Week 1 - #20 Stevenson Men's Lacrosse vs. #19 Ursinus College

The Stevenson Men's Lacrosse Team's season opener this year was against the Men's Lacrosse Team of Ursinus College.  It was a well fought battle by both sides, despite being the first game of the season for both teams.  The final score was 13 for Ursinus, and 12 for the Mustangs.  Heres a game recap.

The First Quarter (of the season)

• The Mustangs went up to an early two goal lead; the first goal being scored by sophomore Josh Brannan, assisted by fellow Dematha alumni sophomore Cam leydig.  The second goal scored by junior Jacob Tatum, and was unassisted.  
• The Ursinus Bears answered right away with a quick goal by Hakan Atillasoy; only to have Stevenson senior Ethan Christensen answer right back with an unassisted goal to make it 3-1 Mustangs.  
• The Bears then went on to score 2 goals, by Joe Mercutio and Hakan Atillasoy.  This scoring run was stopped by Jacob Tatum with a goal assisted from sophomore Ryan Coleman.  The Bears ended the quarter with 2 more goals, scored by Atillasoy again, and Alex Dean.

The Second Quarter

• The score was 5-4 in favor of the Bears going into the second quarter.  The Bears continued their scoring run right off the bat in the second, scoring two goals in about 5 minutes; scored by Ben Minardi and Erik Ojert.  The score was now 7-4, and the Mustangs knew they had to answer back.  
• Fortunately, junior Will Smith was there to bring back the momentum with an unassisted goal.  The Bears got two penalties and went two men down, which was extremely utilized by the Mustangs.  The Mustangs scored 2 big goals here within 30 seconds, which led to a scoreless battle for about 5 minutes before the final 1:30 of the half.  
• The Bears scored two quick goals, from Aaron Grill and Bobby McClure, only to be answered with 30 seconds left in the half by Jacob Tatum.

The Third Quarter

• The score going into the second half was 9-8 in favor of the Bears.  Chase Rondeau started the scoring off with an unassisted goal for the Bears to make it 10-8.  Will Smith got things rolling for the Mustangs again, scoring a goal assisted by Ryan Coleman with 6 minutes to go in the quarter.  
• The Mustangs had the momentum and Jacob Tatum took advantage of that, scoring yet another unassisted goal, his 3rd of the game, and 4th total goal.  Tommy Reinhart got the Bears out of the tie going into the 4th, making it 11-10 in favor of the Bears.

The Fourth Quarter

• Ursinus took advantage of the first penalty called in the fourth quarter on the Mustangs to increase their lead to two.  Stevenson sophomores Josh Brannan and Ryan Coleman, however, worked together to get the Mustangs their 11th goal, and shorten the Bears' lead.  
• Captain Ethan Christensen tied the game up with 2 minutes to go from an assist by Will Smith.  A slash call was made in the last 30 seconds of the game against Stevenson, and Ursinus was able to capitalize on their man up possession to secure the win.

Stay tuned for this upcoming weekend, as the Stevenson Men's Lacrosse team will return to action playing #6 York on Saturday February 22nd at 1:00 p.m. at Kinsley Field in York PA