Michigan
5-1
Mercer
1-3
Michigan Rides Strong First Half to Victory at Mercer
3/2/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
March 2, 2017
» Behind a strong second quarter during which U-M outscored Mercer 6-1, Ian King had two tallies and Decker Curran had a goal and an assist, U-M held a 10-2 lead at the halftime intermission.
» Sophomore Brent Noseworthy had three goals for his fourth hat trick of the season. He now leads the team with 21 goals on the year. Sophomore Rocco Sutherland had three assists on the night, a new career high, and is now tied for the team lead in helpers with nine.
» The Wolverines were a perfect 3-of-3 on extra-man opportunities, their best mark of the season.
• Boxscore 
Site: Macon, Ga. (Five Star Stadium)
Score: Michigan 11, Mercer 6
Records: U-M (5-1), Mercer (1-3)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 4 -- at Furman (Greenville, S.C.), 7 p.m.
MACON, Ga. -- The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team jumped out to a 10-2 lead over Mercer at the half and led wire to wire in an 11-6 victory Thursday (March 2) at Five Star Stadium.
Michigan (5-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead early on, as sophomore Rocco Sutherland assisted on goals from sophomore Decker Curran at 11:38 and senior Christian Wolter at 9:37 of the opening quarter. Minutes later, freshman Avery Myers made it 3-0 at 7:35.
Mercer (1-3) brought the score to 5-2 with seven minutes to go in the second, but the Wolverines closed the half with five unanswered tallies. Senior Ian King had a hand in three of the goals, scoring at the 5:14 mark and later assisting on a marker from sophomore Brent Noseworthy at 1:19 and a Patrick Tracy goal with 46 second on the clock.
The Bears outscored the Wolverines 3-0 in the third quarter, closed the margin to 10-5. However, Michigan was able kill off a pair of Bear extra-man chances minutes apart that spanned the latter moments of the third and early in the fourth before junior Will Reynolds notched his first assist in a U-M uniform on a King goal with 11:37 to go in the fourth quarter.
With the 11-5 lead with just under 12 minutes to go, the U-M defense clamped down to allow only one more goal the rest of the way.
Sophomore longstick Nick DeCaprio excelled once again with four ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers, while junior Michael McDonnell went 10-of-16 at the dot with a ground ball.
Tweet of the Game 
5-1. pic.twitter.com/A0uM4yHkJv
-- Michigan Lacrosse (@UMichLacrosse) March 3, 2017
With the first leg of the spring break excursion complete, the Wolverines will now travel to Greensville, South Carolina, to play the Furman Paladins at 1 p.m. Saturday (March 4).
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