LAKEWOOD, NJ (Feb. 26, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse picked up their second straight win Wednesday afternoon, a 17-10 thumping of St. Thomas Aquinas. The win pulls GCU's record to an even 2-2 on the young season.

How it Happened
• St. Thomas Aquinas was superb on faceoffs, but less so holding onto the ball.
• STAC turned the ball over 32 times, 17 forced by Georgian Court. The Lions turned it over just 23 times.
• Total shots favored the Lions, 48-39 and shots on goal, 34-25.
• The Spartans controlled 20-of-29 faceoffs, which gave them the edge on the ground, 43-36.
• The game featured 16 penalties with GCU going 3-7 man-up and STAC just 1-8.
1st Quarter
• Matt Dorrian started the scoring with a goal, but that was answered quickly after by St. Thomas Aquinas.
• That same sequence played out a few minutes later, with GCU's Brett Bridges pulling the Lions ahead, only for the Spartans to tie it up.
• Then the dam broke for the Lions. They finished the first with two more Bridges goals, one on the power play for a 4-2 lead after one.
2nd Quarter
• GCU kept rolling scoring the first three in the second quarter.
• Bridges added his fourth while Joe Zerr and Doug Mackenzie each tallied one.
• The Spartans stopped the streak at seven straight GCU goals, but the Lions went right back on offense, scoring three more.
• Bridges, Mackenzie and Zerr all scored again.
• STAC netted one more late to cut the deficit to 10-4 at the break.
3rd Quarter
• This time playing man-down, Harrison Jordan gave GCU a seven-goal lead, 11-4, to start the half.
• The Spartans tried to get back into the game, scoring three straight in less than three minutes.
• Georgian Court responded with two more to end the third as Dorrian and Vincent Burns lit the lamp.
4th Quarter
• The Lions offense wasn't slowing down and Bridges scored his sixth to start the fourth quarter.
• St. Thomas Aquinas scored three of the next four to get back to within five, 15-10 with 4:24 left to play.
• Mackenzie sealed the win with a pair of goals in the final three minutes.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Brett Bridges scored six goals while adding an assist.
• Doug Mackenzie added five goals.
• Joe Zerr passed out four assists while scoring twice.
• Joe Murphy was on a mission and caused six turnovers. He also grabbed two groundballs.
• Max Dennington caused three turnovers.
• Vincent Burkhart made 15 saves for the win.

For the Spartans
• Under heavy duress Hayden Gaudette made 17 stops.
• Lucas Mullen totaled five points with two goals and three assists.
• Christian Rodriguez scored twice and picked up seven groundballs.
• Vinny Rosario was 20-28 on faceoffs with 12 ground ball pickups.

News and Notes
• GCU improves to 11-0 all-time against the Spartan.
• Joe Murphy scooped his 100th career groundball.
• Murphy's six caused turnovers are also a new single-game record. Noone had ever had even five before.
• Matt Dorrian scored his 20th career goal.
• Georgian Court has scored 17 goals in back-to-back games.

Up Next
• Georgian Court hits the road for the start of a five-game road trip. They play Saturday at American International at 1 pm.