Box Score
The College of Mount St. Joseph jumped out to a 3-0 lead today, but found itself behind by a 7-6 score with nine minutes left in the second quarter before eventually falling to Adrian College, 19-10, in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference Championship game. The Lions end the 2011 season with a 10-7 mark.
Three different Lions' scorers got their team out to their 3-0 advantage, only to see host Adrian, the top seed in the four-team tournament, bounce back and knot the score at 3-all. Adrian held a 12-8 advantage at the half, and limited the Mount to just two, second half goals, and 18 shots. Adrian College found the back of the net three times in the third quarter and four times in the final quarter, as they went on to record their 15th win of the season in 17 games.
Mike Murphy (Crestwood, KY/South Oldham) had three goals for the Mount, while teammates Will McClanahan (Cincinnati, OH/Madeira), Cory Wojciechowski (LasVegas, NV/Community College East), and Ryan Gallagher (Chicago, IL/St. Rita) each scored two goals. Chris Uselmann (Carmel, IN/Wesfield) had a goal for the Mount while Anderson Morgan (Mason, OH/Moeller) had two assists in the game. McClanahan, Uselmann and Wojciechowski each added an assist. The Mount was out-shot in the game, 55-32. Colin McSharar (Indianapolis, IN/Bishop Chatard) started and played 58:43 in goal for the Lions, recording 13 saves and allowing 19 goals.
The MLC championship title was the second straight for Adrian, in the two-year old conference, while the Lions', a first-year MLC member, were in their first MLC title game after placing second in the regular season standings this season.
