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Saturday, April 27
Salt Lake City, UT
1:00 PM
University of Utah
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Detroit Mercy
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Lacrosse Defeats Detroit Mercy, 16-10, to Close Inaugural Season
4/27/2019 8:06 PM | Lacrosse
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah lacrosse team closed out its inaugural season on Saturday afternoon with a 16-10 win over Detroit Mercy. James Sexton led Utah with 13 points, scoring five goals with eight assists.
"We've been so close so many times, and I thought last week was an aberration, and they proved that it was," head coach Brian Holman said. "I'll never be able to thank this group, doing what they did this year. The heart, the passion, the overall stick-to-it attitude, they do it. It's stuff that we preach, but they do it. They did it every day. They do it in the classroom, they've done it in the community and today they did it really well on the field. It's awesome."
Josh Stout also scored five goals for Utah and had an assist for six points. Aaron Fjeldsted tallied two scores and Jack Zarnik and Griffin Bonjean both scored their first career goals while Zarnik also had two assists. Branden Wilson had a goal and three assists for four points while Quinault Mackey also scored a goal. Samuel Cambere led Utah with eight ground balls and Cambere and Chris Belcher each caused three turnovers. In goal, Daniel Costa made eight saves in his first start of the season.
"I think if there is one story that touched all our hearts today, it's Dan Costa," Holman said. "He's been our backup goalie all year and we started him for his senior day. We told him 'today is yours, you make it what you will' and he was outstanding. Coach [Adam] Ghitelman said to him a few weeks ago when he was going through a tough time that he was going to win a game for us, and he had to believe in it, and dang if he didn't. For all of us, if there is one thing, that was cool. What a great way to go out."
Detroit Mercy led 2-1 early before the Utes reeled off five straight goals starting with six minutes left in the half to take a 6-2 lead. Sexton scored one of those five goals while assisting on three. The Titans came back to score the next three, but Utah pulled back ahead by halftime with three goals of its own to lead 9-5 at the break.
In the third quarter, Detroit Mercy scored three goals to cut Utah's lead to 9-8 before Sexton broke the scoring drought with a goal off an assist from Wilson with four seconds remaining in the quarter to put the Utes back up by two.
Utah piled it on in the fourth quarter, outscoring Detroit Mercy 6-2 for the 16-10 victory.
The Utes close their season with a 5-10 record.
"We've been so close so many times, and I thought last week was an aberration, and they proved that it was," head coach Brian Holman said. "I'll never be able to thank this group, doing what they did this year. The heart, the passion, the overall stick-to-it attitude, they do it. It's stuff that we preach, but they do it. They did it every day. They do it in the classroom, they've done it in the community and today they did it really well on the field. It's awesome."
Josh Stout also scored five goals for Utah and had an assist for six points. Aaron Fjeldsted tallied two scores and Jack Zarnik and Griffin Bonjean both scored their first career goals while Zarnik also had two assists. Branden Wilson had a goal and three assists for four points while Quinault Mackey also scored a goal. Samuel Cambere led Utah with eight ground balls and Cambere and Chris Belcher each caused three turnovers. In goal, Daniel Costa made eight saves in his first start of the season.
"I think if there is one story that touched all our hearts today, it's Dan Costa," Holman said. "He's been our backup goalie all year and we started him for his senior day. We told him 'today is yours, you make it what you will' and he was outstanding. Coach [Adam] Ghitelman said to him a few weeks ago when he was going through a tough time that he was going to win a game for us, and he had to believe in it, and dang if he didn't. For all of us, if there is one thing, that was cool. What a great way to go out."
A couple of big saves by our senior Daniel Costa, Utes lead Detroit Mercy 9-7 midway through the third quarter. #goutes pic.twitter.com/8rn0UoTt3I
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 27, 2019
Detroit Mercy led 2-1 early before the Utes reeled off five straight goals starting with six minutes left in the half to take a 6-2 lead. Sexton scored one of those five goals while assisting on three. The Titans came back to score the next three, but Utah pulled back ahead by halftime with three goals of its own to lead 9-5 at the break.
Utes get back-to-back goals to take a 3-2 lead, aggressive play from Sexton puts Utah ahead! #goutes pic.twitter.com/7D82THjol1
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 27, 2019
Beautiful assist sequence and Josh Stout has his second goal of the day! Utes lead Detroit Mercy 6-3 after the first quarter! #goutes pic.twitter.com/Bu6R9UQhmq
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 27, 2019
In the third quarter, Detroit Mercy scored three goals to cut Utah's lead to 9-8 before Sexton broke the scoring drought with a goal off an assist from Wilson with four seconds remaining in the quarter to put the Utes back up by two.
Goal number four today for James Sexton, Utes lead Detroit Mercy 10-8 through three quarters! #goutes pic.twitter.com/Zivyw1WVaq
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 27, 2019
Utah piled it on in the fourth quarter, outscoring Detroit Mercy 6-2 for the 16-10 victory.
Another first career goal, this one by Jack Zarnik! #goutes pic.twitter.com/YYSd7xYpyo
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 27, 2019
Get fired up Aaron Fjeldsted - Utes are up 16-9 on Detroit Mercy with just over four minutes remaining in the game. #goutes pic.twitter.com/HcdXD5xUJK
— UtahLacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 27, 2019
The Utes close their season with a 5-10 record.
Team Stats
DETMERCY
UTAH
Shots
32
40
Turnovers
24
20
Caused Turnovers
8
10
Faceoffs Won
13
15
Extra-Man Opps
2
4
Ground Balls
30
36
Game Leaders
Players
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5
A
1
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-
Pen
1-30
GB
1
CT
0
G
5
A
8
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
1
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ LacrosseM
/ Lacrosse
A
/ LacrosseA
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M
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