Chargers Fall to Mars Hill College, 15-8

Courtesy of Rick Baker, SID at Mars Hill College

MARS HILL, NC - David Kemp (Webster, NY) scored four goals and provided his teammates with two assists to propel the Lions' lacrosse squad to a 15-8 victory over the visiting Chargers of Dominican College this afternoon at Meares Stadium. MHC improved to 6-1 on the year and has now won three games in a row. This is the best start for the Lions' lacrosse team in school history. DC fell to 0-2 on the season.

MHC never trailed in the game. The teams had identical first and second quarters with MHC scoring five goals in each and DC scoring two to enable the Lions to take a 10-4 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

MHC edged DC 3-1 in the third quarter despite out shooting the Chargers 17-to-4 in the third frame. DC won the fourth quarter 3-2 but the damage was already done as the Lions obtained the seven-point victory and remain undefeated (4-0) in Meares Stadium.

MHC out shot DC 46-to-23, had 16 more ground balls (67-to-51) than the Chargers and barely won the face-off battle 14-to-13. DC committed 26 turnovers while the Lions had 16 miscues. The Lions also capitalized on 3-of-5 extra man opportunites. Following Kemp's performance were Jeffrey Cizdziel (Stafford, VA), Andrew Chapman (Toronto, Ontario) and Miles Robinson (Hicksville, NY) who recorded two goals apiece in the win. Brad Campbell (Middleton, WI) had one goal and a game high three assists in the contest. Matt Holthaus (Churchville, MD) and Ben Riggins (Palmyra, VA) split time in goal for MHC. Holthaus made six saves and allowed three goals in 32:28 minutes while Riggins made four saves allowing five goals in 27:32 minutes of work.

Owen Smith (Upper Saddle River, NJ), Kyle Miller (Copaigue, NY) and Remo Montalbano (Saugerties, NY) each scored a pair of goals for the Chargers. Smith and Miller both recorded two assists in the loss. Joe Assante (Weston, NY) played all 60 minutes in goal for DC and made 18 saves facing 46 shots.