DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Palm Beach Atlantic men's lacrossed picked up their second straight win on Saturday, defeating Embry-Riddle 13-12 in the SSC opener for both teams.
PBA trailed 11-8 after the Eagles scored less than a minute into the fourth quarter but that's when the Sailfish mounted their comeback. Austin Figas scored twice within 54 seconds before Townsend Brown added his second goal of the game to even the score with 10 minutes to play.
Trent Parker scored for the second time off a feed from Brown to put PBA ahead 12-11, but it wasn't until Brown capped off his hat-trick with 5:01 to play that the 'Fish scored the eventual game-winner. The Eagles added a man-up goal under two minutes left but the Sailfish held on to earn their second win in as many years over the Eagles.
Jackson Miller and Zack Figura each added three goals to go along with Brown. Brown finished with seven points as he had four of the team's seven assists.
PBA led 8-6 at halftime as Miller and Figura each scored twice in the second period after the team's finished the first period tied 3-3.
Gunner Gebelein recorded 13 ground balls for PBA as the freshman also recorded a team-high 13 caused turnovers. Ben Savick made eight saves for the 'Fish in goal.
PBA is scheduled to host St. Michael's on Tuesday at 4 p.m.