Men's Box Score
Women's Box Score
BEL AIR, Md.—The Harford men's and women's lacrosse teams dropped a doubleheader to two nationally-ranked teams, the men falling to No. 5 Suffolk, 13-9 and the women being bested by No. 5 Anne Arundel, 20-12, on a miserably rainy Tuesday evening at Harford Stadium.
The Fighting Owl men (5-3) trailed the Long Horns (4-0) the entire game, never getting closer than 6-5 with 9:06 left in the second quarter. Freshman Matt Vickers (Baltimore, Md./Loyola) led the way with three goals, while freshman Dane Grudzien (Joppatowne, Md./Joppatowne) added three points with two goals and an assist. Ryan Maurer paced Suffolk with four goals on the day, while Rich Carlson led all scorers with five points (2g, 3a).
Harford just barely edged Suffolk with 37 shots to the Long Horns' 36, but dominated on the ground, corralling 72 balls to Suffolk's 59. The teams were just about even at the faceoff X, with Suffolk holding a slim, 13-12 advantage, while both teams saw their keepers tally 10 saves. Freshman Tim Kemena (West Chester, Pa./West Chester Henderson) went the distance for the Owls, totaling 10 saves in 60:00, while Mike Theiss made 10 saves in 55:58 and Dylan Milano tallied none in 4:02.
On the women's side, the Fighting Owls (4-3, 2-2 MDJUCO) quickly saw itself down by four goals, 5-1, less than halfway through the first period, but battled back to tie the game at five with 14:19 left on the clock. Harford would knot the score again at seven, but two Pioneer (9-1, 3-0 MDJUCO) goals in the final minutes gave Anne Arundel a two-goal, 9-7, advantage at the break.
Anne Arundel dominated the start of the second half, scoring seven consecutive goals in the first 4:40 to cap a 9-0 run from the end of the first half and take a commanding, 16-7 lead on the way to the 20-12 victory.
Sophomore Tori Pyzik (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll/Oregon) led Harford with four points (2g, 2a) on the night, while Megan Schrum totaled seven points for Anne Arundel with four goals and three assists.
Though dominant on the scoreboard, the Pioneers held just a 35-29 shot advantage, but won the ground battle, totaling 36 ground balls to Harford's 19. Harford did win 20 draw controls to Anne Arundel's 14 and totaled nine saves to the Pioneers' eight. Kirsten Dolle made eight saves in 60:00 for Anne Arundel, while freshmen Stefanie Saul (Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen) and Kaitlyn Hall (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) split time with Hall making five saves in 27:12 and Saul stopping four shots in 32:48.
The Fighting Owls men return to action on Thursday when they host Jefferson at 4:30 p.m., while both teams play in a conference doubleheader on Thursday, April 8 with the women taking on No. 3 CCBC-Catonsville at 4:30 p.m. and the men facing No. 1 CCBC-Essex at 7:00 p.m.
