TIGERVILLE, S.C. | The Young Harris College men's lacrosse team closed out the regular season on Friday evening with a 19-8 loss to North Greenville, finishing the year 3-12 overall and 2-6Â in Conference Carolinas play.
North Greenville (11-6, 7-2 CC) jumped out early and never let up, outscoring the Mountain Lions 4-2 in the opening quarter before extending the margin to 9-5 at halftime. Young Harris showed fight throughout the first half, getting goals from Gunnar Fagerstrom and Colburn Connelly in the first quarter before Kyren Fields struck twice in the second to keep the deficit manageable.
After Anderson Kesinger opened the third quarter with a goal to cut it to 9-6, the Trailblazers responded with a decisive run, scoring the final six goals of the period to take a 15-6 lead into the fourth.
Indiana Crawford and Christopher Redding each found the net in the final quarter, but North Greenville added four more goals to secure the 19-8 result.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Kyren Fields led the Mountain Lions with two goals on five shots
- Eight different players scored for Young Harris
- Grady Stokes dished out a team-high three assists
- Colburn Connelly recorded a team-high nine shots and five shots on goal
- Indiana Crawford finished with a goal and an assist
- Young Harris went 1-for-2 on extra-man opportunities
- Thomas Castiglia made 10 saves in goal
- North Greenville held advantages in shots (47-33) and ground balls (41-25)
UP NEXT:
Young Harris enters the Conference Carolinas Tournament as the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3 seed North Greenville on Tuesday (Apr. 21) afternoon in Tigerville, S.C.
