After defeating Hillcrest in a rainstorm on Friday night the Boiling Springs boys lacrosse team returned to an overcast field just over seventeen hours later to defeat Hammond 15-7 on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs quick turnaround victory against a former SCISA state champion is something Boiling Springs head coach Justin Mills was proud to see from his team.
"It's always hard to come out after a sloppy game and return just a few hours later to play another game," said Mills. "Our guys fought through it and put some goals on the board early. You can't never complain about a victory." The Bulldogs got started slowly falling behind 1-0 when Hammond attacker Michael Moran hit a left handed shot just two minutes into the game. Boiling Springs got their scoring started when attacker Chase Miller hit a shot from the middle of the field to tie the game and was quickly followed two minutes later by a goal from Luke Calderon who hit a bounce shot for a goal off an assist from Riley Alfonso to put the Bulldogs ahead 2-1 with just over five minutes left in the quarter. Luke Olson extended the Bulldogs on back-to-back goals that came within eighteen seconds of each other to give Boiling Springs a 4-1 lead just inside the three minute mark of the first quarter. Hammond's Michael Moran scored his second goal of the quarter with eleven seconds left in the first quarter to put the Boiling Springs lead at 4-2 when the horn sounded to end the first quarter. The second quarter was all Boiling Springs as Olsen scored his third goal of the game on a spin move to the right with a shot that found the back of the net followed by a goal from Brock Davis off a steal of a Hammond pass to put the Bulldogs up 6-2 at halftime. Midfielder Mathias Oslund started the third quarter with a goal as he ran pass multiple Hammond defenders to put the Bulldogs up 7-2 just two minutes into the second half. Attacker Elijah Smith put Boiling Springs ahead 8-2 just four minutes later when he picked up a loose ball and used a quick backwards shot that found the back of the net. Over the last minute of the third quarter into the start of the fourth quarter the Bulldogs were forced to play down a man which gave Hammond an opportunity to eat into the Boiling Springs lead. Jack Word got the scoring started for the Skyhawks with just seconds left in the third quarter when he hit a shot from the right side to put the Bulldogs lead at 8-3. The start of the fourth quarter, with the Bulldogs still down a man, saw the Skyhawks score back-to-back goals from Word and Steve Glick over the first thirty-seven seconds of the quarter to cut the Boiling Springs lead to 8-5. They added another goal three minutes later from Whit Muschamp to narrow the Boiling Springs lead to 8-6 with just over eight minutes left in the game. Boiling Springs attacker Brock Davis stopped the run by Hammond with a goal just seconds later to put the Bulldogs back up three at 9-6. The Skyhawks added their final goal of the game when Michael Moran scored his third goal of the game at the six minute mark of the fourth quarter but from that point on it was all Bulldogs. Over the final five minutes of the game the Bulldogs got two goals a piece from Mathis Oslund, Brock Davis, and Riley Alfonso as they outscored the Skyhawks 6-0 in the final portion of the fourth quarter. Outside of the stretch where they were forced to play a man down the Boiling Springs defense held a strong offense down to only four goals on Saturday which is something Coach Mills says they expect from this group. "Our defense was awesome today," said Mills. "They've had a stretch of three games counting scrimmages where they've just played well as they're the foundation of our team. We've just got to keep out of the penalty box." The Bulldogs will return to the field on Monday in a home matchup against Mauldin at 6:30 PM. Comments are closed.
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