No. 4 CCBC Essex Outlasts Men's Lacrosse

ARNOLD, Md. – The Anne Arundel Community College men's lacrosse team fell to No. 4 CCBC Essex. 20-15, Wednesday night in the Region 20 opener for both teams at Siegert Field. AACC twice fought back from an eight-goal deficit and scored five-straight goals in the fourth quarter to get within one, but could not pull ahead.

David Law totaled 10 points on six goals and four assists. Alex Patton added two goals and a pair of assists. Aaron Herdt had a hat trick, Gus Ratje added a pair of goals, Evan Davidson scored one goal and assisted another, and Brock Cutler added a goal.

The first quarter was all offense, seeing Essex strike first with a pair of goals before Law cut it in half with his first of the game at 10:52 of the first quarter. Essex scored the next three before Patton and Herdt scored back-to-back goals in under a minute. The Knights then erupted for a six-goal spree into the second quarter to go up, 11-3, at the 13:41 mark.

The teams traded three-goal runs into the third and traded goals late in the frame before AACC opened the fourth quarter with a five goal run to cut the Knights' lead to one, 16-15, with 8:56 left to play. Essex went on to score the final four goals of the contest to take the win.

Sophomore James Kavney went 20-for-34 at the faceoff x and had a team-high 12 groundballs. Jake Howard recorded a game-high four caused turnovers. 

CCBC Essex converted on five of 11 man-up opportunities, while Davidson scored AACC's lone man-up goal in four opportunities.

The Knights outshot the Riverhawks, 50-27. AACC keeper Ian Roberts made 14 saves to his counterpart's 14.

AACC is back in action on Saturday in a 1 p.m. home game against Mercer County.