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Sports Lax drops OT heartbreaker
By Chris Davis Sports editor The Mercyhurst College men’s lacrosse team gave its all against No. 2 New York Institute of Technology (New York Tech), but came up short, falling 9-8 in overtime on Saturday. The victory for New York Tech guarantees they will win at least a share of the conference title and most likely will get a bid into the NCAA tournament with its current record of 11-0 overall and 5-0 in the East Coast Conference. The Lakers fall to 8-4 on the season (3-2 ECC). Mercyhurst battled as they tied the game 1-1 with 8:58 left in the first period on a goal by graduate student Jordan Witt. Witt would answer, scoring on a goal assisted by junior Mike Bartlett to put Mercyhurst 2-1 with 6:29 remaining. The Lakers led 2-1 after the first period. Mercyhurst was first to light up the scoreboard in the second period less than 35 seconds in with a goal by junior captain Mike Bartlett with the assist going to junior Mike Thon. A strong defensive effort and superb play in goal would keep the score 3-1 in favor of Mercyhurst at the half. Junior Jason LaShomb contributed an All-American effort, gathering 14 saves during the contest, with six of them during the first half. New York Techs’ Chris Powers came up with nine saves during the game. "We gave it everything we The third quarter was littered with scoring from both teams. The Lakers scored the first two goals of the period within the first three minutes. Thon scored first on an assist from Bartlett before sophomore Tyler Burton scored 45 seconds later to give Mercyhurst a 5-1 lead. After New York Tech’s Keith Henderson scored his first of three goals on the day, Thon answered back seven seconds later off of a face off. New York Tech scored the next two goals to cut the lead to 6-4 with 9:18 to play in the third period. Bartlett and sophomore Trevor Rice would score for Mercyhurst. New York Tech would get a goal from the 2007 ECC Offensive Player of the Year, Kevin Hennessy, to cut the Lakers lead to three, 8-5, to start the fourth. Mercyhurst could not score during the final period, as New York Tech would rattle off three goals to send the game into overtime. Matt Messina was the savior for Tech, when he scored with 1:35 remaining to tie the score at 8-8. With all the momentum heading into the extra session, Austin Carino scored off of a pass from Messina two minutes and seven seconds into overtime for the game-winner. The Lakers will look to finish their season at home on Saturday against Adelphi at 1 p.m. At the game they will honor five seniors: Joe Konnecke, Scott Sullivan, Chris Waheibi, Brian Perkins and Karl Heinz. "I’ve had a wonderful career being a Mercyhurst Laker and I cannot wait to graduate this spring," Waheibi said. "I will miss my teammates tremendously, but thank them for all the many wonderful friendships that I’ve made. They have been a second family to me. I just wish we could have had a better year."
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