Men’s Lacrosse closes season with home contest against #2 Lenoir-Rhyne

Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College men's lacrosse team concluded its season at Shuford Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, falling to the visiting 2nd-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne Bears in South Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse action.

TEAM STATISTICS

- Lenoir-Rhyne out-shot Catawba 46-37

- The Bears recorded 31 shots on goal to the Catawba Indians' 19

- LR had 44 ground balls to 22 for Catawba

- Both teams committed 16 turnovers

- The Bears were 20-for-21 on clear attempts; Catawba was 16-of-18

- Lenoir-Rhyne won 19 of 28 face-offs

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Tanner Stout recorded a pair of goals

- Frank Cetrone tallied a goal and an assist

- Garrett Simi and Payton Leonard recorded Catawba's other scores

- Kyle Chessock recorded three ground balls

- Eli Horton caused two turnovers

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST QUARTER

- Leonard scored off an assist from Carson Adkins within the opening minute to take an early lead

- The Bears scored the final seven goals of the first quarter to take a lead after 15 minutes

SECOND QUARTER

- Lenoir-Rhyne's lead grew to 9-1 after a score near the 5-minute mark

- Stout found the back of the net off of Cetrone's feed with 2:10 remaining in the half

- The Bears struck again in the final minute to lead 10-2 at the break

THIRD QUARTER

- LR scored the first three goals of the second half to lead 13-2

- Simi responded with a goal at the 8:16 mark

- The Bears led 16-3 after three quarters

FOURTH QUARTER

- LR had the first three scores of the final period, leading 19-3

- Stout added another score off the assist from Peyton Turner

- Cetrone scored late off the Caleb Richardson feed in the final minute