Box Score Hartsville, SC – The Emmanuel Men's Lacrosse team traveled to Hartsville, SC tonight to face Coker University in regional action. The Lions struck first, taking an early 2-0 lead but the Cobras answered, outscoring the Lions 6-2 in both the first and second periods to take a 12-4 lead into the half. The second half of play was a more defensive battle, with the Cobras earning the 18-8 victory. With the loss, the Lions fall to 0-4 on the season, 

Cole Stachniak opened up the scoring for the Lions, with two goals in the 13^th minute of the 1^st period, one assisted by Everett Muratori to give the Lions the early 2-0 lead. Coker responded quickly, ending the period on a 6-0 run to make it 6-2 heading into the 2^nd.

The Cobras scored the first two goals in the 2^nd period, making the score 8-2. The Lions responded with a goal by Erik Lichtner, assisted by Stachniak to make it 8-3 with 6:17 to play before the break. Coker scored the next two to go. Up 10-3, but Everett Muratori scored with 4:35 to play before the half to cut the Coker lead to 10-4. The Cobras closed out the period with two goals to push their lead to 12-4. 

The Cobras carried their momentum into the 2^nd half, scoring the first two goals of the period to go up 14-4. Ryland Laturell got into the action with a goal at the 6:02 mark in the 3^rd, assisted by Lichtner to make it 14-5. Laturell found the net again with 3:40 to play in the 3^rd to cut the Coker lead to 14-6, but the Cobras answered with a goal to make the score 15-6 heading into the final period. 

In the fourth, the Cobras scored the first two goals of the period to go up 17-6. Stacniak scored his third of the game, assisted by Laturell to make it 17-7, The Cobras answered to go up 18-7, but Ryley Dowswell closed the game out with a goal, assisted by Grady Magruder to make the final score 18-8.

Cole Stachniak led the Lions with 3 goals on the night, with Ryland Laturell adding 2. Five Lions ended the night with an assist. Nick Pilon ended the night with 29 saves in goal. 

Next up, the Lions will host Emory & Henry on Saturday at 6PM. 

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