Michigan
7-5 (0-3B1G)
Penn State
3-8 (1-2B1G)
Wolverines Fall to Nittany Lions in Overtime
4/8/2022 9:03:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse
» U-M trailed by as many as five goals but outscored the Nittany Lions 4-0 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
» Sophomore Justin Brown entered the contest with four goals on the season and led U-M with five goals on six shots to pace the offense.
» Penn State's Mac Costin scored the game-winner 2:26 into the overtime session to give PSU the 9-8 win.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The University of Michigan men's lacrosse team fell to the Penn State Nittany Lions by a 9-8 score in overtime on Friday (April 8) at PSU's Panzer Stadium in State College, Pa.
Sophomore Justin Brown surpassed his collegiate total in goals, scoring a game-high five goals on only six shots for the first hat trick of his career. The midfielder entered the game with just four in his career.
Michigan (7-5, 0-3 B1G) fell behind early and trailed 2-0 before Brown netted his first of two goals in the half at the 5:21 mark of the first quarter to cut the PSU lead to 2-1. Another Nittany Lion marker with 2:09 to play in the first put the hosts up 3-1.
Brown scored again at the 9:56 mark in the second on a feed from freshman Ryan Cohen to make it 3-2, but the Nittany Lions finished the half on a 3-0 run to carry a 6-2 score into the break.
In the first half, U-M out-shot the Nittany Lions 23-21 but turned the ball over ten times. Sophomore goalie Shane Carr had eight stops, while senior Nick Rowlett went 6-of-10 at the dot with five ground ball pick-ups.
Following a Penn State score on the extra-man coming out of the half to increase the deficit to five, junior longpole Ryan Schriber scored his third tally of the season at the 9:36 mark on a helper from classmate Michael Cosgrove. The goal snapped a 15-plus minute scoreless streak and brought the Wolverines within four goals at 7-3.
Brown secured his hat trick with 6:56 to go in the third, making the contest a three-goal affair at 7-4. Penn State's Dan Reaume made the score 8-4 with 47 ticks to go in the fourth, in what proved to be the final Nittany Lion goal in regulation.
U-M outscored PSU 4-0 in the fourth, opening the quarter with a marker from sophomore Isaac Aronson on the extra-man at 13:25. Brown rattled off two more scores on helpers from sophomore Michael Boehm at 7:16 and junior Josh Zawada at 6:12 to bring U-M within one.
Zawada, held in check most of the night, knotted things at 8-8 with 3:03 to go, as the contest went into overtime at the same scoreline.
Penn State took possession on the initial face-off, and never surrendered the ball the rest of the contest. Mac Costin ended things with a bounce shot from 12-yards out, ending the game with a 9-8 score.
Rowlett finished the contest with a 12-of-20 mark at the dot with 10 ground balls, while Carr had 11 stops. Senior close defender Andrew Darby had six ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Michigan out-shot PSU 47-35 and won the turnover battle by a 15-18 margin.
U-M returns home for the final time in the regular season, hosting the No. 3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday (April 16) from U-M Lacrosse Stadium. Face-off is slated for a noon start and will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU.
