MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – The 17th-ranked University of Mount Olive men's lacrosse team opened up Conference Carolinas play with a 19-2 win over the Chowan University Hawks Wednesday afternoon at the Ray McDonald Sr Sports Complex in Mount Olive, N.C. GAME INFORMATION Score: No. 17 Mount Olive 19, Chowan 2 Records: Mount Olive (3-1, 1-0 CC), Chowan (1-4, 0-1 CC) Location: Ray McDonald Sr Sports Complex, Mount Olive, N.C How It Happened Play-by-Play FIRST QUARTER Mount Olive won the game's first faceoff and had a shot on goal within the first two minutes as Thatcher Clark found the back of the net with 13:43. The Trojans completely shut down the Chowan offense for the first 10 minutes of the quarter not allowing the Hawks more than two possessions and exploding to a 9-0 lead. UMO had goals scored by Thatcher Clark (2), Cameron Bope, Nick Peterson, Connor Watson, Tyler Keele (3) and Tavian Cooley. Chowan was finally able to get a successful clear at the 5:32 mark but another turnover led to more UMO time off the clock. Following a CU turnover, Austin Whitlow found Brody Sullivan for the 10th goal with just over a minute to play. SECOND QUARTER The second quarter was no different than quarter number one except the scoring slowed down for the Trojans as Mount Olive pushed home four more goals. Tim De Ceuster and Max Quinn in their first games playing as a Trojan found the back of the net for their first goals at the 14:01 and 3:22 marks respectively. Brody Sullivan and Nathan Bradley also added to the scoring run increasing the Mount Olive lead to 14-0 heading into halftime. THIRD QUARTER Chowan scored the only goal of the third quarter snapping a 14 goal streak by the Trojans and preventing the shutout with 1:49 left in the quarter. FOURTH QUARTER Bradley started off the next scoring run for UMO that saw the freshman from Swansboro score twice along with Blake Tallon, Lucas Shein, and Bope. The Hawks were not held without another score however as with seconds remaining Chowan scored making the final 19-2. KEY STATS Tyler Keele and Nathan Bradley tied for led in goals with three. Caleb Hippensteel led the Trojans from the faceoff x as he was a perfect 14-of-14 and grabbed 10 groundballs. Jacob Williams led the defense with three caused turnovers and also picked up three groundballs. Between the posts, Andrew Avarello (W: 3-1, 1-0 CC) picked up the win, making two saves on two shots. Matthew Stidham, Spencer Erwin, and Will Bender also spent time in goal for UMO. UP NEXT Mount Olive will return to action March, 3 when the Trojans will travel to play Lees-McRae at Watauga High School in Boone, N.C. The first face-off is set for 1 p.m.