Knights Fall to Tigers in Season Opener

Box Score

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA. — The Southern Virginia University men's lacrosse team dropped their season opener Saturday afternoon, falling to Hampden-Sydney 19-11.

Notable Stats

Shawn Lamb: four goals | one assist | two ground balls

Now holds All-Time Scoring Record with 280 career points

Ty Veres: three goals | one groundball

Michael Brown: ten groundballs | two caused turnovers

Game Notes

Tennison Schmidt got things going for the Knights, scoring the game's first goal off of a Landon Barney assist
Ty Veres scored his first goal of the game unassisted just one minute later, putting the team up 2-0
Hampden Sydney tied the game up 2-2, but Zak Sullivan scored an unassisted goal with nine minutes remaining in the first to go up 3-2
Shawn Lamb found an open Tennison Schmidt to connect for the team's fourth goal to open the second quarter
Carter Bean scored again on the ensuing faceoff to bring the team within two goals 5-7
The Knights closed the first half scoring three more goals; two from Shawn Lamb and one for Ty Veres
Veres scored locked in the hat trick with over two minutes remaining in the third off of a Gabe King assist
Shawn Lamb closed the game, scoring the team's final two goals unassisted
The Knights ended the game recording 12 total saves, went 20-for-34 at the faceoff X, brought in 30 ground balls, and went 20-for-24 on clearing