Box Score ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Bellarmine University lacrosse team dropped its season opener as Michigan used a decisive third period en route to a 16-9 win Saturday over the Knights at Oosterbaan Field House.
Bellarmine (0-1) led 4-2 after the first quarter and 7-5 at halftime. However, the Wolverines (1-0) pulled ahead by outscoring BU 7-1 in the third frame and 11-2 overall in the second half.
Sophomore
Austin Shanks recorded a hat trick for Bellarmine, with all three of his goals coming in the second period. Sophomore
Jack Perkins added two goals and an assist while sophomore
Tucker Ciessau, freshman
Austin Streeter, senior
Grant Beczkalo and senior
Ryan Scinta chipped in one goal apiece. Scinta collected three assists and junior
Taylor Stuart contributed one.
David McCormack and Mikie Schlosser had four goals apiece for Michigan, which evened the all-time series with the Knights at two apiece. Ian King registered three assists for the Wolverines, who had a 38-32 advantage in shots and won 17-of-28 face-offs.
A former conference rival of Bellarmine, Michigan connected on seven of its eight shots in the third quarter. The Wolverines scored five unanswered goals in less than four minutes to turn a 7-5 deficit into a 10-7 lead. David Joseph scored the go-ahead goal at the 9:40 mark, and Schlosser notched a hat trick on Michigan's fifth straight score.
Scinta answered with less than three minutes left to cut Bellarmine's deficit to 10-8, but the Wolverines scored twice more in the period, including Kyle Jackson's goal with one second left. Ciessau added a goal for the Knights in the final quarter, but Michigan racked up four more to account for the final margin.
The game started out well for Bellarmine, as the Knights raced out to a 5-2 lead early in the second quarter. Beczkalo scored the first goal of the season for BU. Perkins found the net twice in a row and, after Scinta spotted Streeter for a score, he set up Shanks' first goal as Bellarmine scored four unanswered.
Michigan got to within 5-4 in the second quarter, but Shanks wrapped two more goals around a Wolverines score to lead 7-5 at halftime. Scinta and Stuart compiled assists on the scoring plays.
Bellarmine plays at Robert Morris next Saturday.
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