University of Utah
4-6
Cleveland State
2-7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Cleveland State | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
LAX Shows Poise Down the Stretch in 11-9 Victory
4/24/2021 12:42 PM | Lacrosse
The Utah lacrosse team showed poise down the stretch and defeated future ASUN opponent Cleveland State 11-9.
Ryan Rogers broke the seal to open scoring for both teams after lunging towards the crease and snuck one past the Cleveland State keeper at the 11:26 mark. The Vikings answered right back to tie things up at the 10:15 mark and from that point on neither team scored despite CSU continually attacking the Utah defense. Utah's offense finally broke through after Sammy Cambere connected with Josh Rose for a huge strike down field. Utah (4-6) extended the lead to 3-1 with 30 ticks left in the first quarter when Tyler Bradbury found Jonathan Rose on the far side of the field.
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— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 24, 2021
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The second frame saw a bit more action with both teams exchanging goals throughout the quarter. After going down 5-4, Utah answered with a man-up goal from Peter Hagan before Carson Moyer gave Utah the go-ahead goal less than a minute later as the Utes went into the break on top 6-5.
Hagan lasers one into the back of the net on a pass from @t_bradbury23 on the man-up opportunity.
— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 24, 2021
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Scoring was again a seesaw affair to start the third quarter between the two teams with neither squad able to score more than one goal at a time. Out of the media break tied at 7-7, Cole Brams took the ball himself after a foul on the faceoff and laced one into the net for the 8-7 lead with 7:27 left in the third. The Vikings (2-7) did not back down on their senior day and tied things up once again at 8-8.
Great save from Dechesere leads to this transition goal by @Jonathan_JRose, his 2nd of the day!
— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 24, 2021
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With 1:56 on the clock, Dechesere made a great save that he was able to outlet that found the elder Rose brother for the breakaway goal. That defensive stop led to a 3-0 run by the Utes with goals from Moyer and Drew Wasserman afterwards to make it an 11-8 advantage for Utah.
.@Drewwasserman9 knocks in his first goal of the day and pushes our lead up to 11-8 here in the 4th.
— Utah Lacrosse (@UtahLacrosse) April 24, 2021
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Cleveland State cut the lead to 11-9 with 5:29 left to play short after Utah was hit with a penalty for the man-up goal. With the clock on its side, Utah was able to fend off multiple attempts from the Vikings and held on for the 11-9 victory.
NOTEABLES
- The 15 saves by Zion Dechesere is second-most this season and ties him for the third-highest single-game total
- Jordan Hyde has now scored at least a goal in six-straight games
- Carson Moyer has scored all 9 of his goals in the past 4 games
- Utah has now won 3 of its last 5 games
- Utah is now 2-2 this season against future ASUN opponents
