Men's Lacrosse 4/27/2013 12:00:00 AM

Big First Quarter Lifts Men's Lacrosse Over Wilmington 25-2 In Season Finale

Box Score

WILMINGTON, Ohio – Mount Union's men's lacrosse team defeated Wilmington 25-2 Saturday afternoon in the 2013 season finale.

The Purple Raiders (7-7) were led by freshman duo Hogan Harris (Medina/Medina) and Toren Moore (Columbus/Hilliard-Darby) who both tallied six points in the victory. Harris led the way in goals with six goals as Moore had three goals and three assists.

Ten different Raiders scored in the victory with five players scoring hat-tricks. Freshman trio Andrew Dorman (Medina/Medina), Carl Sopczyk (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls) and Mike Richardson (Parma/Holy Name) were three of the five with Harris and Moore rounding out the hat-tricks.

The Quakers (4-11) were led by Alexander Gossard and Kirby Dearth who both scored a goal in the loss tallying a point each. Austin Johnston and Jalen Jackson both tallied a point as they dished out one assist apiece on the two goals scored for Wilmington.

Mount Union would score first in the first quarter as freshman Michael Taylor (Broadview Heights/Brecksville-Broadview Heights) scored with 12:35 remaining in the quarter. The Raiders would outscore Wilmington 10-1 in the first quarter led by Harris who had four goals in the quarter.

The Raiders would blank the Quakers in the second quarter as they would outscore them four goals to none going into halftime with the 14-1 lead.

Mount Union would open the third quarter the same way they ended the second with scoring five goals to Wilmington's zero. The Raiders would go into the final quarter with the 19-1 lead.

Dorman would find the back of the net off of a pass from Sopczyk first in the fourth quarter as the Raiders would outscore the Quakers six to one in the final quarter of play. Mount Union would go on for the 25-2 victory in the 2013 season finale.

SCORING		1		2		3		4		FINAL
Mount Union (7-7)		10		4		5		6		25
Wilmington (4-11)		1		0		0		1		2

SCORING SUMMARY
-- 1st --			Mount Union	Wilmington
Mount Union	12:35	Michael Taylor (Carl Sopczyk)	1	0
Mount Union	11:12	Hogan Harris (unassisted)	2	0
Mount Union	10:39	UP - Michael Taylor (Toren Moore)	3	0
Mount Union	08:25	UP - Carl Sopczyk (Michael Taylor)	4	0
Mount Union	07:12	Mike Richardson (unassisted)	5	0
Wilmington	05:20	Alexander Gossard (Jalen Jackson)	5	1
Mount Union	04:00	UP - Hogan Harris (Toren Moore)	6	1
Mount Union	02:35	Andrew Dorman (unassisted)	7	1
Mount Union	02:25	Hogan Harris (unassisted)	8	1
Mount Union	02:17	Hogan Harris (unassisted)	9	1
Mount Union	01:14	Thomas O'Connell (unassisted)	10	1
-- 2nd --			Mount Union	Wilmington
Mount Union	08:35	Hogan Harris (unassisted)	11	1
Mount Union	07:23	Mike Richardson (Michael Taylor)	12	1
Mount Union	04:10	Toren Moore (unassisted)	13	1
Mount Union	01:42	Toren Moore (unassisted)	14	1
-- 3rd --			Mount Union	Wilmington
Mount Union	14:06	Josh Stephens (unassisted)	15	1
Mount Union	12:40	Toren Moore (unassisted)	16	1
Mount Union	06:58	Hogan Harris (Michael Taylor)	17	1
Mount Union	04:49	Josh Bender (Michael Taylor)	18	1
Mount Union	01:18	Josh Bender (unassisted)	19	1
-- 4th --			Mount Union	Wilmington
Mount Union	14:32	Andrew Dorman (Carl Sopczyk)	20	1
Mount Union	09:59	Andrew Dorman (unassisted)	21	1
Mount Union	09:20	Zach Maxey (unassisted)	22	1
Mount Union	07:12	Carl Sopczyk (Zach Maxey)	23	1
Mount Union	05:34	Carl Sopczyk (unassisted)	24	1
Mount Union	04:28	Mike Richardson (Toren Moore)	25	1
Wilmington	03:20	Kirby Dearth (Austin Johnston)	25	2