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Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 9-4, 5-4
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Winner Tufts TUFM 12-2, 8-1
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN
9-4, 5-4
12
Final
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Tufts TUFM
12-2, 8-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wesleyan (Conn.) WESLEYAN 2 5 2 3 12
Tufts TUFM 2 3 1 7 13

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Stanton Scores Five Goals, but Men's Lacrosse Falls to No. 3 Tufts, 13-12

MEDFORD, Mass. – Harry Stanton '18 and Taylor Ghesquiere '18 combined for nine goals, but the No. 20 ranked Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team fell to two-time defending National Champion, and 3rd-ranked Tufts University 13-12 on Saturday afternoon at Bello Field. 

RECORDS
Wesleyan: 9-4, 5-4 NESCAC
Tufts: 11-2, 7-1 NESCAC

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Cardinals held a 7-5 advantage going into the half, and a 9-6 lead going into the final quarter.
  • The Jumbos would score seven straight goals in the fourth to take over the lead at 13-9.
  • Ted Bergman '17 made 17 saves between the pipes for Wesleyan, while his counterpart, Alex Salazar made 15.
  • Tufts outshot the Cardinals 58-44 and put more shots on cage at 30-27. They also held the advantage in face-offs, winning 24 while Wesleyan won four.
  • The Cardinals held Tufts scoreless on five extra man opportunities, while going 3-5 on the EMO.

FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS

  • The two teams played a low scoring first quarter, registering two goals a piece. Stanton got the scoring started as he took a Christian Barker '19 pass, and put it pass Salazar to give the Cardinals the early 1-0 advantage.
  • Tufts would tie the game 18 seconds later on a goal by Kyle Howard-Johnson.
  • Wesleyan responded with a goal from Niall Devaney '16, which was assisted by Carter Hawthorne '19.
  • Jake Gillespie would score for the Jumbos with 44 seconds left to tie the game yet again.
  • Wesleyan would outscore the Jumbos 5-3 in the second.
  • Ghesquiere scored back-to-back goals in the second to give the Cardinals the 4-2 advantage.
  • Gillespie, Ben Andreycak and John Uppgren had the three Tufts goals of the quarter.
  • Stanton would add two more goals, and a goal from Hawthorne sent the Cardinals into halftime up 7-5.

SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS

  • Like the first quarter, the third quarter was a low scoring affair, as the Cardinals outscored Tufts 2-1.
  • Quentin DellaFera '16 would assist on both goals in the quarter, which were scored by Ghesquiere and Stanton.
  • Garrett Clark had the lone goal for Tufts.
  • The Jumbos went on to score seven unanswered goals in the forth to bring them ahead of Wesleyan. Howard-Johnson. Andreycak, Uppgren, Zach Richman and Jake Gillespie all notched goals for Tufts, who went up 13-9 thanks to that streak.
  • Wesleyan went on a three goal run thanks to goals from Ghesquiere, Barker and Stanton, but it wasn't enough as Tufts would go onto win, 13-12.

UP NEXT

  • Wesleyan returns to action for their final regular season game of the year on Wednesday, April 27, as they will host Connecticut College at 4:30 p.m.
  • The Jumbos will wrap up their regular season on Wednesday as well, as they host Bowdoin College at 7 p.m.
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