Lacrosse Closes Out Spring Break Trip with 16-2 Loss to UMass

Sunday, March 17

Amherst, MA

10:00 AM

University of Utah

4-6

Massachusetts

5-3

Utah

Massachusetts

Photo by: Steve C. Wilson

Lacrosse Closes Out Spring Break Trip with 16-2 Loss to UMass

3/17/2019 12:53 PM | Lacrosse

Box Score

AMHERST, Mass. – Jimmy Perkins and Bo Powell both scored goals for the Utah lacrosse team as the Utes fell to Massachusetts, 16-2, to close out a three-game spring break road trip on Sunday afternoon.

Utah (4-6) trailed 2-1 after the first quarter following Perkins' goal, his 11^th of the season, and UMass pulled ahead with five unanswered goals in the second quarter. The Minutemen scored three goals in the third quarter and six in the final frame. The Utes second goal of the game came in the fourth quarter with Powell scoring his first career goal off an assist from Cam Redmond.

Jimmy Perkins gets Utah on the board with the crease dive! Tied at 1-1, 7:41 left in the first quarter vs. UMass. #goutes pic.twitter.com/Sw9yFxz4dm
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) March 17, 2019

Bo Powell scores his first goal of the season! Assist from Cam Redmond. Utes trail UMass 14-2 in the fourth quarter. #goutes pic.twitter.com/ce1HYJah4I
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) March 17, 2019

Liam Donnelly tied his career high with 17 saves while Daniel Costa made four saves after entering early in the fourth quarter. Samuel Cambere, James Sexton and Donnelly each had four ground balls. UMass held a 48-27 advantage in shots and a 39-21 advantage in ground balls.

Big save by Donnelly to end the first half, UMass scores five goals in the second quarter and leads Utah 7-1 at halftime. #goutes pic.twitter.com/Q1WY2Knq8Q
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) March 17, 2019

"Playing four games in eight days and playing one of the top programs in the country, it clearly caught up to us," head coach Brian Holman said. "No excuses though. We didn't have a lot of legs, and we knew that. This trip, even though we didn't win, was such a wonderful experience for our program. To play teams like UMass and Duke, it was what we hoped for. We competed really hard the majority of the trip. We learned, we grew, we had fun, we shed tears, and mission accomplished. We're headed back to Salt Lax City to get a break and get back to work and back to practice. That's another thing about playing four games in eight days, you don't get a chance to practice. Today we played a great team, give them all the credit. I can't wait to get home and we look forward to rebooting and tackling the last leg of the season."

The Utes have a bye this week before returning to the field at Virginia on Sunday, March 31.