Babson Park, FL – The Webber International Men's Lacrosse team continued its 2024 campaign as they welcomed RV Ottawa University from the KCAC to the Warrior Turf Field Thursday afternoon. The Warriors took care of the Braves, winning 21-8.
Nick Sheaffer had the first house call of the day for the Warriors as he scored off an assist from Chase Jackson. Jackson would get the next score for the Warriors to make it 2-0. The Braves would be able to cut the deficit in half, but soon after Blake Nelson would negate that goal with a great feed from Christian Tapia. Sheaffer had the next score to make it 4-1 Webber five minutes into the game. Houston Finlayson would find the net next, with Jackson picking up another assist. Ottawa would get another goal, before Nelson scored off an assist from Sheaffer to make it 6-2 headed to the second quarter.
Finlayson would score the first two goals for Webber in the second, first on a man-up opportunity, and then off an assist from Sheaffer. The Braves would get on the board again but Sheaffer would knock them back down with another goal. Nelson scored again, but Ottawa was able to get two straight, making it 10-5. Jeremiah Loo, Nelson, and Sheaffer would score the final three goals of the second quarter, as Webber held a 13-5 lead into halftime.
Loo scored first in the third quarter, after multiple saves from the Braves goalie, Loo found an opening. Ottawa would try and make this game competitive, scoring three straight, however this would be the final goals the Braves would get. Sheaffer and Tapia scored next to make it 16-8 Webber, but the Warriors weren't done yet. Connor Herring would get the next goal for the Warriors before Sheaffer and Finlayson would each score to make it 19-8 going into the fourth.
Nelson and Loo would each score in the fourth quarter to make it 21-8 Warriors. Neither team would be able to find the net anymore in the final frame as Webber's defense held tough. The final horn sounded with Webber taking home a resounding 21-8 victory.
Sheaffer led the team with eight points, as he scored six times for a double hat trick while also assisting two goals. Jackson, Finlayson, Tapia, and Nelson all had five points. Jackson and Tapia each had four assists and one goal, while Finlayson had four goals and one assist, and Nelson had five goals. Dane Fasano led the team with five ground balls, while also causing one turnover. Joshua Cargile had four ground balls out of the faceoff circle. In the goal, Ryan Prylinski had 12 saves on the day.
The Warriors will be back in action on Saturday, March 16th when they host the Life University Running Eagles at 1 PM on the Warrior Turf Field.
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