GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The #8 Indiana Tech men's lacrosse team was on the road for their regular season finale against #6 Aquinas College. The Warriors would outlast the Saints with a 13-12 thrilling overtime victory to give Tech a share of the WHAC Regular Season Championship.
The Warriors would start off string with a 5-1 first quarter lead and a shutout in the second quarter as Tech led 8-1 at halftime. But the Saints would turn it around in the second half with a 3-1 third quarter to cut the deficit to five at 9-4.
Devin Macomber would put the Warriors back up six early in the fourth, but then the Saints would get hot scoring six straight goals in nine minutes to tie the game at ten with just over three minutes to play.
Cooper Langille would put Tech in front with two minutes to go, but Aquinas would score moments later to tie it again. The score would remain tied at 11 at the end of regulation, sending it to a sudden death overtime period. Two minutes into overtime, Macomber would score the game winner on a pass from
Reice Hafl to give the Warriors a share of the WHAC Regular Season Title. Macomber would lead Tech with four points, scoring a hattrick and adding one assist.
Jake Deacon would add two goals for the Warriors,
Josh Bramley and
Zach Spisz would each pick up four ground balls, and
Carter Krizmanich would cause three turnovers.
Kyle TwoBulls would make 14 saves in the win for the Warriors.
The Warriors improve to 13-2 overall on the season and finish 6-1 in WHAC play. The Warriors finished the regular season tied with #5 Madonna but defeated the Crusaders earlier in the season holding the head-to-head tiebreaker and earning the top seed for the WHAC Tournament. Tech will now receive a first-round bye and will play on Thursday, April 24th at home at 7pm in the semifinals. The Warriors will await the winner of four-seed #9 Lawrence Tech and five-seed #6 Aquinas.
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