Saturday, April 1
Macon, Ga.
1:00 PM
Mercer University
4-5, 1-2SoCon
13
vs
12
High Point
3-7, 1-2SoCon
1
2
3
4
OT
F
High Point
2
3
5
2
0
12
Mercer
3
2
2
5
1
13
Team Stats
HPU
MER
Shots
39
40
Turnovers
16
12
Caused Turnovers
7
10
Faceoffs Won
9
20
Extra-Man Opps
4
0
Ground Balls
13
31
Game Leaders
Players
G
3
A
4
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
3
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
1
G
2
A
3
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
2
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
1
Players Mentioned
M
/ Men's Lacrosse
M
/ Men's Lacrosse
A
/ Men's Lacrosse
M
/ Men's Lacrosse
GK
/ Men's Lacrosse
M
/ Men's Lacrosse
A
/ Men's LacrosseM
/ Men's LacrosseA
/ Men's Lacrosse
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/ Men's LacrosseA
/ Men's Lacrosse
Mercer Edges High Point, 13-12, in Overtime Win
4/1/2017 4:26:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
MACON, Ga. – The Bears weren't fooling around as they rallied from a three-goal deficit with less than three minutes remaining to send the game to overtime as the Mercer's men's lacrosse team grabbed a 13-12 win over High Point on Saturday afternoon. Mercer picked up its first Southern Conference win of the year and moved to 4-5 overall.
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Chris Rahill led Mercer with a career-high seven points off three goals and four assists, while Matt Quinn tallied a season-high three goals, including the game-winner, and an assist.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
High Point got on the board first, scoring in the first 11 seconds of the game, but Mercer answered a few minutes later to tie it up, 1-1. The Panthers took a 2-1 lead midway through the first quarter, but the Bears added a pair of goals in the final five minutes of the period as Jake Nelson and Lucas Wittenberg scored 17 seconds apart to put Mercer up 3-2. High Point knotted the score again to start the second quarter, but Quinn scored his first goal of the day to put Mercer back up, 4-3. The Panthers scored a pair of goals but Rahill found the back of the net to tie the game, 5-5, before the teams went to halftime.
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Mercer scored two goals in the first five minutes of the second half and High Point added one as Mercer had a 7-6 advantage. The Panthers closed out the period with four unanswered goals as they took a 10-7 lead entering the final 15 minutes of regulation. The teams traded goals for the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, each scoring two, as High Point maintained its three-goal lead, 12-9. With 2:10 on the clock, Kevin Yoggy scored off an assist from Wittenberg to spark Mercer's comeback. Quinn added a goal with 1:29 remaining to cut High Point's lead to 12-11 and Shawn Carter tied the game 12-12 with 38 seconds left to play.
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The Bears won the ensuing faceoff and Rahill looked to score the game-winner with just three seconds remaining, but the goal was called off, sending the game to overtime. Mercer also won the faceoff to start overtime and after receiving a shot clock warning, Quinn fired a shot that sailed past High Point's goalie and gave the Bears their first SoCon win of the season.
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PLAYER OF THE GAME
Chris Rahill tallied a career-high seven points while tying his career highs of three goals and four assists.
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STAT OF THE GAME
Aided by Kiel Brennan's 19-for-25 performance at the faceoff X, Mercer was 20-for-29 on the day, tying the team's season high for faceoff wins.
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COACH HANNAN'S TAKE
"It was just a great DI lacrosse game against a great SoCon rival. Mercer and High Point are always in good games, whether it's at their place or our place. I think the thing we take as a team and coaches is we can come together and finish games whether we're down three in the fourth quarter or not, we're alive because we're a talented enough team to be there. Being down three with four minutes to go, that's a tough game to win. We won a lot of faceoffs, had possessions, won in ground balls 9-3 in the fourth quarter and made plays when we had to."
