Southern Virginia Men's Lacrosse Routs LaGrange 25-8

Box Score

BUENA VISTA, VA. — The Southern Virginia University men's lacrosse team advanced to 2-0 on the year in USA South Conference play, dominating LaGrange 25-8 in Knight Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Players of the Game

Tennison Schmidt: two goals | five assists | three ground balls

Ty Veres: three goals | two assists | five points

Shawn Lamb: three goals | four assists | seven points

Game Notes

The Knights dominated from the opening whistle, going up 6-0 in the first quarter, led by two Ty Veres goals
Tennison Schmidt opened the second quarter with an unassisted goal, before Carter Bean and Eric Norr each tallied two goals
Southern Virginia went into the halftime break with the dominant 23-3 lead
Eric Norr led all players in the first half with three goals
Ty Veres spotted an open Sterling Thatcher to get the second half going, sparking a 7-0 scoring run, extending their lead to 16 19-3
Zak Sullivan closed out the third scoring two back-to-back goals, leading the team into the fourth with the 21-5 lead
Southern Virginia dominated the rest of the game, running away with the 25-8 victory over the Panthers
In his first game back from injury, Caleb Brodie anchored the defense, recording three clutch saves including a diving save across the crease, stuffing the wide-open shooter
At the faceoff X, Jaydon Arnold impressed, going 16-for-21 while Peyton Merwin went 5-for-10