The University of Michigan men’s lacrosse team got on the board first with a goal from sophomore Andrew Portnoy (Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes) 49 seconds into the contest and jumped out to an early 3-0 lead but gave up a 6-0 run from the 9:58 mark of the first quarter to the 1:50 mark of the second quarter and never recovered, falling to the Bellarmine Knights, 12-6, on Saturday (Feb. 16) at Owsley B. Frazier Stadium.
Michigan got on the board first, as Portnoy scored the first goal of his career at the 14:11 mark of the first quarter on a roll from X.
Senior Thomas Paras (Lakewood, Ohio/St. Ignatius) then ripped off a pair of scores to give U-M a 3-0 lead with a little less than 10 minutes remaining in the opening period, marking the third time Michigan has ever jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
Bellarmine then went on to string together a 6-0 run to take a 6-3 lead, holding Michigan scoreless in the second quarter. Freshman Peter Kraus (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) ended the drought with his first career score, at the 1:50 mark of the second quarter to bring the Wolverines within two scores at 6-4 before the half.
The two sides traded goals to begin the second stanza, as freshman Kyle Jackson (Sarnia, Ontario/The Hill Academy) scored on a bounce shot from 10 yards out at the 11:12 mark on a helper from classmate Mike Hernandez (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) to bring the score to 6-5. However, Bellarmine answered back a minute later to lead 7-5 heading into the fourth quarter.
The Knights then had their second extended run of the day in the fourth quarter, beginning with a man-down score nearly five minutes into the third, eventually leading to a 11-5 lead with 10:48 remaining.
Jackson added his second of the game at the 9:37 mark to cut the score to 11-6, BU scored the final marker of the contest with 1:13 left, bringing the game to the final score of 12-6.
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