Lacrosse Loses in Top 10 National Showdown
Leading seventh-ranked Brunswick in the fourth quarter by a slim, 8-7 margin, second-ranked Salisbury closed-out the game with four-straight goals en route to a 12-7 win under the lights on Cosby Field on Friday night.
Following the battle of conference unbeatens, Brunswick drops to 13-2 overall and 8-1 in NEW-1 action, while the Crimson Knights improve to 13-0 and 9-0 in league play.
In the first quarter, Coulter Mackesy got the Bruins on the board by finishing off a nice feed from Christian Ronda at 9:12.
Salisbury answered with a pair of goals in the frame, including the go-ahead tally with 48.2 seconds left.
Ronda netted the equalizer at 10:19 in the second quarter with a doorstep tally.
The visitors responded with a four-goal burst, including the final marker of the half with :01 left on the clock, giving Salisbury a 6-2 advantage heading to intermission.
Six seconds after a Crimson Knight tally at 10:14 on the third quarter, Ronda finished a feed from face-off specialist Koby Ginder, as the Bruins now trailed 7-3.
Following another Salisbury goal at 8:17, Brunswick mounted a four-goal counter that ended at the 8:10 mark of the fourth quarter. Goals by Luke Waters and Cooper Moore wrapped up the third quarter scoring.
Trailing 8-5 the final frame, the Bruins scored twice in 28 seconds. Liam Fairback’s slick dodge and finish at 8:38, was followed by a clever, point-blank wrister by Tim Saunders at 8:10 to make it an 8-7 contest.
That was as close as the Bruins would get, as Salisbury netted a transition goal at 5:10 for a 9-7 lead and three more down the stretch, including an empty-net tally for the 12-7 final.
The Bruins return to action with a home game against Trinity-Pawling on Monday, May 13.
Scoring
#2 Salisbury 2 4 2 4 – 12
#7 Brunswick 1 1 3 2 – 7
Brunswick Scoring (G,A)
Christian Ronda (2,2), Jeffrey Matthews (0,2) Coulter Mackesy (1,0), Luke Waters (1,0), Liam Fairback (1,0), Cooper Moore (1,0), Tim Saunders (1,0), Koby Ginder (0,1), Isaac Sacks (0,1)
Brunswick Face-offs
Koby Ginder 13/20, Blake Burchill 0/2
Top Brunswick Groundballs
Top Brunswick Groundballs
Ian Murray 5, Lucas Delgado 3
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