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Pirates Shutout In First Quarter in Loss to Berry Vikings

Box Score

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – The Southwestern University men's lacrosse team ended its road trip with a 24-8 loss to the Berry Vikings.

Berry overwhelmed Southwestern in the first quarter, building a 10-0 lead with Luke Koferl starting the game with back-to-back goals and scoring three in the quarter. Berry added another goal to start the second before the Pirates got on the board with back-to-back goals form Zac Asbury, getting the first on an assist from Logan Spalding.

The Vikings responded with four more goals before Asbury ended the run with a goal off a Kai Knight-Turcan assist with 43 seconds remaining in the half to trail 15-3 at the break.

Berry scored four consecutive goals to start the second half, with Blake Sterger and Cody Foster responding with two unassisted Southwestern goals before Berry answered with a Josh Baker goal.

The Pirates opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back goals from Knight-Turcan and Asbury and Benjamin Libby added another Southwestern goal. Berry scored four in the fourth.

Berry outshot Southwestern 54-30, taking a 59-25 edge in groundballs and winning 29 of the 36 face-offs. With the loss, the Pirates drop to 6-4 on the season. Southwestern will host North Central (Ill.) on Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Zac Asbury

#26 Zac Asbury

A/M
6' 0"
Sophomore
Cody Foster

#32 Cody Foster

M/A
Freshman
Kai Knight-Turcan

#23 Kai Knight-Turcan

A
5' 10"
Senior
Benjamin Libby

#9 Benjamin Libby

A/M
6' 1"
Sophomore
Logan Spalding

#39 Logan Spalding

M
5' 11"
Senior
Blake Sterger

#17 Blake Sterger

M
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Zac Asbury

#26 Zac Asbury

6' 0"
Sophomore
A/M
Cody Foster

#32 Cody Foster

Freshman
M/A
Kai Knight-Turcan

#23 Kai Knight-Turcan

5' 10"
Senior
A
Benjamin Libby

#9 Benjamin Libby

6' 1"
Sophomore
A/M
Logan Spalding

#39 Logan Spalding

5' 11"
Senior
M
Blake Sterger

#17 Blake Sterger

5' 11"
Freshman
M