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No. 9/10 Men's Lacrosse Drops Big Ten Opener to No. 2 Maryland 13-10

COLLEGE PARK, MD.- The ninth-ranked Penn State men's lacrosse team opened Big Ten play with a 13-10 loss to second-ranked Maryland on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Just one minute into the game, TJ Malone opened the scoring for Penn State to put them ahead 1-0 with 14:00 minutes remaining.
  • Maryland scored six minutes later off the stick of Zach Whittier to tie the game up at 1-1.
  • The Terrapins added another goal two minutes later with 6:13 remaining to take a 2-1 lead.
  • Jack Traynor then scored back-to-back goals to regain the lead with 2:07 remaining in the quarter.
  • Maryland closed the quarter with three unanswered goals to take a 5-3 lead after one.
  • The Terrapins started the second quarter with three unanswered goals to take an 8-3 lead with 14:19 remaining in the half.
  • Kevin Winkoff closed the scoring drought with 12:45 remaining to narrow the Maryland lead to 8-4.
  • Maryland answered right after with a goal by Owen Murphy with 10:42 remaining in the half to regain a five-goal lead.
  • Penn State the scored four unanswered goals off the sticks of Matt Traynor, TJ Malone and Mac Costin and Jack Traynor to cut the Maryland lead to 9-8.
  • Maryland closed the half with a goal by Jack Koras with four seconds left to make the score 10-8.
  • Only two goals were scored in the third quarter with a goal by Jack Traynor with 14:22 remaining and a goal by Maryland with 13:09 remaining to send the game into the fourth quarter with Maryland ahead 11-9.
  • Maryland opened the fourth quarter with a goal off the stick of Kyle Long to give the Terrapins a 12-9 lead.
  • The Terrapins added another goal with 5:30 remaining in the quarter to give Maryland a 13-9 lead.
  • Kevin Winkoff then scored his second goal of the game with 2:58 remaining to make the final score 13-10.

 
GOALTENDING

  • Jack Fracyon allowed 13 goals on 26 shots and dropped his record to 5-3 on the year.  

STATS AND NOTES

  • Jack Traynor scored his first hat-trick of the season.
  • Kevin Winkoff tallied his fourth multi-goal game of the year.
  • TJ Malone tallied three points off two goals and one assist. 

UP NEXT

  • The Nittany Lions return to Big Ten play against Ohio State on Sunday, April 2 at noon.