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NOTABLES
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Lacrosse, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerLacrosse (Twitter), /MercerMensLAX (Facebook) and @MercerMensLacrosse (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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Chris Rahill led Mercer with a career-high seven points off three goals and four assists, while Matt Quinn tallied a season-high three goals, including the game-winner, and an assist.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
High Point got on the board first, scoring in the first 11 seconds of the game, but Mercer answered a few minutes later to tie it up, 1-1. The Panthers took a 2-1 lead midway through the first quarter, but the Bears added a pair of goals in the final five minutes of the period as Jake Nelson and Lucas Wittenberg scored 17 seconds apart to put Mercer up 3-2. High Point knotted the score again to start the second quarter, but Quinn scored his first goal of the day to put Mercer back up, 4-3. The Panthers scored a pair of goals but Rahill found the back of the net to tie the game, 5-5, before the teams went to halftime.
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Mercer scored two goals in the first five minutes of the second half and High Point added one as Mercer had a 7-6 advantage. The Panthers closed out the period with four unanswered goals as they took a 10-7 lead entering the final 15 minutes of regulation. The teams traded goals for the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter, each scoring two, as High Point maintained its three-goal lead, 12-9. With 2:10 on the clock, Kevin Yoggy scored off an assist from Wittenberg to spark Mercer's comeback. Quinn added a goal with 1:29 remaining to cut High Point's lead to 12-11 and Shawn Carter tied the game 12-12 with 38 seconds left to play.
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The Bears won the ensuing faceoff and Rahill looked to score the game-winner with just three seconds remaining, but the goal was called off, sending the game to overtime. Mercer also won the faceoff to start overtime and after receiving a shot clock warning, Quinn fired a shot that sailed past High Point's goalie and gave the Bears their first SoCon win of the season.
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PLAYER OF THE GAME
Chris Rahill tallied a career-high seven points while tying his career highs of three goals and four assists.
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STAT OF THE GAME
Aided by Kiel Brennan's 19-for-25 performance at the faceoff X, Mercer was 20-for-29 on the day, tying the team's season high for faceoff wins.
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COACH HANNAN'S TAKE
"It was just a great DI lacrosse game against a great SoCon rival. Mercer and High Point are always in good games, whether it's at their place or our place. I think the thing we take as a team and coaches is we can come together and finish games whether we're down three in the fourth quarter or not, we're alive because we're a talented enough team to be there. Being down three with four minutes to go, that's a tough game to win. We won a lot of faceoffs, had possessions, won in ground balls 9-3 in the fourth quarter and made plays when we had to."
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NOTABLES
- Chris Rahill tied his career highs of three goals and four assists and set a career high of seven points.
- Matt Quinn scored a season-high three goals and added an assist, a ground ball and a caused turnover.
- Kevin Yoggy had a career-high four points off season-high tying two goals and two assists. He also had two ground balls and a caused turnover.
- Lucas Wittenberg tied his season highs of four points and two assists, while also scoring two goals and scooping up a ground ball.
- Jake Nelson and Shawn Carter each added a goal and a ground ball, while Scott Baird rounded out the scoring with a goal of his own.
- Kiel Brennan was 19-for-25 at the faceoff X, setting a new career high in faceoff wins. He also grabbed a career-high eight ground balls.
- Walker Ensor notched a career-high-tying four ground balls and Will McCarthy had a career-high two ground balls and a caused turnover.
- Jake Sadd tied his season high of two caused turnovers and scooped up a ground ball.
- Bradley Hodoval made six saves in goal for the Bears.
- Mercer led in ground balls, 30-14, which included a 16-5 advantage in the second half.
- The Bears were 20-of-29 at the faceoff X and 3-of-4 on man-down defense.
- Mercer: 4-5, 1-2 SoCon
- High Point: 3-7, 1-2 SoCon
- Mercer: At Richmond on Saturday, April 8 at 1 p.m.
- High Point: At Bellarmine on Saturday, April 8 at 12 p.m.
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Lacrosse, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerLacrosse (Twitter), /MercerMensLAX (Facebook) and @MercerMensLacrosse (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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