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Penn State at Leukemia Tourney
6-1 Fourth Quarter Scoring Spurt Separates Tar Heels From Nittany Lions 15-8
October 2, 2006 | Men's Lacrosse
Sept. 30, 2006
BALTIMORE, MD. - Sophomore attackman Bart Wagner had a goal and four assists and sophomore midfielder Ben Hunt had three goals and an assist as North Carolina pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Penn State 15-8 in a scrimmage at the annual Leukemia Tournament at St. Paul's School Saturday morning. The game was played in four 20-minute quarters with a running clock and was the first fall ball matchup for the Tar Heels against outside competition.
UNC shot the ball at a high percentage as UNC scored 15 goals on only 27 shots. Penn State excelled in the face-off circle, winning 16 of 25 draws but UNC scooped up 50 ground balls with sophomore middie Bobby McAuley leading the way with six grounders. Wagner had five ground balls and Brian Burke four to lead the defensive corps.
After the game went back and forth for much of the first half the Tar Heels eventually led 9-5 late in the third quarter. But the Nittany Lions quickly closed to 9-8 early in the fourth period. Carolina then finished the game with authority by running off six goals at the end to end with a 15-8 victory.
Besides Ben Hunt other players with more than one goal were Blair Koontz with two and Nick Tintle with two. Senior middie Tom Sciolla had a goal and three assists for a four-point day.
Sophomore Grant Zimmerman and freshman Chris Madalon split time in the goal with Zim making four first half saves and Madalon five second half stops.
QUICK BOX
UNC 4 3 2 6 -15
Penn State 3 1 3 1--8
UNC Scoring
Goals: Ben Hunt 3, Nick Tintle 2, Blair Koontz 2, Bart Wagner, David Ryan, Tom Sciolla, Ben Staines, Sean Delaney, Michael Burns
Assists: Bart Wagner 4, Tom Sciolla 3, Ben Hunt, Rob Driscoll, Kevin Federico
UNC Quick Stats
Shots 27; Ground Balls 50; Faceoffs 9 of 25; Saves 9 (Zimmerman 4, Madalon 5); EMO UNC 0 for 1, PSU 2 for 4; Penalties UNC 4 for 3.5, PSU 1 for 0.5
