Senior Greg Smith provided the game winning goal with 21 seconds left in the fourth quarter, as the University of Mary Washington men's lacrosse team opened the 2015 season with a 14-13 win at Hampden-Sydney College on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles erased an 11-10 deficit in the final 15 minutes.
The Eagles fell behind, 3-0, in the first quarter, but scored four straight to take a 4-3 lead. Sophomore Mike Marson opened the scoring with 3:15 left in the first, and the Eagles used that momentum to score the first three goals of the second.
Miles Davis scored with 12:22 left in the second, and sophomore Jack Carver scored 15 seconds later to cut the score to 3-2. Freshman Owen Dingman tied the score with 11:25 left, and after a Tiger goal, senior Jack Bondurant scored the first of his team-high five goals to give UMW a 5-4 lead.
After a pair of HSC scores gave them a 6-5 advantage, Smith scored to tie the score with 3:08 remaining, and Bondurant scored with 1:33 left in the half on a man-up opportunity to give UMW a 7-6 halftime lead.
The Eagles pushed their lead to three in the third, as Marson and Bondurant scored to push the lead to 9-6. The Tigers then reeled off four straight goals to assume the lead at 10-9. Bondurant scored with 1:32 left, but the Tigers scored in the final seconds to take an 11-10 lead into the fourth quarter.
Bondurant and Smith opened the final quarter with goals to give UMW a 12-11 lead, but Hampden-Sydney answered with a pair of goals to take a 13-12 lead with 6:57 left. Davis provided the tying score with 6:00 on the clock, and Smith found the game winner with 21 seconds left on a Chris Garcia assist to give the Eagles the win.
The Tigers led in shots, 40-28, and ground balls, 42-28. The Tigers won 15 of 28 faceoffs, and the Eagles went 2-7 on man-up opportunities, while HSC was 1-7. Junior Pete Shammas made 14 saves in goal for the Eagles.
Mary Washington will host Randolph-Macon College on Wednesday at 3:00 pm in the home opener.