Brockport, NY - The Brockport men's lacrosse team dropped an overtime nail-biter to Ohio Northern, 13-12, on Saturday, March 2
nd. The Golden Eagles fell to 0-3 on the year following the loss.
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Nick Askin opened the scoring for Brockport, burying an unassisted goal to bring the game to a 1-1 tie in the first.
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Following back-to-back Polar Bear goals,
Marc Zappula stopped the bleeding with a goal coming from a
Nick Askin feed to cut the Ohio Northern lead to 3-2.
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Following two more Ohio Northern goals, the Golden Eagles would respond in a big way, scoring the next three goals to tie the game at 5-5 with 10:40 left in the second quarter. Scoring for Brockport came from
Jackson Worden,
Marc Zappula, and
Nate Askin.
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The contest would prove to be a back-and-forth affair, with
Marc Zappula and
Nick Askin both adding goals in the first half to make the score 8-7 Ohio Northern at halftime.
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Askin and Zappula would continue the scoring trend, both notching their 4
th goals early in the third quarter to tie the game at 9-9.
Down 10-9, Brockport would respond once again with goals from
Jackson Worden (2) and
Garrett Smith giving Brockport a 11-10 edge.
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Trailing 12-11 in the final frame,
Nick Askin would come through again, notching his 5
th goal of the game to send the game into overtime at 12-12.
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John Lynn of Ohio Northern would notch the golden goal 51 seconds into overtime, giving the Polar Bears a 13-12 overtime win.
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Jack Acker would provide a strong effort in the loss, saving 15 shots on the day.
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Nick Askin would finish with four points in a hat trick effort, adding an assist.
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Nate Askin would finish with four points himself, coming through with two goals and two assists.
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Marc Zappula was a perfect 4-for-4, burying all of his shots on net for four goals.
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Up Next: The Golden Eagles will head to Westminster College in New Wilmington, PA on Saturday, March 9
th at 1 p.m.