GEORGETOWN, TEXAS - The Southwestern Men's Lacrosse team traveled to Virginia Beach, Virginia to play a non-conference game against Virginia Wesleyan University Marlins. The Marlins struck first going up 2-0 but the Pirates responded scoring seven in the first quarter. At the half, Pirates established a 11-4 lead. Southwestern controlled the rest of the game, tallying eight goals to the Marlins four, leading the Pirates to yet another win. Pirates collect the first road win of the season with a final score of 19-8!

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior attackman Cade McDonald had an all star performance scoring eight goals and tallying one assists

• Jackson Strauser collected an impressive five goals throughout the contest

• Freshman long stick midfielder Jake Trailer picked up the first goal of the game which so happened to be his first career goal, following it up with two caused turnovers and four ground balls

GAME NOTES

• The Pirates were penalized seven times and only gave up one man down goal the whole contest 

• Southwestern won 56% of the face-offs as well as controlling the ground ball margin 34-21

UP NEXT

• The Pirates are still on the road as they take on the William Peace University Pacers on Sunday March 2nd to close out their east coast trip.