BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (April 22, 2023) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse tied a program record picking up their seventh straight win, 21-8 over Bridgeport. The Lions are 6-0 in the CACC with just one game left and move to 10-5 overall.

How it Happened
• Georgian Court was on offense all afternoon helped out by winning 22-of-33 face-off, including 10-12 in the first quarter.
• The Lions totaled 47 shots, 38 on net while the Purple Knights put up 27 shots with 17 on goal.
• Bridgeport lost the ball 25 times to the Lions 17. GCU was also 19-24 on clears. Bridgeport was successful on 15-21.
• Neither team found success with the man advantage, each going 0-6.

First Half
• Georgian Court got off to a fast start scoring the first four goals. Brett Bridges collected three in less than seven minutes of action to record a hat trick.
• Bridgeport responded scoring the next three making it a one-goal game late in the first.
• GCU finished the quarter by again scoring four, two more from Bridges and two from James Sanford.
• The Lions took an eight-goal lead, 11-3, early in the second as Vincent Burns, Daniel Burnham and Joe Zerr all scored.
• That was again followed by three straight from the Purple Knights.
• Vincent Giunta tallied one late in the half and the Lions were up 12-6 at the break.

Second Half
• The defense sharpened in the second half allowing just two goals, one in each period.
• GCU opened the half with five straight scores, two each from Guinta and Michael Ventresca and another from Bridges for a 17-6 lead.
• The Lions finished the game getting goals from Ryan Rigby, Doug Mackenzie, Logan Dennison and another from Joe Zerr as they cruised to a 21-8 win.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Brett Bridges scored six goals with five assists for 11 points.
• Vincent Guinta totaled seven points with four assists and three goals.
• James Sanford and Joe Zerr each had two goals and an assist.
• Michael Ventresca scored twice.
• Tallen Smith, Tyler Burns and Brodie Seaborn each passed out two assists.
• Justin Iannarone was 13-17 on the face-off with nine ground balls.
• Garrett Kenny won 5-6 draws.
• Thomas Heegan and Hunter Rindos each secured four ground balls.
• Vincent Burkhart made three saves in goal.
• Andrew Candino played the second half making six stops.

For the Purple Knights
• James Napoli scored three goals with an assist.
• Dewey Schoenfelder picked up two goals and an assist.
• Tyne Hewlette added three goals as well. 
• Cullen Connor took all 33 face-offs going 11-33 with five ground balls. 
• Aj Surian grabbed three ground balls and caused two turnovers.
• Peter Nazario made 17 saves in goal.

News and Notes
• The Lions six CACC wins are a new program record.
• The seven straight wins match the most in a single season since 2018. 
• Vincent Burkhart surpassed 200 saves this season. He's the second Lion to ever do that.
• Tallen Smith moved to fourth all-time in points.
• GCU has allowed 10 or fewer goals in four straight games.
• This is the fifth game this season GCU has scored 20 or more goals.
• Brett Bridges six goals and 11 points match the most by a Lion in a single game in school history.

Up Next
• GCU will finish the regular season playing Friday, April 28 at Dominican. Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.