WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Visiting Sacred Heart ended the game on a 9-2 run to come back from a three-goal deficit and score a 16-12 win against Hartford men's lacrosse on Al-Marzook Field. Senior attackman
Dylan Jinks scored five goals and added an assist to pace the Hawks (0-6) in the defeat.
Max Tuttle and Joe Sagesse, who combined for six goals in Sacred Heart's decisive run, finished with five goals and six points apiece as the Pioneers improve to 4-3.
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SACRED HEART 16, HARTFORD 12
Playing to a 3-3 tie after one quarter, Logan Liljeberg put the Pioneers up by one less than two minutes into the second stanza. But Hartford caught fire, scoring six of the game's next seven goals to erase the deficit and take a four-goal advantage at 9-5 with 2:02 to go. Sacred Heart delivered the final two daggers of the half, though, as Max Tuttle closed the gap to two with a pair of scores 15 seconds apart.
The Hawks drew blood first in the second half behind a Jinks score to regain a three-goal advantage within the first minute. The Pioneers quickly answered that marker, scoring five unanswered to erase the deficit and take a 12-10 lead heading into the final quarter. Another goal from Jinks just over two minutes in pulled Hartford within one, but Sacred Heart would score four of the game's last five goals to seal the win.
INSIDE THE BOX & NOTES
- The Hawks held the advantage inside the faceoff circle, going 20-of-31 behind a 13-of-19 outing from senior Nolan Little.
- Sacred Heart outshot Hartford, 51-31, and finished with a 37-29 advantage in ground balls.
- Ty Thompson also had a multi-goal outing, scoring two while adding a pair of assists for four points.
- Brooks Dutton made four saves in the winning effort, while sophomore Cam Logan came away with nine stops for the Hawks.
- Scoring at least one goal in every game this season, Jinks recorded his fourth hat trick for Hartford.
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The Hawks begin America East action at home against Stony Brook on Saturday, March 16. Opening faceoff is set for 1 p.m from Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium.
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