Men's Lacrosse | 9/28/2018 2:04:00 AM
LENNOXVILLE, Que. --
Andrew Chase of Summit, N.J., scored three times, including the winner, and added a pair of assists as the McGill men's lacrosse team spoiled the kickoff to homecoming week at Bishop's University with a 13-7 road victory at Coulter Field, Thursday.
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Maxime Murdoch of Westmount, Que., and
Patrick Turner of Stouffville, Ont., also netted hat-tricks for McGill, which sits atop the CUFLA East division at 6-0. The win streak is half way to the school record set during a magical run in 2015, when the Redmen went 12-0 in regular season play en route to winning the CUFLA championship.
McGill, which leads the 14-team league with 83 goals in six games, has now registered 11 hat-tricks, three of them by Murdoch, a senior majoring in North American Studies.
The six-goal spread was McGill's largest margin of victory in a road game over the Gaiters. The Redmen never trailed and scored six unanswered goals after Bishop's tied the score at 5-5 in the second quarter. Â A late tally prior to the intermission gave McGill a 6-5 lead before the Redmen exploded for a 5-0 edge in the third quarter, followed by a 2-2 deadlock in the final stanza.
"It's always a tough environment down there with a noisy, hostile crowd," said McGill head coach
Tim Murdoch. "But we had a good start, built a nice lead early on (3-0), then kind of had a shaky second quarter but a strong second half. I think part of that... is the result of the character that we built after three very close games to start the season."
Rounding out the scoring for McGill, with one goal apiece, was
Kieran McKay of Richmond, B.C.,
Seth Obadia of Port Washington, N.Y.,
Colton Campbell of Boulder, Col., and
Hunter Zawada of Kimberley, B.C.
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For the Gaiters,
Mathew Paterson of Pte. Claire, Que., also tallied a hat-trick. Others to find the back of the net for the Gaiters were
Gabriel Chamberlain of Roberts Creek, B.C.,
Xavier Perron of Sherbrooke, Que.,
Joel Wright of Newmarket, Ont., and
Thomas Bakeeff of Dartmouth, N.S.
The shots were tied at 19-19, with
Michael Gallo, an architecture junior from Glen Rock, N.Y., making a dozen saves to collect the win. His counterpart,
Matthew Wolf was only able to muster six saves in a losing cause.
McGill had another productive game in the faceoff department, winning 18 of 23 for a sparkling success rate of 78.3 per cent.
Gardie Herr won 11 of 14, while
Julian Smith-Voudouris was 5-for-7 and
Quentin Norris was 2-for-2.
The loss drops Bishop's to 3-4 and leaves them fourth in the CUFLA East, six points behind McGill. The Gaiters' next regular season game is a rematch against the Redmen in Montreal, on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. Before then BU will play a pair of exhibition contests in the U.S. over Thanksgiving weekend.
McGill will now focus on their annual lacrosse homecoming, with about 22 recent alumni expected to suit up for a Saturday (Sept. 29) matinee exhibition st 3:30 p.m. on Forbes Field against a Redmen lineup primarily composed of freshmen and sophomores. The McGill squad will be coached by the current four co-captains, while Coach Murdoch will guide the Alumni team. The event will feature the unveiling of championship banners from the 2012 and 2015 seasons, in addition to an alumni team brunch, a career mentoring session and a fundraiser.
After this weekend, McGill heads south of the border on Oct.6 to play Dartmouth and Vermont in a doubleheader at Hanover, NH.
REDMEN RAP: McGill was missing the services of three regulars, most notably
Cougar Kirby of Kahnawake, Que., whose fiancée gave birth to a baby girl last Sunday... Other lineup scratches included midfielders
Naoll Degife and sophomore
Scotty Bauer, who both suffered undisclosed injuries during practice on Wednesday.
Full box score
2018 CUFLA STANDINGS (updated after games on Sept. 27)
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