BOCA RATON, Fla. – Four players scored multiple goals in Lynn's 12-9 win over Alabama-Huntsville on Wednesday. The Fighting Knights never trailed in the game and outshot the Chargers 40-37 in the win.
The Blue and White are now 5-1 this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lynn put five shots on goal in the first five minutes, scoring on the fifth shot by
Connor Houston for a 1-0 lead
- Goalkeeper
Hunter Klosterman made a pair of saves to maintain a 1-0 Fighting Knight lead
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Nick Calleri found
Jackson Cutter for a goal with 7:20 showing in the first period
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Victor Troese caused a turnover, picked up the ground ball and scored to give the Blue and White a 3-0 lead through the first period of action
- Alabama-Huntsville scored its first goal 1:24 into the second frame
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Mario Leone scored a man-up goal, with the assist going to
Riley Knox, for a 4-1 score
- UAH scored at the 9:45 mark but
Ethan McKinley responded less than a minute later to put the Lynn lead back to three goals
- After the Chargers brought the margin to one, McKinley and Leone scored 53 seconds apart for a 7-4 Lynn lead
- Following a ground ball by
Noah Gies, Knox notched another assist on a Calleri goal to start the third period
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Mitch Rini gave the Fighting Knights a 9-5 lead with 6:22 remaining in the third period
- The Chargers closed the third and started the fourth with goals to climb within two, 9-7
- Klosterman made a save and a quick clear led to a goal by
Victor Troese with 8:51 remaining
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Chase Cavalier and Cutter scored on consecutive possessions to give Lynn a comfortable five-goal lead with under five minutes left
- The Chargers scored twice for a 12-9 final
FIGHTING KNIGHT STATS:
- Cutter, Leone, McKinley and Troese all found the back of the net twice
- Cutter has eight goals over his last three games
- Houston had a goal and game-high three assists
- Leone has scored in every game this season and has 10 total goals
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Carson Yungbluth had a team-leading four ground balls and won 7-of-10 faceoffs
- Troese and
Matthew Canedo each picked up three ground balls, while Troese also caused three turnovers
- Klosterman made 14 saves and has a .609 SV% this season
- The Fighting Knights committed a season-low 12 turnovers
- Lynn is 2-0 all time against UAH (won 12-11 in double overtime last year)
UP NEXT:
- The Fighting Knights travel north to St. Augustine to face No. 10 Flagler on Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 pm