Boys Lacrosse Sunk By Avon Lake Rally on Senior Night
Avon Lake 13, Louisville 9
The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Lacrosse team succumbed to a second half rally by the visiting Avon Lake Shoremen on Senior Night Friday at Louisville Leopards Stadium. The Shoremen would the contest 13-9 dropping the Leopards to 4-5 on the season.
Matt Davide finished with a Hat Trick to and Jared Holland had 2 goals & a team-high 4 assists to lead the Leopards. Other Louisville scorers included Atticus Forbes, Nate Hostetler, Sean McKinney, and Mark Soehnlen.
After playing to a 2-2 tie at the end of one, the Leopards scored 5 of the next 6 goals to take a 7-3 lead with 3:56 left in the second quarter. The Shoremen righted the ship in the second half as they went on a 9-1 run over the final 19:43. Avon Lake shutout Louisville over the final 10:55 and stunningly scored the final 6 goals of the contest.
The Shoremen (5-5) were led by Denny Burns who tallied a game-high 5 goals. Tanner Tracy also recorded a Hat Trick and Cole Schmidt had a game-high 5 assists. Ryan Crumling & Schmidt finished with a pair of goals each and Graham Ferrell also found the net for Avon Lake.
Patrick McCarthy also fielded a team-high 6 groundballs and Noah Bellew snagged 5 for the Leopards. Jared Davis also had 10 saves in goal for Louisville.
UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to Wooster to take on the Generals on Tuesday, May 10. JV will begin at 5:30 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
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Box Score
SHOREMEN 13, LEOPARDS 9
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Avon Lake 2-2-3-6–13
Louisville 2-5-1-1–09
1st Quarter
Louisville – Matt Davide (Jared Holland)
Louisville – Jared Holland | LHS 2, ALHS 0, 4:56
Avon Lake – Denny Burns (Graney Patrick) | LHS 2, ALHS 1, 2:32
Avon Lake – Tanner Tracy | LHS 2, ALHS 2, 0:12
2nd Quarter
Louisville – Atticus Forbes (Jared Holland) | LHS 3, ALHS 2, 11:15
Louisville – Sean McKinney | LHS 4, ALHS 2, 10:18
Avon Lake – Denny Burns (Cole Schmidt) | LHS 4, ALHS 3, 9:18
Louisville – Matt Davide (Jared Holland) | LHS 5, ALHS 3, 7:25
Louisville – Jared Holland (Mark Soehnlen) | LHS 6, ALHS 3, 4:13
Louisville – Nate Hostetler (Patrick McCarthy) | LHS 7, ALHS 3, 3:56
Avon Lake – Denny Burns (Cole Schmidt) | LHS 7, ALHS 4, 1:29
3rd Quarter
Louisville – Matt Davide (Jared Holland) | LHS 8, ALHS 4, 8:33
Avon Lake – Cole Schmidt | LHS 8, ALHS 5, 7:43
Avon Lake – Denny Burns | LHS 8, ALHS 6, 6:34
Avon Lake – Ryan Crumling | LHS 8, ALHS 7, 3:15
4th Quarter
Louisville – Mark Soehnlen (Nate Hostetler) | LHS 9, ALHS 7, 10:55
Avon Lake – Graham Ferrell (Cole Schmidt) | LHS 9, ALHS 8, 9:32
Avon Lake – Ryan Crumling | LHS 9, ALHS 9, 9:07
Avon Lake – Denny Burns (Cole Schmidt) | LHS 9, ALHS 10, 6:48
Avon Lake – Cole Schmidt | LHS 9, ALHS 11, 6:28
Avon Lake – Tanner Tracy | LHS 9, ALHS 12, 4:30
Avon Lake – Tanner Tracy (Cole Schmidt) | LHS 9, ALHS 13, 3:39
Records: Avon Lake 5-5, Louisville 4-5