QU Men's Lacrosse Can't Get Over The Hurdle, Falls to Holy Cross 14-13

Saturday, March 24

HAmDEN, CT

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

4-5

Holy Cross

2-7

Holy Cross

Quinnipiac

QU Men's Lacrosse Can't Get Over The Hurdle, Falls to Holy Cross 14-13

3/24/2018 2:25:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team kept battling back, but ended up falling one goal short as it dropped its final non-conference game to Holy Cross 14-13 on Saturday afternoon at Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium.

SCORE
Holy Cross 14 / Quinnipiac 13

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium / Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac 4-5 / Holy Cross 2-7

GAME NOTES

Quinnipiac twice battled back from three-goal deficits to tie the score, knotting it up 7-7 after trailing 5-2 and using a 3-0 run to tie it 10-10 late in the third.
Holy Cross scored four straight goals and Quinnipiac responded with the next three to pull within 14-13 with 3:13 to play.
Senior midfielder Brian Feldman (four goals) started the run at the 7:14 mark and senior long-stick midfielder Adam Bellamy tallied one just 48 seconds later to pull the score within 14-12.
After freshman midfielder Sam Witt hustled down a loose ball, freshman attack Jake Tomsik scored with 3;13 to go to pull the Bobcats within 14-13.
Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas had a big save on a Holy Cross EMO in the final minute and the Bobcats cleared the ball and took their last timeout. Feldman had a good look from the outside, but Jonathan Tesoro made the save and the Crusaders were able to kill the clock.
Senior Alex DiSalvo started a 3-0 third-period run with his first goal of the season to cut the Holy Cross lead to 10-8 at the 9:05 mark.
Junior attack Foster Cuomo swept a ground ball into the goal at the 4:36 mark to make the score 10-9 and senior midfielder Ryan Corcoran scored with 1:36 left in the third to tie the score 10-10.
Holy Cross scored the final two goals of the third quarter and the first two of the fourth to take its largest lead at 14-10 with 8:36 to go.
Zukauskas finished with 16 saves for the Bobcats, who were outshot 43-31.
The Bobcats did not have a turnover in the second half, after committing 10 in the opening half.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Goals: Brian Feldman 4, Jake Tomsik 2, Foster Cuomo 2, Mike Fletcher 2, Alex DiSalvo, Adam Bellamy, Ryan Corcoran
Assists: Jake Tomsik 3, Foster Cuomo 1, Ryan Corcoran 1
Saves: Joe Zukauskas 16
Ground Balls: Alex DiSalvo 4

HOLY CROSS STAT LEADERS
Goals: Logan LeBlond 5, Kevin Kodzis 3, Drew Dabiak 3, Connor Waldron 2, Rowan Hart
Assists: Kevin Kodzis 2
Saves: Jonathan Tesoro 8

Next Up
Quinnipiac returns to MAAC play when it heads to Detroit on Saturday for an 11 a.m. contest.