BOCA RATON, Fla- The Palm Beach Atlantic men's lacrosse team fell to the Lynn Fighting Knights 10-5 on Wednesday. The Sailfish dropped to 4-7 on the season.
Henry Sloyan led the 'Fish with two goals while
Ben Justice,
Hunter Hopman, and
Joshua Turner each scored one.
Noah McKoeun displayed a dominant performance at the faceoff x. McKoeun took 11/18 faceoffs with eight groundballs.
Sloyan scored his 20th goal of the season at 12:57 in the first quarter. Sloyan picked up a groundball and took it himself. The Fighting Knights answered back with a 3-0 run of their own. At 12:11 in the second quarter, Sloyan assisted PBA freshman
Joshua Turner to cut the deficit to 3-2. Turner has notched five goals this season. At 9:23 Hopman connected with Justice around the goal. Justice tied the game at 3-3 with his 15th goal of the season.
Lynn responded with a 4-0 run to lead 7-3 as PBA experienced a scoring drought. With 6:36 in the third quarter, it was Turner's turn to assist as he found Hopman for Hopman's lone goal of the game. Hopman is second on the team in goals with 19 this season. PBA's fifth and final goal came from Sloyan at 14:16 in the fourth quarter. Sloyan is the team leader in goals this season with 21. PBA defensively held Lynn to one goal in the fourth quarter as 10-5 was the final score.
PBA picked up 12 more groundballs than the Fighting Knights but committed six more turnovers.
Ben Lightsey started in net for the 'Fish and recorded 15 saves.
The Sailfish host Embry-Riddle on Saturday, Apr. 16.