Gophers Fall to Cardinals in Home Finale

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Gophers Fall to Cardinals in Home Finale
April 20, 2022

TOWSON, Md. - Visitint Catholic University pulled away in the second quarter after holding a 5-1 lead through the first 15 minutes and cruised to a 25-2 Landmark Conference men's lacrosse victory over Goucher College Wednesday evening at Beldon Field.

First Quarter

  • Catholic (9-3, 5-0 Landmark) took a 2-0 lead with goals at 13:00 and 9:15.
  • Goucher (2-12, 1-4) got on the board with 7:02 left in the frame as Sam Stewart (Denver, Pa./Cocalico) scored on a feed from Jared Heath (Windham, N.H./New Hampton).
  • The Cardinals scored 40 seconds later and tacked on two goals in the final 1:16 to lead 5-1 after one.

Second Quarter

  • The guests scored two goals eight seconds apart to go up 7-1 13:40 before halftime.
  • Catholic scored 12 times in the second with the last goal just beating the halftime horn to make it 19-1 at the break.

Third Quarter

  • Dylan White (Dagsboro, Del./Indian River) scored for the Gophers 1:21 into the second half.
  • The Cardinals scored five more times in the third.

Fourth Quarter

  • Catholic closed out the game's scoring with tallies at 3:31 and 1:54.

Numbers and. Notes

  • Catholic outshot Goucher 89-36, including 53-13 in the first half.
  • The Cardinals had 17 different players record a goal.
  • Justin Lugo (Davie, Fla./Saint Andrew's School) made nine saves in the first 23:41.  Jaden Algarin (Havre de Grace, Md./Concordia Prep) made 15 saves the rest of the way.
  • Kyle Ramos (Silver Spring, Md./Bethesda Chevy Chase) had five caused turnovers for Goucher while Sean Nolan (Las Vegas, Nev./Faith Lutheran) finished with three.
  • Nolan had seven ground balls while Ramos finished with six.

What's Next

  • Goucher is on the road for its final two games, starting with a Saturday date at Drew at 1 pm.
  • The Gophers close out the season next Saturday, April 30, traveling to Elizabethtown for a 1 pm matchup.