UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.–The No. 9 Penn State men’s lacrosse team (2-1-0) fell to No. 8 Princeton (1-0-0) 11-10 in overtime on Saturday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Princeton jumped out to a 2-0 lead with 9:53 left in the first quarter off goals by Colin Burns and Coulter Mackesy.
- Penn State found the net halfway through the first quarter with a Mac Hobbs wraparound shot just outside the crease to cut the Princeton lead to 2-1 with 7:14 left in the quarter.
- Burns found the back of the net again with 3:25 left in the quarter to put the Tigers ahead 3-1.
- Hobbs answered for a second time in the frame as he fired a goal from the slot to narrow the Princeton lead to 3-2.
- Mackesy shortly scored for Princeton with 1:19 left in the opening quarter to regain a two-goal lead over the Nittany Lions.
- The Nittany Lions closed out the first quarter with a goal by Hunter Aquino as he banked his goal from the corner to narrow the Princeton lead to 4-3 with 26 seconds left in the quarter.
- Mackesy opened the second quarter for Princeton with a goal coming with 12:05 left in the half to put the Tigers ahead 5-3.
- Carsen Krammer shortly added to the Tigers’ lead on a goal coming with 10:55 left in the half to give Princeton a 6-3 lead.
- Aquino tallied his second goal of the game with 10:07 left in the half as he was score unassisted to cut the Princeton lead to 6-4.
- Both sides went back and forth as Jackson Green for Princeton with 6:51 left in the quarter to give Princeton a 7-4 lead.
- Matt Traynor soon after banked his first goal of the game with 3:50 left in the half which narrowed the Princeton lead to 7-5.
- Mackesy and Traynor each exchanged goals to close the half with Princeton ahead 8-6.
- Colin Burns scored the lone goal of the third quarter coming with 10:52 left in the quarter to put Princeton up 9-6.
- Aquino captured a hat-trick with a goal coming with 13:13 left in the fourth quarter which narrowed the Tigers lead to 9-7.
- Less than a minute later, Traynor found the back of the net for the second time coming with 12:56 left in the fourth quarter to cut the Tigers’ lead to 9-8.
- Following a goal by Mackesy with 9:49 left in fourth, Traynor scored back-to-back goals coming with 9:43 and 5:06 left in the quarter to tie the game up at 10-10.
- In overtime, Burns found the back of the net to secure the 11-10 victory for the Tigers.
GOALTENDERS
- Senior Jack Fracyon tallied 10 saves and allowed 11 goals in the loss. His record drops to 2-1 on the year.
- Princeton goalie Ryan Croddick tallied 21 saves in the win and allowed 10 goals. His record improves to 1-0 on the year.
STATS AND NOTES
- Princeton now leads the all-time series 4-1.
- This is Penn State’s first loss to Princeton since March 21, 1998, as well as this is the first overtime game against the Tigers in program history.
- Traynor tallied his second five goal game of the year.
- Aquino registered his first five-point game of his career with three goals and two assists.
- Penn State had a strong faceoff performance winning 18-24 faceoffs while holding Princeton to just six wins in the faceoff dot.
- Colby Baldwin tallied a career-high 17 faceoff wins.
UP NEXT
- Penn State returns to action on Saturday, February 22, when they host Navy. The game time is set for 1 p.m.