BRIDGEWATER, Va. — The Bridgewater College men’s lacrosse team fell 15-5 to No. 19 Hampden-Sydney at the Jopson Athletic Complex on Wednesday night.

Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 15, Bridgewater 5
Records: Bridgewater 4-5, 1-2 ODAC; Hampden-Sydney 8-3, 4-0 ODAC

HOW IT HAPPENED
• H-SC started the scoring at the 11:20 mark of the first quarter as Campion White found the back of the net followed by Ray O’Brien tallying his first of the night to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead. Riley Stewart got the Eagles back in it with 8:51 left before Gaines Weis put the visitors up 3-1 to end the first 15 minutes.

• The second quarter was almost all Hampden-Sydney as it scored the first six goals to jump ahead 9-2, which caused a timeout from Bridgewater. When returning to action, a stick check found a deep pocket and a locked-in penalty resulted in a man-up goal by Luke Wendler as the Eagles trailed 9-2 at halftime.

• The Tigers stretched their lead out to 12-2 before Connor McLean got past the goalie with 5:57 showing on the third-quarter clock. H-SC added another and then Gabriel Alexander won a faceoff to himself and stormed down field before finding Chris Martel for a score to make it 13-4 to end the third period.

• The visitors grabbed two more goals before Trevor McClelland used an assist from McLean to get to the final of 15-5.

GAME STATS
• Five different Eagles scored with McLean, Wendler, Martel, McClelland and Stewart all finishing with one goal.

• Alexander and McLean picked up the only two assists on the night for the Eagles.

• Alexander dominated the faceoff X as he went 16-for-20 with 13 ground balls.

• Brennan McKeown caused a pair of turnovers and grabbed four ground balls, while Stewart snatched up five ground balls of his own. Ryan Addison and Jacob Mead also recorded a CT on the night.

• Tyler Carney made 11 saves in the loss, while Will Perry made four saves in 53 minutes before Peter Smith came in for the rest of the game and pushed aside one shot.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater is back in action as it heads to Averett on Saturday, April 8, for a 1 pm game against the Cougars.

— BC Athletics —