Box Score When and Where: May 1, 2021 - Garden City, N.Y. (Motamed Field)
Score: #7 Adelphi University 12, Southern New Hampshire University 9
Records: Adelphi 7-2, SNHU 6-6
(Garden City, N.Y.) - The Southern New Hampshire University Men's Lacrosse team saw its season come to an end on Saturday with a 12-9 loss at #7 Adelphi in the Northeast-10 Quarterfinals. The Penmen finish the season with a 6-6 record.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Junior Chris Valentine (Derry, N.H.) - 2 goals
- Grad student David Wiedenfeld (Londonderry, N.H.) -2 goals, 4 groundballs
- Freshman Jack Terrones (Anaheim, Calif.) - 1 goal, 2 assists
- Freshman Ronan Depaul (Elkton, Md.)- 18 saves
KEY MOMENTS
- The Penmen opened the scoring on a goal by junior Jeremy Handman (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) and kept the game close throughout the first half.
- Valentine's first goal of the game, at 6:34 of the second period, cut the Adelphi lead to 5-3 at halftime.
- The Panthers extended the lead to 9-3 by outscoring SNHU 4-0 in the third quarter.
- The Penmen outscored Adelphi 6-3 in the fourth quarter, scoring the game's final three goals. Terrones, senior Stephen Dubois (Goffstown, N.H.), and freshman Cody Fleming (Plaistow, N.H.) rallied SNHU to within three goals with 1:23 to play.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Gordon Purdie Jr. was the top scorer for the Panthers, with four goals and two assists.
- Adelphi outshot Southern New Hampshire, 51-41.
- SNHU had 23 turnovers and Adelphi had 21. The Panthers had a 43-37 edge on groundballs.
- Adelphi went a perfect 3-for-3 in man-up situations. The Penmen were 1-for-5.
NOTES
- Adelphi extended its perfect streak against SNHU to 11 games. Both AU losses in 2021 have come to top-ranked Le Moyne, who they will meet in one of Wednesday's NE10 semifinals.
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