VILLANOVA, Pa. - The Penn State men's lacrosse team fell to in-state rival Villanova 14-12 on Sunday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Villanova took the early 1-0 lead off a goal by Matt Campbell with 14:23 remaining in the first quarter.
- Penn State responded with a pair of goals by Luke Mercer followed by TJ Malone to take a 2-1 lead with 11:44 remaining in the quarter.
- Malone added his second goal of the game following a Villanova goal to keep the score within one with Penn State ahead 3-2 with 6:09 remaining.
- A pair of goals by Villanova's Austin Fraser put the Wildcats back in the lead 4-3 with 4:36 remaining in the quarter.
- Mercer tacked on the final Penn State goal of the quarter with 2:33 remaining to even the score at 4-4.
- Villanova closed out the quarter with two goals to take a 6-4 lead.
- The Nittany Lions opened the second quarter with a pair of goals off the sticks of TJ Malone and Sam Sweeney to tie the game up at 6-6 with 9:22 remaining in the half.
- Villanova answered with two answered goals to close the half with an 8-6 lead.
- The Wildcats added two goals to open the third quarter to increase their lead to 10-6 with 12:40 remaining in the period.
- Jack Traynor and Chris Jordan added a pair of extra-man goals to the Nittany Lions score to cut the Villanova lead to 10-8 with 3:57 remaining in the quarter.
- Villanova and Penn State each scored a goal to close out the quarter to make the score 11-9 Villanova after three.
- After Villanova started the fourth quarter with a goal, Penn State tallied three unanswered goals off the sticks of Mac Costin, Matt Traynor, and Chris Jordan to tie the game up at 12-12 with 6:13 remaining in the game.
- Villanova had the last word scoring two goals in the final minutes of the quarter to end up with the 14-12 victory.
GOALTENDING
- Jack Fracyon allowed 14 goals on 42 shots and dropped his record to 1-1 on the year.
STATS AND NOTES
- TJ Malone tallied his 11th career hat-trick.
- Matt Traynor recorded his second straight multi-goal game.
- Hudson Bohn won 14 faceoffs for the Nittany Lions.
- Penn State drops to 1-1 on the year.
UP NEXT
- The Nittany Lions return home to University Park on Saturday, Feb. 18 when they host Stony Brook at 12 p.m.