Box Score MARS HILL, N.C. (April 26, 2015)—Following thier first ever program win on Friday, the Adams State Univesity Grizzlies Men's Lacrosse team were unable to fend off the Mars Hill University Mountain Lions earlier today at Meares Stadium, as they fell 15-5.
The first quarter opened up with
John Beedle netting the first goal of the game at 10:32 to give Adams State an early 1-0 lead. The Mountain Lions would then strike back to tie the game up 1-1 at 10:04.
Mars Hill would then score two more to give themselves a 3-1 lead over he Grizzlies until
Tanner Jones found the net to cut the lead to one with just fourteen seconds left in the first. However, with three seconds left on the clock, the Mountian Lions would put themselves up by two going into the second quarter.
The start of the second quarter was exciting with lots of back-and-forth action between Adams State and Mars Hill. The first goal of the quarter was scored by the Mountain Lions at 7:40 to make the score 5-2.
Jamison Bobo scored his first of the game at 4:30 off an assist by
Montana Giffen to cut Mars Hill's lead to two. However, the Mountain Lions would get that one back as they went up by three with a goal at 3:42. This goal would make the score 6-3 heading into halftime.
The third quarter saw Mars Hill hold Adams State scoreless, as the Mountain Lions went on a 5-0 run, to put themselves up 11-3.
The Mountain Lions added two more goals to their eight- goal cushion before Bobo netted his second of the game to bring the score to 13-4, with 7:12 left in the game. Teammate
Seth Stowell (assist Beedle) would net his first of the game, and the last goal for the Grizzlies.
Mars Hill would go on to score the final two goals of the game.
"Our inexperience was evident today. We did not show well or play up to our capabilities for a full 60 minutes." Head Coach
Jason Levesque said after the loss. "There were some bright spots, but overall we weren't really dialed in for the entire game. The travel, and playing two games in three days may have caught up to us a bit, but it is what it is, we cannot use that as an excuse. Our guys have to be much stronger mentally and play at a higher level on a consistent basis regardless of who, when or where we are playing. If we don't, we'll get the same result we did today."
Adams State comes back home on May 2
nd to play their last game of the season at Rex Stadium at 7:00 pm.