It was the timeout that made time stand nonetheless.
Adelphi males’s lacrosse captured its second straight D2 nationwide championship in a 9-8 extra time thriller that solely occurred after the College of Tampa known as a timeout with 12 seconds left — nullifying what would have been the Florida workforce’s game-winner.
“Everyone’s hearts just dropped,” junior midfielder Kyle Lewis, who scored the golden aim — his first in OT — instructed The Put up. “Right after the timeout, we got our emotions back and knew we had a game to play.”
Head coach Gordon Purdie drew up a particular play to get Lewis the ball with 2:41 left in OT as a result of he’s “maybe the hardest working player on my team,” who earned the stainless alternative.
“If you look back at the video, I had to see if everything that was going on was real. It felt like just a dream,” Lewis, of Franklin Sq., stated additionally praising the four-goal efficiency by fellow junior middie Vincent McDermott.
“Going into next year, we’re not going to look back at what we did this year,” Lewis added. “When September starts, so does the goal to win another national championship.”
Twice as good
These Frogs are leaping for pleasure.
Carle Place is the place to be as the college’s baseball and softball groups every simply gained Nassau County titles and can every play Babylon for the LI title.
“It’s been 20 years since the last title for baseball,” senior shortstop Patrick McCarthy, who will play at Manhattanville subsequent 12 months, instructed The Put up.
“It’s going to continue this way. We have a lot of young guys that are brought into the program.”
Senior softball pitcher Marissa Nosovitch, who will throw for Kutztown College, stated that profitable counties introduced her already shut squad nearer than ever earlier than.
“We’ve been playing together since kindergarten,” she stated. “This would mean the world to all of us.”
Prime-seeded Wantagh takes on No. 3 Seaford on Friday at Farmingdale State at 1 p.m. for Sport 2 of the Class A baseball title sequence.
In softball, No. 1 MacArthur faces No. 2 Glen Cove at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Sport 2 of the AA Class closing at FSU.
