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HAMILTON, NY – Sophomore Quinn Armstrong evened the score with 19 seconds remaining to force overtime, but Colgate responded at 1:31 of overtime to hand the No. 20 Lehigh men’s lacrosse team a tough 9-8 defeat on Saturday. The loss snapped the Mountain Hawks’ 16-game winning streak against Patriot League opponents, handing Lehigh its first league defeat since 2019.
Senior Tommy Schelling led the offense with three goals and two assists, good for his fourth straight game with five points. Armstrong added two fourth-quarter goals, as the only other multi-goal scorer. Senior Cole Kirst also scored his 50th career goal.
Reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week Teddy Leggett had two groundballs and caused turnover, as the Mountain Hawks’ D held Colgate scoreless for a stretch of 31:14, including the entire second and third quarters.
After Schelling opened the scoring at the 11:45 mark of the first quarter, Colgate responded with the next two and five of the next seven. There were two Lehigh goals sprinkled in between – Schelling’s second and Kirst on a feed from Schelling. The Raiders scored three times in the final 2:58 of the quarter to take a 5-3 lead into the second.
Tommy Schelling has two early goals while feeding Cole Kirst for a third. Mountain Hawks currently lead the Raiders 3-2 late in the first.
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— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) April 16, 2022 Both defenses bore down over the middle two quarters. The only second-quarter goal was the first of junior Ben Weinberg’s career, scored at the 5:36 mark to pull Lehigh within 5-4 at the half.
The only third-quarter goal came off the stick of sophomore Scott Cole just over a minute into the second half.
Scott Cole with the game’s only goal in the third quarter as we are tied 5-5 heading to the fourth at Colgate.
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— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) April 16, 2022 Brian Minicus scored consecutive goals in the fourth to give Colgate a 7-5 lead, but scores from Schelling and Armstrong (at 5:42 and 3:21) pulled the Mountain Hawks even.
The Raiders scored a go-ahead goal with 39 seconds remaining, but after a Mike Sisselberger faceoff win and Lehigh timeout, Armstrong converted a beautiful shot with 19 seconds on the clock to force overtime.
What a shot!🎯
Quinn Armstrong ties it up and sends us to overtime.
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— Lehigh Lacrosse (@LehighLacrosse) April 16, 2022 However, that’s when Colgate’s Marshall Terres sent the Raiders home with the victory with a bouncer past senior goalkeeper James Spence.
Final shots were 42-38 in favor of Lehigh while the Mountain Hawks held a 29-18 edge in groundballs. Sisselberger won 13-of-19 faceoffs with 10 groundballs against Colgate’s Thomas Colucci, who had won 57.4 percent on the season coming in. Spence finished with 12 saves across the Raiders’ Matt Lacombe, who made 15 stops. Spence stopped all six shots sent his way over the second and third quarters.
The Mountain Hawks will return home on Saturday, Apr. 23 to host Boston University at 3 pm on Senior Day.
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