Gophers Bested by McDaniel in Home Opener

TOWSON, Md. - Visiting McDaniel College jumped out to a 6-1 lead after one quarter and held off Goucher College for a 14-7 non-conference men's lacrosse victory at Beldon Field Saturday afternoon.

• McDaniel (2-0) scored the game's first three goals in the first 4:11 of the contest.
• Goucher (1-1) got on the board with 4:25 left in the quarter as Theo Cook IV scored off a feed from Holden Vance.
• The Green Terror scored three times in the final 46 seconds of the quarter to go up 6-1 after one.

• McDaniel scored 1:03 into the second quarter to take a 7-1 lead.
• Jason Fritz scored a pair of goals 2:08 apart to put the guests up 9-1 with 6:46 remaining.
• McDaniel carried its 9-1 lead into intermission as it outshot Goucher 11-5 in the frame.

• James Dugan snapped the Gopher drought with a goal 36 seconds into the second half.
• McDaniel scored twice in a 36-second span to take an 11-2 lead with just over 13 minutes to go.
• Holden Vance scored for Goucher at 8:28.
• The Green Terror led 12-3 with 15 minutes to go.

• Goucher scored four times in a span of 2:09 to pull within 12-7 with 11:45 left.
• Vance scored his second with 13:54 on the clock, then 14 seconds later, Tyler May cashed in the lone extra-man opportunity of the game, with Vance assisting.
• Jacob Morgan registered his first goal of the season with 12:44 left, followed by Cook's second tally at 11:45, which Vance also assisted.
• McDaniel scored twice in 27 seconds to close out the scoring with 9:56 left.

• McDaniel held a 39-32 shot advantage on the afternoon and won 17 of the game's 25 faceoffs.
• Jack Smith made eight saves over the final 45 minutes in goal for the Gophers after relieving Jaden Algarin, who started and made five stops.
• Vance led Goucher with two goals and three assists, while Cook added two goals and an assist.
• Sean Nolan notched three caused turnovers and three ground balls for Goucher, while Aaron Butera had four ground ball pickups.
• Goucher had the game's lone man-up situation as the Gophers were not flagged for a penalty.
• McDaniel starting goalie Brighton Lorber stopped 11 shots in the first 55:29.

• Goucher is on the road Wednesday evening, traveling to Hood for a 6:30 contest.
• The Gophers return home on Wednesday, March 6, as they entertain Neumann at 7 pm at Beldon Field.