BETHLEHEM, Pa. (Feb. 22, 2025) – Sophomore
Owen Behr (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) recorded seven points to lead the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men's lacrosse team to a season-opening 13-6 win at Moravian College on Saturday morning. The sophomore scored five times and dished out seven assists in the victory.
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Seniors
Michael Emerick (Damascus, Md.) and
Jack Collins (Memphis, Tenn.) both found the back of the net twice, with Emerick also recording two helpers and Collins connecting for one assist. Two other Mariners registered multi-point performances, as freshman
Landon Locke (Midlothian, Va.) scored twice in his collegiate debut and sophomore
Brendan Ring (Philadelphia, Pa.) had a goal and an assist. Rounding out the scoring for the Mariners was freshman
Maxwell Perkins (Houston, Texas) with his first collegiate goal.
On the defensive side, freshman
William Schipfer (Colorado Springs, Colo.) picked up a game-high 10 ground balls while also tying for the game-best with three caused turnovers. Senior
Chris Neuman (South Huntington, N.Y.) went 12-for-18 from the face-off X and gobbled up seven GBs.
Sophomore
Julian Garcia (Lakeway, Texas) earned the win between the pipes after making eight saves in 55 minutes of action. He was replaced by classmate
Joseph Montazella (Lyme, Conn.) for the final five minutes, who finished with two stops.
As a team, USMMA held a 43-25 advantage in ground balls, won 16 face-offs to Moravian's seven and took advantage of 3-of-4 extra-man opportunities. Total shots on the day went in slight favor of the Mariners, 38-37.
Behr opened the scoring at 7:30 of the first quarter before Ring doubled the Merchant Marine lead late in the frame.
After Behr scored a man-up goal at 10:38 of the second, the Greyhounds went on a 3-0 run to tie the score up at 3-3 with 3:21 to go in the half. Behr found the twine two more times in the final three minutes, however and the Mariners went into the halftime break leading 5-3.
Merchant Marine had all the scoring in a quiet third quarter, as Collins, Emerick (man-up) and Perkins all tallied their first goals of the season to put the visitors up 8-3.
Moravian struck first just over a minute into the fourth quarter, but a string of five-straight goals by the Mariners put the game out of hand, as USMMA sailed to the eventual 13-6 victory.
The Greyhounds were led by senior Aaron Judge, who had a hat-trick with three tallies. Five other players found the scoresheet with one point apiece. Senior Kyle Weiss led Moravian with four ground balls, while classmate Jason Levy tied Schipfer with the game-high of three caused turnovers. In net, sophomore Liam Kelly suffered the loss after allowing 10 goals with seven saves on the day.
Up next, the Mariners travel to Danbury, Conn., next Saturday, March 1, to take on Western Connecticut State. Opening face-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Wolves' Westside Athletic Complex.
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