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Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
10
Winner Detroit Mercy DETMERCY 3-6, 2-3
9
VMI VMI 8-4, 2-3
Winner
Detroit Mercy DETMERCY
3-6, 2-3
10
Final
9
VMI VMI
8-4, 2-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT F
Detroit Mercy DETMERCY 1 1 2 5 1 10
VMI VMI 2 5 2 0 0 9

Game Recap: Lacrosse |

VMI falls in overtime to Detroit Mercy

LEXINGTON, Va. – Ahead 9-4 going into the final period, the VMI lacrosse team could not sustain the lead as visiting Detroit Mercy rallied for five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to knot the score and eventual game winner in overtime to top VMI, 10-9, Saturday afternoon at Drill Field #2.
 
With the loss, the Keydets fall to 8-3, 2-2 in Northeast Conference play while the Titans improve to 2-6,1-3 in league action.
 
The Keydets fought their way to a 2-1 lead after one period and ballooned the lead to 7-2 at halftime by scoring five goals in the second quarter. Detroit evened the scored at 2-2 a minute into the second period before VMI scored five unanswered goals the remainder of the half to go into the break with a five-goal lead.
 
Austin English scored VMI's first two goals before Matt Nichols, Dayton Bagwell, Wil Duffy, Luke Rusterucci and Simon Moore registered the five goals in the second period.
 
Rusterucci continued his active goal streak and also tallied two assists on the day as he eclipsed the 100 career assists mark to become the first Keydet in program history to earn both 100 goals and 100 assists during his VMI tenure.
 
Key Stats
*English finished with a hat trick on the day while Duffy finished with two scores
*VMI outshot Detroit by a 52-47 count
*Detroit won the face-off battle by taking 14 of 23 attempts
*VMI goalie Damian Levin had a solid day in the cage by recording 19 saves on the day, while Detroit's Ryan Richters earned the individual win with 12 saves
*Marcus Thundercloud led the Titans with a hat trick while seven other Detroit Mercy players logged solo scores
 
Up Next
The Keydets return to action next Saturday for an NEC road contest at Robert Morris. Face-off is slated for a noon start in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.









 
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