Exeter 6  Governor's Academy 5
Exeter, NH, Monday, May, 7th - With 17 seconds remaining in a 5-5 contest, Freddy Janney fired a shot into the upper right corner of the goal off an assist from co-game ball winner Max Alderman to give Exeter a 6-5 comeback win over the #1 ranked and undefeated Governor’s Academy. GA came into the game with an 11-0 record, averaging 14 goals per game, yielding less than 4 goals per game, holding the #1 rank in Eastern New England, and being the 2nd ranked prep school in all of New England behind Deerfield. The Governors certainly looked as good as advertised as they scored twice in the first quarter and twice again in the 2nd quarter to take a 4-0 halftime lead. Despite generating several quality shots, Exeter’s offense was struggling against a very good GA defense, and simply not playing inspired lacrosse. All that changed when Exeter came out in the 2nd half with a different attitude, a more aggressive approach, and started to control the game. Much of the credit goes to co-game ball winner Eric Eberhart’s domination of faceoffs. He either controlled the ball to himself, or managed to get it out to his excellent wingmen Evan O’Brien and Garrett Nicholson. Max Alderman scored off a nice assist from JP Collmus half way through the 3rd quarter, to finally put Exeter on the board and to make it a 4-1 game. A few minutes later, a broken clear by Exeter resulted in a breakaway goal by a GA attackman, and the differential was back to four goals. This would be GA’s last goal of the game. With less than a minute remainng in the 3rd quarter, Nic Laster scored the first of his two goals off an Alderman assist, and the 3rd period ended 5-2. The 4th quarter would be Exeter’s. With Evan O’Brien, Garrett Nicholson, John Dwyer, Sam Gardner, Tom Clayton, Charlie Brewer, and goalie Yuri Larrabee shutting down the GA offense and creating turnovers, Exeter started controlling the action. Exeter’s Laster scored four minutes into the 4th off a beautiful assist from Alex Katz, and now things were getting interesting. Eric Eberhart continued to win the ball back so Exeter stayed on offense, and two minutes later, Freddy Janney scored Exeter’s 4th goal off yet another Alderman assist. GA was trying to win back momentum by playing more aggressively, but in doing so, they committed four 4th quarter penalties; including a locked-in unsportsmanlike. Exeter capitalized yet again when Max Alderman scored his 2nd goal after a nice pass from Nic Laster, and now the game was tied with five minutes remaining. The ball went up and down the field several times as the defenses tightened and turned away the offenses. With 40 seconds left in the game, another GA penalty was called, and the Janney from Alderman winning shot came just 23 seconds later. This was an outstanding win over an excellent team. To come back and win the 2nd half 6-1 is an amazing accomplishment, and a real testament to the grit and determination of the BIG RED. Congratulations.
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Team	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Game Total
Exeter	0	0	2	4	6
Governors	2	2	1	0	5

Game Ball Winners -Max Alderman, Eric Eberhart

Game Scoring - Goals - Laster (2), Janney (2), Alderman (2)

                           Assists - Alderman (3), Collmus, Laster, Katz

Faceoffs Won/ Faceoff Attempted- Eberhart 9/14

Saves/Shots on Goal - Larrabee 8/13