The Virginia Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team (5-4, 2-1 ODAC) push past Ferrum College on the road 12-8.
Liam Murphy tallied seven points to lead the team, he also had three ground balls, and one caused turnover.
Sam Edwards had a hat trick, with seven ground balls, and one caused turnover, and
Zack Tucker got the win in net, allowed eight goals, and registered 11 saves between the pipes.
The Panthers started strong shutting out the Marlins and taking a 2-0 lead in the first quarter.
The Marlins bounced back clamping down on defense and scoring five straight goals to take a 5-2 lead into halftime.
Daniel Auxier started the rally by scoring an unassisted goal to cut the lead in half.
Aiden Freeland scored with a feed from Murphy to tie the game up at 2-2.
Sam Edwards found the net off a pass from Murphy to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead. Murphy scored his first goal of the game, off a feed from
Jackson Dinger, and Edwards scored from a pass by Muphy to give the Marlins a 5-2 lead before the break.
Virginia Wesleyan kept the pressure on extending their lead with an unassisted goal from Edwards. Then, Murphy scored off a feed from
Jackson Rockhill to give VWU a 7-2 lead midway through the third quarter.
The Panthers didn't quit scoring three quick goals to cut the Marlins' lead to 7-5.
Kris Barnum scored an unassisted goal to lead 8-5 heading into the final frame.
With the game close, Virginia Wesleyan's
Daniel Auxier scored an unassisted goal to lead 9-5. Ferrum scored two back-to-back goals to cut the lead to 9-7 with 6:59 left in the game.
Kris Barnum scored off the faceoff to extend the Marlins' lead back to three at 10-7. Murphy took over and scored two goals in the last five minutes to put the game out of reach of the Panthers at 12-7. The Panthers scored at the 3:14 mark but the Marlins' defense held strong to seal the 12-8 win.
