Life Eagles Too Strong For Koala Men's Lacrosse
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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(RV) Life University (Ga.) (4-4, 3-4) | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
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Columbia (SC) (2-11, 0-7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Columbia College men's lacrosse team fell 24-3 at home to conference foe Life University (Ga.) on Saturday afternoon from Younts Stadium.
Life got out to a quick start scoring 8 goals in the opening quarter to grab the early advantage. The second quarter was much more competitive with Life only winning it 3-2 as CC added goals from freshmen midfielders William Tanks and Noah Norwood. Assisting the goal scorers were freshman attackers Tanner Kuykendall and Kaelan Robinson.
LU then scored four more goals in the third to lead 15-2 heading into the fourth period. Norwood then added the third Koala goal late in the fourth as he faked out the goalie and took advantage of an empty net.
Senior Goalie Fin Landi allowed five goals on six shots while sophomore goalie Joshua Nguyen came on in relief of an injured Landi to make 10 saves on 29 shots on goal in 53 minutes of action as Life outshot the Koalas 56-19.
Leading with four ground balls and six faceoff wins was freshman faceoff specialist Kai Correia while Norwood and Tanks also picked up two ground balls each.
The Koalas fell to 2-11 overall and 0-7 in the conference while Life improved to 4-4 and 3-4 in the AAC. The men will remain home to host Montreat College on Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm.