The Griffin men's lacrosse team made the trip to Painesville, OH for a matchup against Lake Erie under the lights in G-MAC action.
Seton Hill used a big first half as they took a 13-3 lead into the halftime break in route to a 17-7 road victory. SHU improves to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in G-MAC action.
SHU jumped out to a 3-0 lead just three minutes into the contest on goals from
Zack Estabrooks,
Ryan Manbeck and
Thomas Hanulak. Lake Erie responded with two goals to trim the SHU lead to 3-2 with 6:19 to play in the quarter. The Griffins then closed the quarter on a 4-0 run to take a 7-2 into the second quarter.
Logan Wiland,
Robert Hofseth,
Layne Harich and Hanulak scored in the 4-0 spurt.
The early portion of the second quarter was all Griffins as they outscored the Storm by a 5-0 margin over nearly the first 10 minutes. Manbeck, Hanulak and Estabrooks each scored a goal and
Logan Maloni added two as SHU built a 12-2 lead with 8:19 to play in the half. The teams then exchanged goals with
McGarity Harper closing out the scoring in the half. SHU led 13-3 at the half.
The Storm held a 3-2 advantage in goals in the third quarter with Harich and
Andy Davis scoring for SHU. The fourth quarter was low scoring as SHU outscored the Storm 2-1 in the final fifteen minutes.
David St Clair and
Dan Rupert scored for the Griffins.
SHU outshot Lake Erie 48-39 in the contest. Lake Erie won 14 of 26 faceoffs while SHU held a 28-22 advantage in ground balls.
Hanulak led the Griffins with three goals. Maloni, Manbeck, Estabrooks and Harich each scored twice. Maloni added two assists.
Kevin Mo made a career high 18 saves in the win.
SHU is scheduled to host Frostburg State on Tuesday afternoon.