ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. – First-year Declan Horton (University Park, Md./DeMatha) propelled the St. Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team to an exciting win Saturday afternoon (Mar. 2) as Horton scored with 49 seconds remaining in overtime. St. Mary's College (3-1) won its second straight game with a 10-9 non-conference win over Hampden-Sydney College (4-2).
 
How It Happened

• The Seahawks gained a one-minute extra-man opportunity (EMO) with one minute to go in OT. SMCM worked the ball behind the goal to senior captain Johnny McGrain (Lutherville-Timonium, Md./Dulaney). McGrain whipped a pass to Horton, who ripped a shot top shelf for the game-winner 11 seconds into the EMO.

 

• Hampden-Sydney opened the game with a 2-0 lead. Unfazed, St. Mary's College scored six unanswered goals to boast a 6-2 advantage with 12:34 to go in the second quarter. Horton had a hand in three of the goals with three assists. The Tigers answered by tallying two of the half's final three goals to pull within three (7-4) at halftime.

 

• H-SC's momentum from the end of the half ran into the third as the visitors notched the only two goals of the period to close the gap to 7-6 with one quarter to go.

 

• Goals by attackmen Aiden Doyle (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) and Joshua Martel (Linthicum, Md./North County) sandwiched a Tiger goal to give the Seahawks a 9-7 edge with 6:29 left in regulation. Hampden-Sydney continued to battle, coming within one at 3:05 before Patrick Hanes' game-tying goal with 25 ticks on the clock. The Tigers had an opportunity to win it in regulation, but Gaines Weis' shot was blocked and junior defenseman Jeremy Heath (Chester, Md./Kent Island) picked up the loose ball.

Inside the Box Score

• Hampden-Sydney edged the Seahawks, 33-30, in ground balls while winning 13 of 22 face-offs.
• SMCM's man-down defense was on point once again, shutting down four of the Tigers' five extra-man opportunities.

 
St. Mary's College Game Notes

• Today's victory marks the first-ever win by the Seahawks over Hampden-Sydney in eight meetings.
• Martel led the scoring charge for SMCM with a game-best four goals.
• Horton had himself a career day as he equaled a career-best four points with a goal and career-high three dimes.
• Senior defenseman Ethan Little (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) scooped up a season-best six ground balls and caused two turnovers.
• Fifth-year Ben Robertson (Davidsonville, Md./South River) turned away seven shots and picked up two ground balls to improve to 2-0 between the pipes.

 
Hampden-Sydney Game Notes

• Hanes finished the Tigers' leading scorer with four goals and an assist while Thomas Harry anchored the defense with six caused turnovers and four ground balls.
• Peter Smith made 15 saves as Hampden-Sydney saw its four-game win streak snapped.

Up Next for the Seahawks

• Mar. 9 at Elizabethtown (0-2) – Elizabethtown, Pa. (Wolf Field) – 1 pm

 
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