Royals Pull Away in Second Half in Men's Lacrosse Season Finale
HUNTINGDON, Pa.- The Juniata men's lacrosse team battled tough but ultimately lost to the University of Scranton, 22-7, Saturday afternoon at Gibbel Stadium.
The first quarter was back and forth as the Eagles struck first as Reuben Stoll (Bethesda, Md. / Walt Whitman) found Jake Rivoir (Greenlawn, N.Y. / Harborfields), but the Royals scored the next to retake the lead. Nolan Verespy (Lansdale, Pa. / North Penn)_scored his first career goal as he went the length of the field before beating the keeper.
Nolan... Rollin to tie things at two #WingsUp #TakingFlight #GoEagles pic.twitter.com/eQK7o3kAxI
— Juniata Athletics (@JuniataEagles) April 30, 2022
Scranton struck again, but the Eagles responded at the buzzer as Jacob Wallman (Arbutus, Md. / Western Tech) ran the clock down before firing past the Scranton goalie as zeros showed on the clock.
Wallman at the horn to make it 3-3 at the end of one #WingsUp #TakingFlight #WingsUp pic.twitter.com/ftwJ7htT7B
— Juniata Athletics (@JuniataEagles) April 30, 2022
Scranton scored the first two goals of the second before Kolton Black (Mount Airy, Md. / South Carroll)shed his defender and ripped a shot into the net to halve the deficit. The Royals rattled off three straight nearly three minutes to make it 8-4, prior to an Aiden Duran (Walden, N.Y. / Valley Central) goal off a Vincent Bechler (East Brunswick, NJ / East Brunswick ) assist to send JC into the locker room down by three.
The Royals took control in the second half as they scored seven goals in each quarter. Jack M Loucks (Toronto, Canada / Minden) managed a goal and an assist in the fourth, while Duran scored his second and Wallman assisted Loucks's goal.
Justin Toney (Westminster, Md. / Winters Mill) made 18 saves in goal for the Eagles, while Ryan Madison (Wilmington, Del. / Conrad School of Science) made three during his time in net.
The Eagles close their inaugural season 1-13.