Leopards Overtaken by Green Wave in Final Seconds – Boys Lacrosse
Holy Name 6, Louisville 5
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The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Lacrosse Team suffered a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to the visiting Holy Name Green Wave Saturday afternoon at Louisville Leopards Stadium. With the defeat, Louisville closed the regular season at 7-10.
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Warner Records Hat Trick to Lead Louisville
Mason Warner scored a hat trick to pace the Louisville offense. Warner’s first goal came off an assist from Keegan Coy in the opening quarter to put the Leopards ahead 2-0, and he added another Coy-assisted score in the second quarter to restore Louisville’s lead at 3-2. Warner completed his hat trick in the third quarter off a feed from Parker Daum to extend the Leopard advantage to 4-2.
Dillyn Decost also scored for Louisville, opening the game with an unassisted goal at the 9:24 mark of the first quarter. Daeton Gerig added the Leopards’ final goal in the fourth quarter off a second assist from Daum to give Louisville a 5-3 lead with 8:18 left in the contest.
Ontko’s 5 Goals Fuel Holy Name Comeback
Louisville took control early by scoring the first two goals of the game in the opening quarter. Holy Name knotted the game in the second quarter when Thomas Ontko scored back-to-back unassisted goals just seven seconds apart to even the score at 2-2.
After each team scored early in the final stanza, Ontko struck again with 6:26 left in the fourth by taking the ball from behind the cage and slipping in front for a goal to cut the Louisville lead to 5-4.
Ontko then tied the game with 30 seconds remaining, spinning through defenders off a stoppage to make it 5-5. Just 26 seconds later, he delivered the game-winner by taking the ball from midfield off another restart and working his way in for the deciding score with just four seconds left. The score was his fifth of the contest.
Xavier Rodriguez also scored for the Green Wave in the fourth quarter off an assist from Noah Wallace.
The victory improved Holy Name to 13-1, and the Green Wave have now won two straight since suffering their only defeat of the season against Padua Franciscan 13-3 earlier in the week on May 5.
Holy Name Takes Early Edge in Series
The win gave Holy Name a 2-0 lead in the all-time boys lacrosse series between the two schools. The Leopards were blanked by the Green Wave 8-0 on the road in last season’s first meeting.
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UP NEXT: The #13 seed Louisville Boys Lacrosse Team will next travel to take on the #11 seed Canton Central Catholic Crusaders in the First Round of the DII Region 6 playoffs on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 PM from Lowell Klinefelter Field.
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Holy Name at Louisville Boys Lacrosse Scoring Summary
GREEN WAVE 6, LEOPARDS 5
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Holy Name 0-2-0-4–06
Louisville 2-1-1-1–05
1st Quarter
LOUISVILLE – Dillyn Decost (Unassisted) | LHS 1, HNHS 0, 9:24
LOUISVILLE – Mason Warner (Keegan Coy) | LHS 2, HNHS 0, 3:56
2nd Quarter
HOLY NAME – Thomas Ontko (Unassisted) , LHS 2, HNHS 1, 11:12
HOLY NAME – Thomas Ontko (Unassisted, Took Face Off All the Way) | LHS 2, HNHS 2, 11:05
LOUISVILLE – Mason Warner (Keegan Coy) | LHS 3, HNHS 2, ??
3rd Quarter
LOUISVILLE – Mason Warner (Parker Daum) | LHS 4, HNHS 2, 3:02
4th Quarter
HOLY NAME – Xavier Rodriguez (Noah Wallace) | LHS 4, HNHS 3, 9:18
LOUISVILLE – Daeton Gerig (Parker Daum) | LHS 5, HNHS 3, 8:18
HOLY NAME – Thomas Ontko (Unassisted – Took it out from back of the goal and slipped in front and scored) | LHS 5, HNHS 4, 6:26
HOLY NAME – Thomas Ontko (Unassisted – Took it from stoppage, spun, split defenders, and scored) | LHS 5, HNHS 5, 0:30
HOLY NAME – Thomas Ontko (Unassisted – Took from stoppage at midfield, worked his way in, and scored) | LHS 5, HNHS 6, 0:04
Records: Holy Name 13-1, Louisville 7-10
