Brunswick used a 7-1 scoring surge in the third quarter to pull away from Lawrenceville, as the Bruins posted an 11-4 non-league win on Wednesday at Cosby Field. Brunswick, ranked fourth nationally by Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse, improves to 7-0 on the season.
The Bruins scored the lone goal of the first quarter on an AJ Delgado tally with 2:51 left in the frame.
Lawrenceville knotted the game at 1-1 on a man-up goal at 8:59 of the second quarter.
In the final seconds of the second quarter, Cooper Moore netted a go-ahead goal on a sweeping lefty dodge, as the Bruins took a 2-1 lead into the break.
Moore started the decisive third-quarter rally with a goal at 11:13. Liam Fairback netted the next goal and assisted on the third goal of the run at 5:23. After a Big Red goal, Christian Ronda scored off a feed from goalie Christian Barnard to give Brunswick a 7-2 advantage with 2:07 left in the third quarter.
Fifteen seconds later, Moore netted a man-down tally. Later in the third, Michael Gottlieb capped the scoring surge with another man-down goal, as the Bruins built a 9-2 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Lawrenceville netted a pair of goals 16 seconds apart, as the Brunswick lead dropped to 9-4 at the 9:10 mark of the final frame. Coulter Mackesy halted any comeback bid by Lawrenceville wwith the final two goals of the game, as the Bruins picked up the 11-4 win.
Score
L’ville 0 1 1 2 – 4
Bruins 1 1 7 2 – 11
Brunswick Scoring (G,A)
Cooper Moore (3,0), Liam Fairback (1,2), Christian Ronda (2,0), Coulter Mackesy (2,0), Michael Gottlieb (1,1), AJ Delgado (1,0), Brody Firestein (1,0), Christian Barnard (0,1), Michael Mauricio (0,1)
Brunswick Saves
Christian Barnard: 9
Brunswick Faceoffs
Koby Ginder 13/15, Blake Burchill 3/4
Brunswick Groundballs
Christian Ronda 6, AJ Delgado 3