BRIDGEWATER, Va. – The Guilford College men's lacrosse team (2-11, 1-8 ODAC) lost 24-2 at Bridgewater College (10-6, 4-5 ODAC) in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play on Saturday afternoon at the Jopson Athletic Complex.

The Eagles outshot GC 69-18 including 39-7 on-target. They also committed half the turnovers the Quakers did, 13-26, won 22 of the 29 faceoffs, corralled more groundballs, 61-18 and were successful on 15-of-16 clears while Guilford was just 15-of-27.

Darius Safavi-Abbassi (Culver City, Calif.) went the distance in goal making 15 saves against 24 goals allowed to fall to 2-11 in frame. The first of a trio of Eagle net-tenders, Ian Cook improved to 10-6 in goal after playing 22:39 in the first half, allowing one goal against a couple stops.

Kale Cushing (Clemmons, N.C.) scored his first-collegiate goal on his lone shot of the contest with Kenneth Crowley (Charlotte, N.C.) also finding paydirt. Hudson Bosland (Otisville, N.Y.) scooped a team-high four groundballs and Nick Ianonne (Wellington, Fla.) was the top faceoff man, winning 2-of-5 in the circle for Guilford.

Bridgewater saw 14 different men score including hat tricks by Chris McBroom, Isaac Beals, and Riley Stewart. Beals added two helpers to finish with a game-high five points but the leading distributors were Jake Wagner, with three assists, and Gavin Brown with a quartet. Colt Short dominated the circle, winning 15-of-18 and gathering a game-best 10 groundballs.

BC put this one away early, netting their first-three goals, including the eventual game-winner by Beals, in just over the first five minutes of action. Six more goals preceded a brutal closing stretch for GC, as Tristan Lee scored with 38 seconds remaining, then Wagner with five, and finally Short with no time on the clock, bringing the tallies to 12-0 through one.

After Oliver Nowell-Shortt scored a pair for the hosts, Guilford got their two tallies. First Cushing found himself in the right place at the right time, able to redirect a missed shot into the twine on the weak side for a "hockey style" goal. Crowley then netted an unassisted goal later in the frame as the score was 14-2.

The second half was all Eagles, however, with BC netting four in the third then capping it off with six in the fourth, bringing the final score to 24-2.

Guilford concludes their season on Wednesday, April 21^st at (RV) Roanoke College at 4:00 PM.

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