Box Score LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 6, 2024) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse finished their week 2-0 as they defeated Dominican 16-7 Saturday afternoon. On senior day, the Lions used a 3-0 run in 50 seconds to take a 3-0 lead and never looked back, leading end to end to improve to 7-5 and 4-1 in the CACC. 

How it Happened
• The Lions were downright dominant on faceoffs. They won 24-27 which helped lead to a 51-37 advantage in shots.
• Georgian Court got to more balls on the ground, 52-22.
• GCU did turn the ball over 22 times to the Chargers 12. The Lions were 19-21 on clear attempts and Dominican 19-25.
• Extra-man opportunities favored the Chargers. They converted 3-9 while the Lions were 0-4.
First Quarter
• Goaltenders were the story in the opening quarter. They combined to make nine saves in the first 10 minutes.
• Georgian Court finally broke through at the 4:30 mark as the senior Tallen Smith scored the game's first goal.
• That started a rally for the Lions. Just 20 seconds later Michael Schone picked up a ground ball in the defensive end, ran up field, fired a shot and scored.
• Thirty seconds later it was Joe Zerr who made it a 3-0 game.
• Dominican finally beat Burkhart and with 2:35 left it was a 3-1 game.
• Brett Bridges and Harrison Jordan each scored for the Lions in the final 2:06 and Dominican got a goal with 35 seconds left as the Lions led 5-2 after one.
Second Quarter
• Dominican started the second scoring 1:05 on a man-up chance to get to within two, 5-3.
• Once again it took the Lions a bit to get going. Doug Mackenzie scored for the Lions at the 6:30 mark, their first of the period.
• That started a stretch of seven straight GCU goals between the second and third periods.
• Brett Bridges and James Sanford each scored for the Lions who led by five, 8-3 at halftime. 
Third Quarter
• Unlike the first half, Georgian Court got out to a fast start in the third quarter. Bridges scored again 51 seconds into the half.
• Less than a minute later, Harrison Jordan made it 10-3 in favor of the home team.
• Joe Zerr and Tallen Smith put the Lions up nine, 12-3, midway through the third.
• Dominican popped a pair, but the Lions answered at the end of the frame.
• Doug Mackenzie scored with 1:44 left and Bridges followed suit just 24 seconds later. Heading to the fourth it was GCU ahead 15-5.
Fourth Quarter
• There wasn't much scoring in the fourth, just two goals apiece, but that was more than enough for the Lions.
• Zerr scored another before two Dominican goals.
• Mackenzie finished the Chargers off with a goal with 3:08 to play and got us to our 16-7 final score. 

Lions Stat Leaders
• Joe Zerr led the team with five points scoring three goals with two assists.
• Brett Bridges scored four times.
• Doug Mackenzie added three goals.
• Vincent Burns had a game-high three assists.
• Garrett Kenny didn't lose a faceoff going 14-14 with nine ground balls.
• Justin Iannarone was 10-13 on the draw with eight grounders.
• Hunter Rindos caused a pair of turnovers and picked up two ground balls.
• Vincent Burkhart made 16 saves for the win.

For the Chargers
• Bryce Layton was tested early and often and made 12 saves.
• Chad Keyser scored twice with an assist.
• Zachary Souza put in three goals.
• Brenden O'Connor picked up four ground balls and caused two turnovers. 

News and Notes
• The Lions did match a team record, but a dubious one. Their 10 penalties match the most ever in a single game. 
• GCU assisted on nine of 16 goals.
• Five different Lions scored the first five goals of the game. Seven total scored a goal for GCU.
• Tallen Smith moved to third all-time at GCU in goals scored.
• Vincent Burkhart has held the last 10 Lions opponents to 10 goals or fewer. 

Up Next
• Georgian Court is back in action Wednesday, April 10 when they head to Philadelphia to take on CACC newcomer Holy Family in the first ever matchup with the brand new program.