College Men’s Lacrosse Final – Guilford 12, Ohio Northern 7

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Derek Spaulding scored three times and Aswan Bland tallied twice in Guilford College’s 12-7 comeback win over visiting Ohio Northern University Tuesday afternoon. Each of the five goals came in the second half, which helped the Quakers (3-2) overcome a 4-3 halftime deficit.

Ohio Northern’s Cameron Marous scored three times in a tightly contested opening half. His tally from Drew Eramo 9:20 before halftime gave the Polar Bears a 4-3 advantage. Ohio Northern (1-3) outshot Guilford, 15-9, but Quakers’ goalie Parker Styles stopped seven shots to keep his team in the game.

Guilford came out of the locker room on fire as Spaulding set off a 6-0 Quakers’ run with a goal 56 seconds into the third quarter that tied the game. Guilford’s Joe Eggleston followed 31 seconds later with an unassisted goal and Spaulding netted his second score at the 12:38 mark of the third. Alex Ramey won his third face-off of the third quarter, which helped the Quakers retain possession and set up an unassisted tally by Brennan Sweeney. Ohio Northern called time after Sweeney’s goal, but the damage was done. Guilford led, 7-4, and never trailed for the rest of the game. Bland finished the run with consecutive goals before the Polar Bears’ Nicholas Groves scored with 64 seconds left in the third.

Max Weese scored a man-up goal early in the fourth and Noah St. Croix scored five-and-half-minutes later to pull the visitors to within 9-7, but Aaron Parrish connected 30 seconds later to restore a three-goal Quakers’ lead.
Guilford’s Bland added three assists to finish with a game- and career-high five points. He and Spaulding were among nine different goal scorers for the Quakers. Zach Berkowitz picked up two assists. Will Forrestal had an assist, plus four ground balls and three caused turnovers from his defensive position. Junior goalie Parker Styles played a solid game between the pipes with 10 saves, five ground balls and a caused turnover.

Ohio Northern’s Marous shared game-high scoring honors with five points on three goals and two assists. Weese finished with two goals and an assist for the Polar Bears, which were outshot, 30-29. Javon Smith picked up a club-high four ground balls and Alex Pizarro stopped five shots in goal. Chris DiMarco won 13-of-22 draws.

Coach Tom Carmean’s Quakers open Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play Saturday at Randolph-Macon College at 1:00 p.m.

Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
Ohio Northern vs Guilford (Mar 07, 2017 at Greensboro, NC)

Ohio Northern (1-3) vs. Guilford (3-2)
Date: Mar 07, 2017
Location: Greensboro, NC
Stadium: Armfield Ath Center
Attendance:100
Start time:4:00 PM
End time:5:45 PM
Total time:1:45

SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
-------------------------------------
Ohio Northern.......  2  2  1  2 -  7
Guilford............  2  1  6  3 - 12

Ohio Northern SCORING: GOALS: Cameron Marous 3; Max Weese 2; Noah St. Croix 1; Nicholas Groves 1.
ASSISTS: Cameron Marous 2; Drew Eramo 1; Anthony Pavone 1; Ian Pennino 1; Max Weese 1.

Guilford SCORING: GOALS: Derek Spaulding 3; Aswan Bland 2; Brennan Sweeney 1; Joe Eggleston 1; Aaron Parrish 1; Bryce Craig 1; Nick Damiano 1; Connor Sweeney 1; Charlie Kiley 1.
ASSISTS: Aswan Bland 3; Zach Berkowitz 2; Will Forrestal 1; Devon Winbush 1.

Ohio Northern GROUND BALLS: Javon Smith 4; Chris Dimarco 3; Logan Krogman 3; Evan Corteville 2; Jackson Pfister 2; Alex Pizarro 2; Christian Berkey 1; Andrew Fox 1; Kevin Giles 1; Mitch Groves 1; Daniel Jury 1; Patrick Moran 1; Noah St. Croix 1; Max Weese 1.

Guilford GROUND BALLS: Parker Styles 5; Will Forrestal 4; David Felipe 3; Erik Fries 3; Bryce Craig 2; Joe Eggleston 2; Aaron Parrish 2; Alex Ramey 2; Connor Sweeney 2; Michael Aust 1; Aswan Bland 1; Matt Bowen 1; Zack Capwell 1; Anthony Florian 1; James Liebrand 1; Ben Lyons 1.

Ohio Northern TURNOVERS CAUSED: Jackson Pfister 2; Andrew Fox 1; Kevin Giles 1; Mitch Groves 1; Logan Krogman 1.
Guilford TURNOVERS CAUSED: Matt Bowen 3; Will Forrestal 3; David Felipe 2; Alex Ramey 2; Michael Aust 1; Tony Batchler 1; Aswan Bland 1; Erik Fries 1; Parker Styles 1.

SHOTS – Ohio Northern 29; Guilford 30.
SHOTS ON GOAL – Ohio Northern 17; Guilford 17.

PENALTIES – Ohio Northern 3/2:30; Guilford 5/3:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – Ohio Northern 1-5; Guilford 0-2.

TURNOVERS – Ohio Northern 21; Guilford 17.

FACEOFFS – Ohio Northern 13-23; Guilford 10-23.

CLEARS – Ohio Northern 18-22; Guilford 23-27.

GOALIES – ONU: Alex Pizarro 1-3 (60:00 minutes, 17 shots-5 saves, 12 GA); GC: Parker Styles 3-2 (60:00, 17-10, 7).

Start time: 4:00 PM

Finish time: 5:45 PM
Length of game: 1:45
Officials:.
Scorer: Guilford SID.
A-100
T-1:45
Nonconference game