Box Score ETTRICK, VA – The Emmanuel Men's Lacrosse team continued their spring break road trip to Petersburg, VA to take on the Virginia State University Trojans. The Lions jumped out to a 6-1 lead at the half and poured on 8 goals in the final quarter to take home an 18-3 victory. With the win, the Lions move to 5-3 on the season, which is a program high for wins.
Luke Hildebrandt got the Lions on the board with 11:41 to play in the first quarter to make it 1-0, Lions. At 9:16,
Joshua Fodchuk got in on the action to give the Lions a 2-0 lead to end the first quarter.
Ryland Laturell made it 3-0 early in the 2
nd quarter, assisted by Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt followed that up with a goal with 8:43 to play in the quarter, assisted by
Griffin Gibson-Thomas to make it 4-0. With 5:17 on the clock, Park grabbed his second goal of the day, assisted by Hildebrandt to make it 5-0, Lions. Hildebrandt made it 6-0 with 3:32 to play in the 2
nd, assisted by
David Runchey. The Trojans got on the board with a goal to end the quarter trailing Emmanuel, 6-1.
Everett Muratori opened the third quarter up with a goal to make it 7-1, Lions. Hildebrandt struck again with 5:40 to play, assisted by Fodchuk to give the Lions an 8-1 lead. Less than a minute later, Laturell scored to make it 9-1 and
Jared Weiss closed out the 3
rd with a goal, assisted by Muratori to make it 10-1 heading to the 4
th quarter.
Hildebrandt kept up his career day to start the 4
th quarter off with a goal to give Emmanuel an 11-1 lead. Muratori was next, scoring with 12:16 to play, assisted by Hildebrandt to make it 12-1. Hildebrandt scored the next two to push the Lions lead up to 14-1. The Trojans grabbed the next two goals to cut the Lions lead to 14-3. Weiss made it 15-3 with 4:12 to play, and Hildebrandt scored his career high 8
th goal with 3:29 to go, assisted by Gibson-Thomas to make it 16-3.
Cooper Bringolf got in on the action with 2:15 to play, assisted by Weiss to go up 17-3, and Weiss scored the final goal of the game with 2:00 to play making the final score 18-3, Lions.
Luke Hildebrandt led the way for the Lions with a career high eight goals and three assists.
Jared Weiss contributed 3 goals and an assist.
Grady Magruder ended the day with 12 saves.
Next up, the Lions will travel to Murfreesboro, NC to take on Chowan University on Saturday at 1PM. For more information on Emmanuel University athletics, visit goeulions.com.
