Fourth Quarter Run Boosts Bruins to 13th-Straight Win

In an 8-8 game in the fourth quarter, 12th-ranked Brunswick netted four straight goals to polish off league rival Salisbury on Friday night, 12-9. The win on Cosby Field also leaves the Bruins (13-1, 9-0) as the last undefeated team in New England West 1 (NEW1) action.

Brunswick returns to action at Cosby Field on Saturday, May 13, with a game against Trinity-Pawling at 2:30. 
 
Following a 2-1 first quarter, both teams netted a trio of tallies in the second stanza, and the Bruins held a 5-4 lead at the break.
 
Salisbury, ranked 22nd in the latest Inside Lacrosse-Under Armour national poll, opened the third quarter with a three-goal rally, adding a pair of man-up goals and building a 7-5 lead at 9:21.
 
Brunswick countered with a three-goal response, highlighted by a pair of Jimmy Heidt goals set up by Xander Dickson. The scoring run gave the Bruins an 8-7 lead, with Salisbury netting the game-tying goal in the final minute of the third quarter.
 
In the 8-8 game, Brunswick started the decisive four-goal fourth quarter run at 9:41, as Heidt netted the go-ahead goal. Three other Bruins scored solo markers during a 42 second stretch, started by a Christian Ronda tally at 2:54 off an Alex Buckanavage feed. A goal by Dickson 31 seconds later followed by a score by Jack Ocken at 2:12 capped the four-goal burst and gave the Bruins a 12-8 advantage.
 
A last-minute man-up goal by Salisbury capped the scoring at 12-9.

Xander Dickson led the Bruins with seven points, netting three goals and adding four helpers.
 
Score by Quarter:
Salis.    1  3  4  1 - 9
Bruins  2  3  3  4 - 12
 
Brunswick Stats:
 
Scoring (G, A)
Xander Dickson (4,3), Alex Buckanavage (2,3) Jimmy Heidt (3,0), Christian Ronda (1,0), Sean Morris (1,0), Jack Ocken (1,0), Wilson Stephenson (0,1)
 
Groundballs: Xander Dickson, Spencer Decker, Cooper Moore, Jack Montinaro, Chris Burdick (1), John Fox, Sean Morris (2), Wilson Stephenson, Patrick Burkinshaw, Ben Shapiro, Alex Buckanavage, Jack Ocken (3), Max Metalios (4)
 
Face-offs: Ben Shapiro 11/24
 
Saves: Patrick Burkinshaw (11)
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