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Countdown

MLax16-1
13
Winner Seton Hill SHU-M 1-0 overall
12
Wingate WU 0-1 overall
Winner
Seton Hill SHU-M
1-0 overall
13
Final
12
Wingate WU
0-1 overall
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Seton Hill SHU-M 5 2 5 1 13
Wingate WU 3 6 1 2 12

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

SHU Wins Season Opener 13-12 at Wingate

Seton Hill opened their 2016 season on the road at Wingate on Saturday afternoon in Wingate, NC.  SHU used a 5-1 advantage in the third quarter in route to a season opening 13-12 road victory.  

Wingate took a quick 2-0 lead on the Griffins with two goals in the game's first five minutes.  SHU cut the lead to 2-1 with a goal from Shane Pettke with just under 10 minutes to play in the quarter.  Fifteen seconds later Nick Neferis tied the score at two with a goal from Jonah Gutentag.  Wingate responded to take a 3-2 lead before the Griffins scored the final three goals of the quarter to take a 5-3 lead after one quarter of play.  Sean Stanners, Bennett Johnson and Hunter Hayes scored goals for the Griffins.  

SHU increased their lead to 6-3 when Garret Howell scored with 11:48 to play in the second quarter.  Wingate then responded with a six goal run of their own to take a 9-6 lead with just over a minute to play in the first half.  Stanners got his second of the contest with 26 seconds to play in the half as SHU entered the halftime break down 9-7.  

The third quarter was all Griffins as they held a 5-1 advantage in goals.  Howell opened the scoring with a goal at the 12:20 mark.  Erik Hultgren followed less than a minute later to tie the score at nine.  Hayes then netted the HT with two goals to put SHU back in the lead with 4:09 to play in the third quarter.  Pettke got his second of the game to increase the SHU lead to 12-9 with 3:17 left in the third period.  Wingate got the last goal of the quarter to trim the lead to 12-10.

Wingate cut the lead to one goal with 6:19 to play in the final quarter.  They then tied the score at 12 with 4:52 to play in the game.  After the SHU won the faceoff, Wingate made a save before Zach Hartmann scored the game winning goal with 2:59 to play in the game.  Howell assisted on the game winner.  The Griffin defense then held on for the win.

SHU outshot Wingate 39-36 in the contest.  The Griffins won the ground ball battle 32-30.  SHU was 0-3 on the power play while Wingate was 4-5.  

Hunter Hayes led the Griffins with 3 goals.  Garret Howell, Sean Stanners and Shane Pettke each added 2 goals.  Howell also finished with 3 assists.  Merritt Bailey recorded 12 saves in the win.  

SHU will stay on the road next weekend when they travel to Chestnut Hill next Saturday. 
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