MANSFIELD, Conn. – With possibilities from hosting a home playoff quarterfinal game all the way to being left out of the Little East Conference tournament, the Keene State College men's lacrosse head had to win to control their postseason outcome on Friday night and the Owls did such, defeating the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors 11-8 to lock up the No. 4 seed in the LEC tournament to host a playoff game this upcoming week.
Records
- Keene State: 9-6 (5-3 LEC)
- Eastern Connecticut: 5-7 (3-5 LEC)
How it Happened
KSC jumped to a 2-0 lead in the contest as
Dylan Seymour assisted
Jaheim Lancaster for the opening goal 3:18 into the contest, and then picked up another assist on
Cole Ricardi's goal to put KSC ahead with 6:43 remaining in the first quarter. The Warriors responded with three goals over a 46 second span a couple of minutes later, including one man-up goal, as ECSU took their first lead of the contest. ECSU's lead did not last long as a caused turnover by
Dylan Fadale lead to
Jack Ansart assisting
Ben Tukey's game-tying goal with four seconds remaining in the first to send the game into the second quarter at three apiece.
After a back-and-forth contest the rest of the way, seeing the lead tied four more times, the Owls eventually prevailed in the fourth, outscoring ECSU 4-1 over the final 15 minutes come away with the 11-8 victory and will await either ECSU or Salem State University for a home quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday, April 28, at 6:00 pm.
More information to come later.
