BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - After a slow start, the Birmingham-Southern men's lacrosse team battled back to defeat Berry in the SAA Tournament Quarterfinals on Saturday and advance to the  SAA final four.

How it happened

• Berry got off to a very quick start with four unanswered goals inside the opening seven minutes of the game.
• Austin Johnson ended the early run from the Vikings with a goal, but Berry replied with a goal less than a minute later.
• After trailing by four, BSC scored two goals late in the first quarter to cut the deficit to two.
• The Panthers then scored the first two goals of the second period to tie the game at five.
• BSC and Berry then traded goals until halftime to make the score 7-7 heading into the break.
• At the start of the third quarter, Raymond Fracchia scored inside of a minute to give the Panthers their first lead in the quarterfinal.
• Cameron Herd then doubled BSC's lead shortly after before the Vikings answered with a goal.
• The Panthers added two more goals to Berry's one to take an 11-9 lead into the final quarter.
• After lots of back-and-forth play, BSC led Berry 13-12 with 6:51 to go in the contest. 
• Then, goals from Austin Johnson and Reid Harrison only sixteen seconds apart stretched the Panther lead to three with a little over four minutes remaining.
• The rest of the game would remain scoreless, and BSC went on to defeat Berry for the second time this season this time by a score of 15-12.

Game notes

• Cameron Herd led BSC with 8 points (5 goals and 3 assists). 
• Reid Harrison scored 4 goals. 
• Austin Johnson (3 goals and 1 assist) and Robert Marquet (2 goals and 2 assists) had 4 points each.
   

Records

Birmingham-Southern 10-6 (4-2 SAA), Berry 6-7 (2-4 SAA)

Up next

The #4 Panthers will play in the SAA Tournament Semifinals against #1 Centre College in Danville, Ky. on Friday, Apr. 28 at 4:30 p.m CT.