Ninth-Ranked Lacrosse Wins Opener

Brunswick, ranked ninth in the latest Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse national poll, picked up a season-opening road win against Episcopal Academy on Thursday, besting the Churchmen, 16-10.
 
Holding a 3-2 lead in the second quarter, Brunswick went on a three-goal burst, taking a 6-2 advantage with 4:50 left in the frame. Following an exchange of goals, Episcopal made it a 7-4 game following a face-off win. The Bruins closed out the second quarter with a point-blank tally, as the visitors took an 8-4 lead into the half.
 
Brunswick used another three-goal spurt to open the third quarter, as Coulter Mackesy capped the burst with a doorstep marker at 7:56. The teams again exchanged goals, as the Bruins went into the fourth quarter with a 12-5 advantage.
 
Following an opening goal by the Churchmen in the final frame, Koby Ginder made it a 13-6 contest with 10:24 left to play.
 
Trailing 15-7 in the waning minutes of the contest, Episcopal strung three goals together, including a pair of man-up markers to set the score at 15-10 with 1:52 remaining. Brunswick’s Isaac Sacks netted the final tally of the game, as the Bruins left the Keystone State with a 16-10 win.
 
For the game, Ginder won 20/16 faceoffs, as Andrew Greenspan went 1/2 from the X. Goalie Henry Foster made 11 saves in a debut starting performance protecting the net for the Bruins.
 

#9 Bruins   2 6 5 3 – 16
Episcopal   1 3 3 3 – 10

Brunswick Scoring (G,A):
Coulter Mackesy (3,2), Michael Mauricio (4,0), Luke Waters (1,2), Lucas Delgado (0,3), Liam Fairback (2,0), Koby Ginder (2,0), Brody Firestein (1,0), Isaac Sacks (1,0), Leo Hoffman (1,0), Tomas Delgado (1,0), Whit Stahl (0,1), Blake Borges (0,1)
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