GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Birmingham-Southern men's lacrosse team completed their North Carolina trip with another win on Saturday.
How it happened
Birmingham-Southern dominated the first quarter with an opening goal from
Joey Amatulli and two more from top scorer
Cameron Herd in the final two minutes of the period. The Panthers defense was excellent forcing four turnovers and allowing no goals in the first.
BSC continued their dominance at the beginning of the second quarter with a goal from
Micah Finotti inside the opening minute for his fifth of the season. Guilford finally got on the board three minutes later, but
Micah Finotti replied in only two minutes with another goal to stretch the lead back to four. The Quakers won the next faceoff and continued to pester the BSC net.
Nathan Pepe stood tall with four saves over the next five minutes before
Joey Amatulli put another one in the back of the net for BSC to take a 6-1 lead. Guilford scored in the final two minutes of the period to cut into the lead, but the Panthers led 6-2 at the break.
Guilford scored the first goal of the second half, but BSC continued to hold off the Quakers with a
Kyle Winter goal two minutes later. Guilford scored immediately after the Winter goal, but senior
Cameron Herd came up with two timely goals to give the visitors a 9-4 lead heading into the final 15 minutes.
'Southern looked to protect their lead heading into the final period, but the Quakers had another plans by scoring three consecutive goals to make it a 9-7 game with 7:27 to go. Momentum looked to be with Guilford, but BSC played strong defense over the next five minutes to keep their two-goal lead. With 2:34 remaining,
Micah Finotti put in the dagger for BSC to give his team a 10-7 win on the afternoon.
Game notes
Records
Birmingham-Southern 3-0, Guilford 0-1
Up Next
BSC will be closer to home in Demorest, Ga next Friday night to take on Piedmont at 6:00 p.m. EST.
