BETHLEHEM, Pa. –
Adam Poitras scored four goals for the second game in a row, and
Matthew Minicus had a career-high three assists for Loyola University Maryland, but the Greyhounds lost, 15-9, in their regular-season finale at Lehigh University.
The Greyhounds will start the Patriot League Championships on Tuesday, May 2, with a quarterfinal game at the U.S. Naval Academy. Game time in Annapolis, Maryland, is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Poitras and Minicus each had four points for the Greyhounds, while
Davis Lindsey,
Evan James and
Seth Higgins all contributed two. Lindsey scored twice, while James and Higgins had a goal and an assist each.
Lehigh scored first just under 90 seconds into the game, but Poitras evened the game at 1-1 at 8:59 off a James assist. Scott Cole, however, scored the first of his seven goals 31 seconds later, and he added a second at 7:12 to make it 3-1 Lehigh. The Mountain Hawks would not trail from that point.
An unassisted goal by Lindsey at 6:07 got the Greyhounds within one, but Lehigh scored the next two. James used a Minicus assist at 13:45 in the second quarter, and then Poitras did the same at 7:50, and it was a two-goal margin, but Lehigh's Justin Tiernan picked up a ground ball off a rebounded shot and scored 24 ticks before halftime, and the Mountain Hawks carried a 7-4 advantage into the second half.
They scored the third quarter's first three goals to make it 10-4 before Poitras tallied his third of the game with 1:31 left in the frame.
Freeman Whitaker made a career-high 11 saves in goal for the Greyhounds.
Matt Heuston,
Josh Fairey and
Max McGillicuddy each had career highs of four ground balls to lead Loyola in that category, and
Mustang Sally caused three turnovers to match his career best to go with an assist.
