WESTMINSTER, Md. – Myles Monaghan scored
exactly midway through the first overtime to lift No. 9 Haverford
over McDaniel 13-12 on Saturday and to the top spot in the upcoming
Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse tournament.
The Fords (11-2, 7-0 CC) watched the Green Terror (9-5, 3-4 CC)
reel off the final five goals of regulation to even the game at
12-all before converting on their first attempt of the extra
session.
Mike Hatton (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) led the
Hosts with five goals, including bookending the late
rally.
Trailing 12-7 on the fourth of Brian
Fleishhacker's four goals with 6:18 to play, Hatton
found the back of the net with 5:21 on the clock to start the
rally.
A DJ Rickels (Forest Hill, Md./Boys Latin School of
Maryland) man-up goal from Bill Warner (Yardley,
Pa./LaSalle) with 4:14 to play closed the deficit to
12-9.
With 1:33 showing, Matthew Daley (Wilmington, Del./A.I.
Dupont) finished a Deane Mellor (Chadds Ford,
Pa./Wilminton Friends School) before Preston found Daley
22 seconds later to close the deficit to one.
Off a restart from the endline with 9.8 seconds on the clock,
Preston found Hatton, who fired a low shot into the back of the net
with 3.5 seconds showing to send the Green Terror to its fifth
overtime of the season.
Warner and Evan Young (Easton, Md./Broadneck)
staked McDaniel to a 2-0 lead with 5:16 to play in the first
quarter.
Markers from Andrew Kim and Max
Hjelm 20 seconds apart evened the game with 3:22 showing
in the period.
Preston finished a Daley feed with 2:01 showing in the first period
before Haverford reeled off four straight to take a 6-3 lead with
10:48 to play in the second quarter.
Hjelm capped the burst with two goals.
Back-to-back goals from Hatton trimmed the deficit to 6-5 at the
intermission.
The Fords tallied six of the game's next eight goals to take
their five-goal lead.
McDaniel concludes the regular season at Dickinson on Friday. Game
time is 7 p.m.
Score by
Quarters
1
2
3
4
OT -
F
No. 9 Haverford (11-2, 7-0
CC)
3
3
3
3
1
- 13
McDaniel (9-5, 3-4
CC)
3
2
1
6
0
- 12
Goals
Haverford: Brian Fleishhacker 4, Max Hjelm 4,
Andrew Kim 2, Zack Cohen 2, Myles Monaghan.
Assists
Haverford: Monaghan 2,
Travis Gregory 2,
Fleishhacker, Hjelm, Andrew Kim, Jason Leeds, Matt Turnier.
McDaniel: Preston 3, Warner 3, Daley, Dan
Leader,
Deane Mellor.
Shots: H 34, M 30.
Ground
Balls: H 33, M 24.
Goalies: H (Joe Banno
62:00 – 10 saves, 12 GA), M (
Kenny McHugh 62:00 – 9
saves, 13 GA).
Extra-Man: H 2 of 3, M 2 of 4.
Face-Offs: H 15, M 14.
Clearing:
H 18 of 22, M 17 of 20.
Penalties: H 4 for 3:00, M
3 for 2:00
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