Tigers Open 2020 Campaign With A Victory

Centre

0-1

Wittenberg

1-0

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Centre (0-1)	1	3	3	1	8
Wittenberg (1-0)	1	2	2	4	9

February 15, 2020

Game Leaders

Centre

G: 2 Players (#25, #42) - 2

A: 3 Players (#2, #25, #44) - 1

Sv: Connor Jongewaard - 11

GB: 2 Players (#20, #31) - 3

Wittenberg

G: Andrew Ellis - 3

A: 6 Players (#0, #2, #4, #13, #17, #32) - 1

Sv: Max Cavellier - 7

GB: Bradley Quick - 3

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Centre	Wittenberg
Shots	34	38
Ground Balls	17	17
Saves	11	7
Clears	13-14	7-14
Turnovers	17	15
Face Offs Won	4	15
Man Up	1-6	3-5

Full stats

Springfield, OH- The Tigers hosted the first official lacrosse game in The Steemer against the Colonels of Centre College. Prior to the game, Head Coach Jay Owen said it would be a tough battle between the two teams who both returned a majority of their top players. After three quarters being down, the Tigers came back in the last minute to take the lead and defeat the Colonels 9-8.

The Tigers had to answer back in the first quarter with a goal from Andrew Ellis, assisted by Connor Rice. Both teams defense held offense to a tied 1-1 game at the end of the first quarter. Wittenberg's Quinn McConkey was able to control the ball at the face-off, winning 14 of 19 to give the Tigers a slight advantage over the Colonels.

The Tigers were able to put two more on the board in the second quarter, with goals from Connor Rice on a man-up opportunity and Andrew Ellis. Tiger defense was able to hold Centre to six shots but went into halftime down by one and a score of 4-3.

McKonkey continued to win the face-off battle in the third quarter but a tough Centre goalie made it hard for Wittenberg to capitalize on shots. Noah Moderwell was able to get past Centre twice, scoring back-to-back and bring the game within one after being down 6-3.

The Tigers came back in the fourth quarter to end the game with four unanswered goals and win with a score of 9-8. Cooper Harris got things started with an unassisted goal with 10:16 left on the clock, followed by Ellis on a man-up opportunity at 6:13. Harris came back on another man-up opportunity to tie the game 8-8 and 1:17 left on the clock. Lucas Klever would get his first goal of the game in the last minute of the game unassisted to take the 9-8 lead.

Tiger goalie, Max Cavellier faced 15 shots and picked up seven saves. The Tigers were able to go 7-7 in clears saved by Cavellier.

Up Next: Wittenberg will continue their 2020 campaign on Wednesday, February 19^th on the road. The Tigers will travel to Westerville, OH to take on Otterbein in a non-conference match-up at 5 PM.