Bucknell University
3-8, 2-4PL
Holy Cross
0-12, 0-7PL
Fourth-Quarter Offense Lifts Bucknell Men's Lacrosse to 18-12 Victory at Holy Cross
4/15/2023 5:54:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
Worcester, Mass. – Jack Feda scored a career-high six goals, and the Bucknell men's lacrosse team more than doubled Holy Cross' shot total in an 18-12 win at Kuzniewski Field Saturday afternoon.
Eleven other Bison joined Feda with points, as Dutch Furlong contributed five points on four assists and a goal, and Will Hopkins supplied one helper and three goals for the third hat trick of his rookie campaign.
Bucknell's 63 shots, 42 of which were on target, were a season high and the most the team has attempted since rattling off 65 against the Crusaders last year. Meanwhile, the Bison limited Holy Cross to 30 shots and just 16 successful clears on 24 attempts. Bucknell won 20 of 33 faceoffs as well, with Brendan Coyle going 18 for 31.
Bucknell scored seven times by the 8:18 mark of the second quarter and allowed just one Holy Cross goal over the first 27:22 of game time. The Bison held a staggering 16-3 advantage in shots over the first 15 minutes.
The Crusaders made a late push at the end of the first half, scoring three times in three minutes to cut the Bison advantage to 8-4 entering the locker rooms.
The Bison opened the second half in similar fashion to the first, piling up three more goals to stretch their lead to 11-5, but once again the Crusaders made a push at the end of the third quarter and scored five unanswered to make it a one-goal game entering the fourth at 11-10.
Bucknell's offense exploded in the fourth, scoring five unanswered to begin the period and registering seven total over the last 15 minutes. Hopkins' four points all came in succession in the fourth as he posted a personal 3-0 run before assisting on Feda's sixth goal of the contest less than two minutes later.
Holy Cross found the back of the cage two more times in the final frame, but it wasn't enough to offset Bucknell's red-hot offense. The 18 goals were the most the Bison have scored since their season-opening victory over Mercer.
Also finishing with multiple points were Cam Doolan (3) and Connor Davis (2). Danny Striano matched his season high of seven ground balls and Brendan Coyle collected six. Rookie goalie Jaz Zanelli tallied 13 saves in 53 minutes of action.
Looking forward, Bucknell challenges Lafayette on the road on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. The Leopards and the Bison are both 2-4 and vying for crucial positioning in the Patriot League standings with just two regular season games left on the schedule.
