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Scoring
- pascal coombs ( 3 , 1 )
- matt quinn ( 1 , 2 )
- scott baird ( 2 , 0 )
- nate patterson ( 1 , 1 )
- bryan gibson ( 1 , 1 )
- will mccarthy ( 1 , 0 )
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Scoring
- trey lervick ( 3 , 0 )
- Matthew Schwartz ( 1 , 2 )
- nick hruby ( 2 , 0 )
- jack flynn ( 0 , 2 )
- andrew tien ( 1 , 0 )
- jake thornally ( 0 , 1 )
- trent harper ( 0 , 1 )
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Shots
- pascal coombs 4
- matt quinn 4
- scott baird 7
- nate patterson 4
- bryan gibson 3
- will mccarthy 2
- michael quinn 1
- patrick marks 2
- matt hughes 1
- mikey ewing 1
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Shots
- trey lervick 6
- Matthew Schwartz 5
- nick hruby 4
- jack flynn 2
- andrew tien 5
- kyle richbourg 1
- matthew o'rourk 3
- nick forrest 1
- cameron carter 6
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Ground Balls
- will mccarthy 2
- patrick dehueck 3
- kiel brennan 1
- michael quinn 1
- matt hughes 2
- willy deines 3
- hank morgan 1
- michael o'brien 1
- jake sadd 1
- luke sadd 2
- bradley hodoval 1
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Ground Balls
- trey lervick 1
- Matthew Schwartz 1
- nick hruby 3
- jack flynn 2
- trent harper 6
- josh radjenovich 1
- christian pung 1
- vince lombardi 1
- jeremiah hemme 2
- chet dunstan 1
- cameron carter 1
- braden host 4
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Turnovers
- scott baird 1
- nate patterson 2
- bryan gibson 1
- will mccarthy 1
- michael quinn 3
- willy deines 1
- hank morgan 1
- jake sadd 1
- joshua adams 1
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Turnovers
- trey lervick 1
- Matthew Schwartz 2
- nick hruby 3
- jake thornally 1
- trent harper 1
- doc szlachetka 2
- roman rohrbach 2
- kyle richbourg 1
- cameron carter 2
- braden host 1
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Caused Turnovers
- bryan gibson 1
- michael quinn 1
- matt hughes 3
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Caused Turnovers
- nick hruby 1
- jack flynn 1
- christian pung 1
- vince lombardi 2
- jeremiah hemme 1
- braden host 1
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Faceoffs Won
- kiel brennan 3
- luke sadd 6
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Faceoffs Won
- trent harper 10
- josh radjenovich 1
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Faceoffs Taken
- kiel brennan 10
- luke sadd 10
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Faceoffs Taken
- trent harper 17
- josh radjenovich 3
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Saves
- bradley hodoval 12 ( 0.63 )
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Saves
- braden host 9 ( 0.50 )
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Current Records
- mercer 4 - 10
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Current Records
- air force 4 - 10
ASAF ACADEMY, Colo. – The Mercer men's lacrosse team picked up their first Southern Conference victory and first win over Air Force in program history, topping the Falcons 9-7 in thrilling fashion Saturday afternoon.
How It Happened
The two teams battled to a scoreless draw after the first period of play. Air Force scored on a goal by Trey Lervick with just seven seconds remaining in the opening half as the Falcons took a 1-0 lead after two periods of action.
Mercer's Pascal Coombs scored the first of his three goals on the afternoon at the 13:04 mark of the third period to tie the score at 1-1. Coombs tallied another goal less than two minutes later as Mercer went up 2-1.
Air Force's Lervick knotted the score at the 9:45 mark with another goal. The Falcons took the lead at the 6:03 mark and scored again to go up 4-2. The Bears rallied with two straight goals to end the third period trailing 5-4.
The fourth period was all Mercer, as the Bears recorded five consecutive goals to take a 9-6 lead with 3:38 remaining in the game. Mercer's defense held on strong as the Bears earned the hard-fought victory.
With the win, Mercer improves to 3-6, while Air Force falls to 3-6.
Notables
» Mercer handed Air Force just its second loss in Southern Conference play since the Falcons joined the conference in 2015.
» The Bears' win over Air Force was the first in program history.
» Pascal Coombs earned his fourth hat trick on the season.
» The Bears forced the Falcons' keeper to produce 9 saves on the afternoon.
» Mercer tallied 29 shots on the day, with 18 coming on goal.
» The Bears took advantage of extra-man opportunities, going three for five on man-up scenarios.
» Goalkeeper Bradley Hodoval tallied 12 saves on the day.
» Mercer forced the Falcons to turn the ball over 16 times.
Records Update
Mercer: 3-6, 1-1 SoCon
Air Force: 3-6, 1-1 SoCon
Next Game
The Bears will return home for their first game at Five Star Stadium in over a month, hosting the Furman Paladins next Saturday, March 31. The matchup is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.