LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 1, 2023) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse played their third ranked opponent of the season and second in the top-10 Wednesday afternoon against No. 4 Adelphi. The Lions got up early, but the Panthers proved too much in a 24-4 win. Georgian Court is 1-3 on the season.

How it Happened
• Adelphi was in the offensive zone most of the afternoon. They fired 52 shots putting 37 on net and scoring 24 times. Georgian Court put 10 of their 19 shots on goal.
• Georgian Court won the face-off battle 17-15.
• The Lions though turned the ball over 24 times to Adelphi's 15. 
• Georgian Court converted on their only extra-man opportunity of the game and killed off all 2:30 of the Panthers' man-up opportunities.
• Daniel Burnham got the scoring started beating the keeper just 29 seconds into the game.
• It didn't take long for the Panthers to respond. They evened up the game 35 seconds later.
• The Lions got two more goals less than a minute apart. Brett Bridges scored at 12:51 in the first and Joe Zerr, on the man-advantage, made it 3-1 just 37 seconds later.
• From there, it was all Adelphi. They finished the first scoring the final five goals and went on a stretch scoring 19 straight.
• Early in the second quarter with Adelphi leading 7-3, the Lions killed off a two-minute, non-releasable penalty and seemed to grab some momentum. However after killing off the penalty, a turnover gave the ball back to the Panthers who scored just 12 seconds after the penalty expired for an 8-3 lead.
• The Panthers blanked the Lions in the second period taking an 11-3 lead into the half. They again kept GCU off the board as they extended their lead to 19-3 through three quarters.
• In the fourth, Bridges picked up his second goal of the game, 31 seconds into the period. Adelphi tacked on five more to get to the 24-4 final.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Brett Bridges took five shots, three on net and scored twice. He also added an assist.
• Daniel Burnham scored while adding a ground ball.
• Joe Zerr scored on his only shot attempt.
• Max Dennington scooped up five ground balls.
• Justin Iannarone was 7-9 on face-offs with four ground ball pickups.
• Vincent Burkhart made seven saves in net. Andrew Candino started the second half and made six stops.

For the Panthers
• Three Panthers tallied hat tricks with three goals: Cameron Logan, Brian Harinski and Kyle Steinbach.
• Eamon Hall, Kyle Lewis, Stephen Bayer and David Sanzone all had a goal and an assist.
• Hugh Keenan was 13-26 on the draw with four ground balls.
• Aidan Fitzgerald grabbed four ground balls as well.
• Dylan Renner got the start in goal and made four saves in 38 minutes. 

News and Notes
• Daniel Burnham has scored in three straight games.
• Andrew Candino saw his first action of the season in goal. 
• Brett Bridges collected his first career two-goal game. 
• Joe Zerr's 50th career shot resulted in a goal.

Up Next
• Georgian Court will finish a season-long four-game home stand Saturday, March 4 as they host the District of Columbia. Game time is set for 12 p.m.