BELMONT, N.C. - Brady Smith won 11 of his 17 faceoffs and the Belmont Abbey Men's Lacrosse team held off Barton 9-8 this afternoon.  With the win, The Abbey improves to 3-4 on the season, while Barton dips to 5-4.  It was the conference opener for both teams.  The Crusaders have now won three straight games.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Matthew Wyatt set up Erik Sahlgren for a goal, then scored a man-up goal of his own to put The Abbey in front 2-0 early.  Later in the quarter, he assisted Connor Toomey on a goal, and BAC led 6-1 at the end of the opening period
• Barton scored four in the second, before Bailey Williams found the back of the net to make it a 7-5 Crusader lead at halftime
• The third quarter was a defensive battle, with only one goal scored, and just 12 combined shots on goal.  BAC led 7-6 heading into the final period
• In the fourth, it was Austin Hasen scoring early in the quarter, and then scoring again with 1:19 left to give The Abbey the 9-8 victory
• On the day, Hasen led the goal scoring with three, while Wyatt scored a goal and handed out four assists
• Smith won 11 of his 17 faceoffs and picked up a game-high nine ground balls
• Thomas Sullivan made 19 saves in goal

UP NEXT

Belmont Abbey will visit Mount Olive next Saturday, March 26 at 12 noon.