FOND DU LAC - In the longest game in Sabre men's lacrosse history, Marian University men's lacrosse (2-2, 1-0 NACC) defeated Cornell 10-9 in triple overtime to open NACC play.
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- Each side only managed one goal in the first quarter with the Sabre score coming from senior Trevor Stachowski.
- The second quarter was similar with each side scoring once and the Marian goal coming from senior Serge Simard with just seven seconds remaining before the half.
- The Sabres had a strong start to the second half scoring the first two goals, but the Rams responded with two straight as well.
- A pair of goals from freshman Bennett Luke helped propel Marian to a 7-5 lead going into the fourth quarter.
- The Rams cut their deficit to one before Simard and Stachowski put Marian ahead 9-6 with 12:45 to play.
- Two quick goals from Cornell put the Rams behind one with 8:07 to play.
- Cornell was then able to force overtime netting a goal with 59 ticks remaining.
- There were only two shots on goal between the first two overtimes before Stachowski netted the game-winner with just 45 seconds left in triple overtime.
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- Marian held a 39-36 edge for shots in the victory.
- The Rams were only 22-of-34 (.647) on clears, while Marian finished just 31-for-45 (.689).
- Each squad had 58 ground balls, and the Rams won 19 of the 24 face offs.
- Marian allowed one man-up goal on three chances, while the Rams committed zero penalties.
- The Sabres are now 2-1 all-time in overtime with this being the first overtime game since 2019.
- Marian is now 3-1 all-time against Cornell having won the lasat three match-ups.
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Sophomore Jayden Gerhardt set a single-game record with 10 caused turnovers and had 14 ground balls. |
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Senior Serge Simard led the Marian offense scoring four goals with four assists and grabbing 10 ground balls. |
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Junior Jackson Sweeney (2-2) finished with 11 saves on 20 shots. |
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Saturday, March 22
Dubuque, Iowa
1 p.m. |
