Moravian Lacrosse Prevails In Overtime

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Junior attack Jason Tosches scored his fifth goal of the match 1:45 into overtime to lift the Greyhounds to a 13-12 overtime win over Elizabethtown College in non-conference action at Rocco Calvo Field.

The Blue Jays jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first quarter before Moravian ran of four straight goals with two by freshman midfielder Robert Devine to lead 4-2 after 15 minutes of action. The Greyhounds also score the first goal of the second quarter for a 5-2 lead before Elizabethtown scored twice to cut the Moravian lead to 5-4.

The Greyhounds responded with three more goals in a row including two by Tosches to take their largest lead of the game at 8-4. The Blue Jays would get two of those goals back before halftime which saw Moravian holding an 8-6 lead.

Elizabethtown scored first in the third quarter and then two more times including once with a man-down after a Greyhound score to tie the match at 9-9 after 45 minutes. T

he Blue Jays would score twice to start the final quarter only to have Tosches and Devine score and tie the match again at 11-11 with 5:52 to play. Just seven seconds later, Elizabethtown was back in the lead as midfielder Jon Day won a face-off and scored immediately. Devine would tie the contest again with 3:52 remaining on a man-up goal.

In the overtime session, Tosches took a pass from junior defender Steven Carroll on a Moravian clear and put the ball in the upper portion of the net from the left side of the field.

The Greyhounds had a 36-33 edge in shots while Elizabethtown had a 52-47 advantage in ground balls and won 19 of 30 face-offs. Tosches had an assist to go with his five goals for a total of six points while Devine netted four goals to go with a team high 12 ground balls and eight face-off wins. Freshman attack Christopher Mohapp contributed a goal and two assists for Moravian while freshman attack David Bennett had a goal and an assist. Freshman midfielder David Forte netted a goal for Moravian while junior attack Keith Danner had three assists. Carroll added four ground balls to go with his assist on the winning goal.

Greyhound freshman goalie Benjamin Leavy made six saves and added eight ground balls while earning his fourth win of the season.

Day led Elizabethtown with four goals and 14 ground balls while winning 17 of 24 face-offs. Kurt Deschner added two goals and two assists for the Blue Jays while Brian Schaaf had a goal and three assists. Ryan McCafferty found the back of the net twice for Elizabethtown while Josh Dougherty had a goal and an assist. Jeff Long and Aaron Weber each had goals for the Blue Jays while Greg Kenneally had three assists. Chris Schuch started in goal for Elizabethtown, making one save in just over 15 minutes of action. Austin Hayes finished out the game in the cage with 11 saves and three ground balls.