BRIDGEWATER, Va. -- The Bridgewater College men's lacrosse team went to a second overtime period with Shenandoah, but were defeated, 12-11, in a thrilling ODAC contest at Bridgewater Stadium on Wednesday night.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Shenandoah 12, Bridgewater 11 (2 OT)
Records: Bridgewater 3-7, 1-2 ODAC; Shenandoah 6-3, 2-0 ODAC

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Eagles jumped out the gate with a goal from Riley Stewart off an assist from Drew Huber just over a minute into the game to take an early 1-0 lead. The Hornets leveled the game at 1-1 after a goal from Aaron Coombs at the 12:30 mark, but Huber gave the lead back to the home side two minutes later as he found the back of the cage after taking a pass from Grant Nyland, 2-1. Shenandoah's leading scorer Logan Clingerman tied the game again on an unassisted play and Stephen Graham scored his first of four to give SU it's first lead of the night, 3-2. Tyler Pinto scored less than 60 seconds later to knot the game once again at 3-3 and Aidan Bruehl put the lead back into the Eagles' hands after a pass from Stewart led to a goal. The score was tied up again as Bryan Berryhill scored with fewer than 90 seconds remaining in the first as the game went to the second quarter in a deadlock.
• The second period was all Shenandoah as it netted the only three goals of the quarter to assume a 7-4 lead as the game went to the halftime recess. The Eagles responded out of the break with back-to-back goals from Pinto and Nyland to cut the deficit down to just one at 7-6. The Hornets battled back with another goal from Graham to go back up by two scores, but the Crimson & Gold rallied for three-straight goals to end the quarter as Trevor McClelland notched a man-up goal off a feed from Pinto, Owen Cogan got in on the scoring, unassisted, and McClelland scored a second right before the end of the quarter to push the Eagles in front, 9-8, heading for the fourth.
• Ryan Linn added to the team's lead with an unassisted goal to make it 10-8. Shenandoah got one back just over a minute later to cut the lead down to one goal, 10-9. After a brief delay in the contest, Berryhill tallied his second of the night to tie the game once again with 4:40 remaining in regulation. With 44 seconds left on the clock, the Hornets got what some may have thought would be the game-winning goal off the stick of Sam Poster. A faceoff win by Gabriel Alexander gave the Eagles possession and quickly got into the attacking end and used a timeout with 33 seconds left in regulation. Following the timeout, the Pinto scored after receiving a pass from Huber to tie the game at 11-11 with only 12 seconds left on the clock. The Eagles won the ensuing face off but the clock hit zeros as the game went to overtime.
• The Hornets faceoff man Austin Galler won at the X to start off the four-minute overtime period but quickly turned the ball over as Stewart forced a loose ball. The Eagles maintained possession but could not get a shot off on target in time as the ball went the other way on a shot clock violation. The Hornets called a timeout after clearing with 2:08 left in the first OT and a big shot from Graham was blocked aside by the Eagles defense and went the other way. Several turnovers for each team were caused around midfield before Brennan McKeown picked up a GB and allowed Bridgewater to use its timeout. A turnover on the Eagles' end let the Hornets get possession with 30 seconds left in the first OT before Landon Blackshear forced a turnover that was picked up by Jacob Mead to maintain the deadlock and send the game to a second overtime frame.
• Alexander won the faceoff to start the final overtime period and sprinted into the attacking third to get a timeout called by BC. Following the timeout, Bridgewater had a great scoring opportunity on a shot that hit the post. A quick clear by SU led to a shot by Poster that was saved by Gabe Wallaman. Clingerman scooped up the loose ball and allowed the Hornets to use their final timeout as well. After the stoppaed, a high shot from Clingerman went out of play and the Hornets maintained possession leading to an open shot by Graham for the game winner. 

GAME STATS

• Pinto led the Eagles with three goals and two assists for a five-point night.
• McClelland scored a pair of goals as he now stands at 99 career points.
• Bruehl, Huber, Stewart, Linn, Nyland and Cogan all recorded one goal apiece.
• Huber paced the game with four assists, while Stewart and Nyland both had one assist in addition to the two by Pinto.
• Alexander was 17-for-27 in faceoffs and picked up 15 ground balls, while Killian Krapfl was a perfect 1-for-1 at the X.
• Mead set a new career high with six ground balls as he also caused a turnover. Wallman scooped up five ground balls, while Huber and McKeown each had three.
• Bruehl and Blackshear paced the Eagles with two CTs each.
• Both goalies had outstanding performances with Wallman making 11 saves and Mark Isabelle stopped 13 shots.
• Bridgewater had a slight edge in shots at 39-36, while BC also had a 48-31 edge in ground balls. 
• Both teams were 1-for-1 in extra-man opportunities and nearly perfect in clears with BC successful on 17 of 20 clears and the Hornets true on 23 of their 25 attempts.

UP NEXT
Bridgewater is back in action on Saturday, March 30, as it completes a five-game homestand against Guilford at 1 pm at Bridgewater Stadium.