We had some things that didn't go our way through the first three quarters. However, we saved the best for last. Loyola is a great program and to get the win in this fashion is tremendous by the guys." – Joe Alberici

On Nichtern setting career points record.
"He is our leader and it was great to see him play the way he did, especially in the fourth quarter, as he was able to dissect the defense. I couldn't be happier for him to be the all-time leading scorer. There are a lot of great players in the 105-year history of this program and this is a great accomplishment. His only focus is winning. It was very awesome for him to get it done impressively and win." – Joe Alberici

CADETS' CORNER
"It was a great team effort. We stayed persistent and fought back. Our offense did a great job finishing in the fourth quarter and our defense came up big when we needed it." – Wyatt Schupler

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