Late Run Halts Lacrosse in National Showdown

5/11/2018

Brunswick, the second-ranked team in the country, fell to #3 Salisbury on the road, 13-10. Tied 9-9 in the fourth quarter, the Knights netted four-straight goals to key their three-goal victory. The loss halts a remarkable 29-game winning streak for the Bruins, as Brunswick’s record moves to 14-1 overall and 8-1 in NEW1 action.

The Bruins jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the opening minutes of the game, as Jack Ocken and Christian Ronda netted goals for Brunswick. Salisbury countered with two goals, before Cooper Moore finished off a Xander Dickson feed at 5:28 in the frame for a 3-2 advantage. That would be the final lead for the Bruins in the game, as the Knights pumped in a pair of goals to take their first lead with 3:27 left in the first quarter. Less than a minute later, Ocken tied the game at 4-4 with his second marker on the day, but Salisbury notched a late goal to retake the lead, 5-4, heading into the second quarter.

Salisbury made it a two-goal advantage to open the second quarter with a tally at 11:05. Dickson netted the next two goals of the game to tie the contest at 6-6 with only 1:41 left in the first half. The Knights rallied with two more late goals to take an 8-6 lead into the evening intermission.

The Knights (12-0, 9-0) added a goal at 9:10 of the third quarter to build a three-goal advantage at 9-6. The Bruins responded with a three-goal run with successive tallies by Dickson, Jack Montinaro and Ronda to tie the game for the fifth time.

In a 9-9 contest in the final stanza, Salisbury rattled off four-straight goals by the 8:59 mark to take a 13-9 lead over the visitors. Brunswick’s Michael Gottlieb added the final goal of the contest at 6:00, as Salisbury held on for the 13-10 victory.

The Bruins return to action on Monday, May 14, with a league contest at Trinity-Pawling.

Score by Quarters

#2 Bruins 4 2 3 1 – 10

#3 Salis. 5 3 1 4 – 13

Brunswick Scoring (G,A)

Xander Dickson (3,3), Ocken (2,0), Christian Ronda (2,0), Jack Montinaro (1,1), Cooper Moore (1,0), Michael Gottlieb (1,0), Edward Glassmeyer (1,0)

Back

Late Run Halts Lacrosse in National Showdown

Brunswick School Greenwich, CT

Quick Links

Main Menu

Support 'Wick