St. Augustine, Florida – After a five day break, the Fighting Knights were back in action and the piled it on the Lions. After being down 6-2 early on, Lynn kept up the pressure and ended out on top with help from an eight straight goal stretch in the fourth quarter.  

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Lynn 20 Flagler 12
Records: Lynn (2-5, 0-0 SSC) Flagler (0-8, 0-0)
Series History: Lynn leads 1-0
Location: Flagler Lacrosse Field | St. Augustine, Florida
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Just :24 seconds into the game, the Lions opened the scoring, but two minutes later Xander Cosenza tied it up from Joseph Michalski.
• With Flagler eventually up 3-1, Jalen Stanton tallied a goal with the man up from Cosenza with 14:41 left in the second.
• Flagler got out to a 6-2 lead, but the Fighting Knights did not let that deter them. 
• With 8:01 left in the second, Caleb Wells scored from Tommy Ruddo. Just two minutes later, Michalski scored one of his own to put Lynn within two.
• Down 7-4 in the second, Michalski scored again from Cosenza. Flagler tacked on another goal after this, but Lynn added two more before the end of the half.
• Matthew Ilchuk put in two for the Fighting Knights in the final minute, including one at :06 for Lynn to end the half down 8-7.
• Out of the half, just over one minute into the quarter, Stanton added another goal to tie it from Ilchuk. After this, Ilchuk recorded a hat trick from Ruddo, putting Lynn ahead 9-8.
• Michalski added another Lynn hat trick with 12:44 left in the third quarter to put Lynn up 10-9. After that lead change in Lynn's favor, Ilchuk added another tally, as well as Cosenza. The Fighting Knights led after three 12-11.
• Michalski scored again for Lynn just over a minute into the fourth to make it 13-11. Connor Koppelman added his first of the game from Michalski with 13:00 to go in the game and just over :40 seconds later Cosenza recorded his hat trick.
• The Fighting Knights added five more goals in a row from Michalski, Ruddo, two in a row from Connor Houston, and a final goal on the man up for Ilchuk from Colby Keefe to win 20-12.
• Michalski and Ilchuk both tallied five goals and three assist. Michalski led the Fighting Knights with eight shots on goal followed by Ilchuk with seven.
• Cosenza recorded three goals and three assists.
• Ruddo and Wells had a goal and two assists.
• Stanton and Houston both had two goals.
• Colin Casey had the win with seven saves on 13 shots while Benjamin Looges had three saves on nine shots.

UP NEXT:

The Fighting Knights play again in their first conference game vs Florida Southern in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday, Mar. 19th at 1 P.M.