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A closeup of Jaelin Benson, who is touching his face mask with his right hand while holding his stick with his left next to a defender
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Holy Family HFU 1-2
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Winner Wheeling Jesuit WU 1-2
Holy Family HFU
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Wheeling Jesuit WU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Holy Family HFU 4 0 2 1 7
Wheeling Jesuit WU 1 1 0 6 8

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Men’s Lacrosse Suffers 7-8 Comeback Defeat Against Wheeling

SPARKS GLENCOE, Md. - The Holy Family University Men's Lacrosse Team led 6-2 entering the fourth quarter, only to suffer a 7-8 comeback defeat against Wheeling in a matchup hosted at USA Lacrosse Headquarters on Saturday evening. 
 
The Tigers looked to be well on their way to a victory when goals by Noah Simpson (Oshawa, Ontario/Henry Street) and Andrew Kayes (Margate City, N.J./Holy Spirit), the latter coming with 7:13 remaining in the third period, established a match-high four-goal advantage.
 
The Cardinals would take just 5:05 to score six unanswered in the fourth though, taking their first lead with 6:36 to go before netting the game-winner 47 seconds later. 
 
Jake Feeney (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) cut the deficit to one with 2:49 to play, and HFU had three opportunities to tie, but Xander Kelly (Shohola, Pa./Delaware Valley) hit the post before Parker Smith (Dover, Del./Caesar Rodney) was denied by Wheeling's goalkeeper. 
 
Individual Highlights
  • Logan O'Keefe (Levittown, Pa./Conwell-Egan Catholic) posted a match-high with three caused turnovers
  • Bradley Smith (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township) topped the Tigers with seen faceoff wins and four ground balls
  • Feeney led Holy Family with two goals
  • Kayes, Kelly and Nick Gargan (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township) also two points
  • Jacob Smith (Wilbraham, Mass./Wilbraham Monson Academy (AIC)) stopped four of the six shots he faced
 
Inside the Box Score
  • HFU outshot Wheeling 47-31, but the Cardinals nearly doubled up the Tigers in saves, 6-11
 
How it Happened
  • Wheeling opened the scoring 23 seconds in, but that would be its only goal of the opening 29:13
  • Feeney equalized 19 seconds after, before Jaelin Benson (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) made it 2-1 1:22 into the action
  • Scores by Kelly and Gargan 56 seconds apart completed the first quarter with 7:14 on the clock, but the Cardinals would net the only goal of the second 47 seconds ahead of the break
 
Up Next
HFU hosts Chestnut Hill for both its home and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. 
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