Dominant Second Half Puts Gophers Over Pilgrims

TOWSON, Md. - The Goucher College Gophers (5-2 Overall) a dominant fourth quarter to pull ahead of the Pilgrims of New England College (3-1 Overall) Tuesday night in a 13-6 victory. 

• The Gophers opened the scoring of the contest with a goal from Gianni Karam from Milan Temple (11:21). 
• Karam scores the next two goals for the Gophers, with one coming from Scott Tayman on the man-advantage and the second from Temple.
• New England responds with just over three minutes remaining in the quarter to bring the score to 3-1.
• Tyler May adds a goal with seconds left on the clock from a Jacob Morgan pass. 

• The second quater had the least scoring but added 15 groundballs and four saves across the teams.
• Karam and Morgan teamed up for the only goal with 4:31 on the clock.

• Just under five minutes into the quarter, Karam puts another in the net off a pass from Temple.
• The Pilgrims attempted a comeback scoring the next three goals to bring them within two (6-4).
• Sean Nolan the final goal of the quarter, from Karam with 2:07 left on the clock.

• The Gophers scored the first six goals of the final quarter, with Karam and Morgan teaming up once again  for another finish.
• Temple added a goal on the man-advantage from a Morgan assist to put the Gophers up by five.
• Nolan added his second of the game, off the restart from Temple (8:11).
• Karam had two more goals, the first from Nick Pusey and the second from Tyler May on the man-up opportunity.
• Off a turnover, and taking it himself, Jack Murdaugh added his first goal of the season with 6:39 left on the clock.
• New England responded with two goals to end the quarter.

• The Gophers outshot the Pilgrims 51-31, and went 3-8 on the man-up opportunities.
• The teams almost split face-offs, with New England edging out the Gophers 11-21. David Vucci went 8-15, while Jack Schiavone went 2-6. 
• Karam led the Gophers with eight goals and one assist on the night. Morgan and Temple each added four assists, while Temple added a goal. 
• Four different Gophers caused two turnover (Schiavone, Pusey, May, and Nolan).
• Jack Smith added 60 minutes in the net, saving nine of the 15 shots he faced.
• Pusey led the team collecting seven ground balls.

• The men face the University of New England on Monday, March 17th at 7pm for the second game of their homestand.