NDNU Hands St. Andrews First Loss
February 28, 2005

Courtesy St. Andrews Presbyterian College Sports Information Office

LAURINBURG, NC—St. Andrews rallied from a four-goal deficit in the fourth quarter with five straight goals to take a late lead but could not hold on as the Notre Dame de Namur (Belmont, CA) men’s lacrosse team escaped with a 14-13 victory Monday. NDNU starts the season 1-0 and the Knights fell to 2-1.

Argonaut Keegan Davidson scored his third goal of the game at the 8:36 mark of the second quarter to give NDNU a 5-2 lead. The only two Knights goals to that point were from junior midfielder Kyle Weiher (St. Albert, Alberta, Canada).

The two teams swapped the final four goals of the half and the Argonaut’s held a 7-4 advantage at intermission.

St. Andrews closed the gap to 10-8 after three quarters but watched the Argos build its lead to four early in the fourth.

Trailing 12-8 with just over 11 minutes left in the game the Knights showed its grit and fought back with five consecutive goals in a 4:47 window. Freshman attack man Cole Howell (St. Albert, Alberta, Canada) tied the game up with his team-high 10th goal of the season. Sophomore attack man Derek Altmann (Vienna, VA), who started the rally with an extra-man goal, gave the Knights its only lead of the game with 6:17 on the clock.

Matt Marr ended the St. Andrews run and tied everything at 13 apiece with his second goal. Tim Campeau scored the eventual game-winner with 2:11 showing on a Davidson pass.

The Knights had a couple of chances late to tie but could not get any breaks including a junior Bryan Riddell (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada) blast that went off the crossbar with 10 seconds left.

Marc Mackides led the Argos with five goals and one assist.

C. Howell recorded a game-high seven points for St. Andrews including four goals. Junior Pat Fitzgerald (Baltimore, MD) added a hat trick for the Knights.

SAPC dominated on face offs, winning 23-of-26 including 11 wins by Weiher, seven by Dan Hartzell (Lacombe, Alberta, Canada) and five by Riddell.

Goalkeeper Mike Ferrari (1-0) made 11 saves in the victory for NDNU while senior Chris Sherman (Bel Air, MD) stopped 13 in net for the Knights.

St. Andrews travels to neutral Myrtle Beach, SC, Thursday for a non-conference meeting with Dowling. Opening face off is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Myrtle Beach High School.