Lacrosse Falls to Hartford, 14-12

Saturday, April 13

West Hartford, CT

10:00 AM

University of Utah

Hartford

Photo by: Tim Haslam

4/13/2019 3:56 PM | Lacrosse

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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Jimmy Perkins led Utah with a career-high six goals as the Utes lacrosse team fell to Hartford, 14-12, on Saturday afternoon.

The Utes led by as many as four goals early in the game and the contest was tied at halftime 6-6. Utah led 9-7 following the third quarter but Hartford scored seven goals in the final frame en-route to the win.

In addition to Perkins' six goals for his fourth hat trick of the year, Josh Stout scored three goals for his eighth hat trick of the year. James Sexton had a goal and two assists for three points while Aaron Fjeldsted also had three points with three assists. Bo Powell scored a goal and had an assist while Branden Wilson also scored a goal for the Utes. Jack Zarnik and Jake Cantlon both had assists. Samuel Cambere led the Utes with five ground balls on the day and Liam Donnelly had 10 saves in goal.

"I thought we were organized, we had a good game plan, we executed a lot of it and as we always say we played really hard, and we did a lot of good things," Utah head coach Brian Holman said. "We had just nine turnovers, we had very few failed clears. The pieces that we've talked about tightening up we've done. What we're not doing is finding ways to win. They had a four-goal run there in the fourth quarter which was the nail in the coffin for us. We battled back and got within a goal, so that was good. What I told the kids is that we're going to continue to watch film, we're going to continue to analyze those situations and we're going to learn how to win those games."

Although it took a little time to get the game's first goal, Wilson scored the first of three straight to give Utah a 3-0 lead before Hartford got on the board with two minutes remaining in the first quarter. Perkins scored his second of the day with 20 seconds remaining in the first quarter to put Utah up 4-1.

Stout and Perkins each scored goals in the second quarter as the Utes were out-scored 5-2 in the quarter, leading to a 6-6 halftime tie.

Utah came out strong in the third quarter with Sexton, Powell and Perkins scoring the first three goals of the quarter before Hartford scored with three seconds remaining to give the Hawks the momentum going into the fourth quarter. Hartford scored the first four goals of the final frame to take an 11-9 lead over the Utes before Perkins scored to cut the deficit back to a goal. Hartford scored the next two goals for another two-goal lead and the Utes made a strong comeback effort in the final four minutes after goals from Perkins and Stout put the Utah deficit at 13-12. Another Hartford goal in the final 44 seconds gave the Hawks the win.

Utah plays its final two games at home beginning on April 20 against Cleveland State.