Harris' Goal in Double OT Leads Dragons Past Michigan, 17-16

Tuesday, February 19

Ann Arbor, Mich.

3 p.m.

Drexel University

1-1

Michigan

1-1

OT 1

Drexel

Michigan

Harris' Goal in Double OT Leads Dragons Past Michigan, 17-16

2/19/2019 4:26:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Cam Harris scored a transition goal in the second overtime to give Drexel a come-from-behind 17-16 win at Michigan (1-1). Reid Bowering scored a career-high seven goals, including the tying goal with just eight seconds to play, as the Dragons (1-1) rallied from a five-goal deficit to pick up a road win.

Bowering had five of his goals in the first half to help keep Drexel in the game. The junior now has 10 goals in his first two games of the young season and became the first Dragon since Robert Church back in 2010 to score seven goals in a game. Collin Mailman picked up his first career hat trick and Nick Fox had his first three goals of the season as well.

In the second overtime period, the Wolverines started with possession but John Roulston, who came into the game in the third quarter, made a stop early giving Drexel the ball. However, the Dragons turned it over in the offensive end, giving Michigan a chance to win. With under two minutes to go and taking its time on the offensive end, Michigan's Alex Buckanavage, who had a huge game, had his pass intercepted by Matt Klinges. The senior handed the ball to Roulston in the crease, who then gave it to Harris. Harris took it the length of the field, raced down the right wing and his shot bounced past Michigan goalie Tommy Heidt to give Drexel the unlikely victory.

The game went to extra frames after Drexel ended regulation on a 5-1 run to erase a four-goal deficit. Down 15-11, Collin Mailman cut the lead to three with exactly seven minutes left on the clock. A minute later, freshman George Grippo found a path to the net after a Michigan turnover and fired a shot home to make it 15-13. Mailman's third goal of the game with just 1:53 remaining in the game to cut Michigan's lead to just one at 15-14. Michigan won the face-off and called timeout. After play resumed, Drexel tried to double team Avery Myers, but he broke through in alone on Roulston to make it a two-goal game with 1:36 to go. Jimmeh Koita, who struggled in the second half at the face-off "x", came up with a huge win on the ensuing draw. Jack Farrell picked up the ground ball and the Dragons were still in it. With just under a minute to go, Matthew Varian turned the corner from behind the net and fired a shot home as he was cross-checked. The goal counted and the Dragons were on the man-up. The Dragons won the draw, but Matt Soran's shot was turned aside by Heidt. However, Michigan's clear attempt failed with Drexel still on the man-up. Bowering made the Wolverines pay when he found the back of the net for goal number seven with just eight ticks remaining on the clock.
Michigan scored the first four goals of the game to take an early lead. Brent Noseworthy scored two goals in the first 1:57 of the game to give the Wolverines an early lead. Two minutes later, Kevin Mack scored off a feed from Buckanavage making it a three-goal lead. The pair swapped roles later in the quarter as Mack set up Buckanavage to make it 4-0 Michigan. The Dragons finally got on the board when Charles Dumas found Bowering in transition with 3:44 to play. However, Michigan regained the four-goal advantage when Noseworthy just beat the buzzer at the end of the quarter, giving 5-1 lead after one.

In the second quarter Fox fought off a check and bounced one past Heidt to make it 5-2. Michigan answered with two in a row and opened up a commanding five-goal lead. The Dragons fought back and rattled off the next four goals in the next five minutes. Varian started the run and then Bowering notched his second goal of the game from the doorstep. The junior would complete a hat trick a few minutes later with a nice dodge from the right wing. The run would end when Fox faked right and turned and fired a left-handed shot in the cage, making it 7-6. Michigan would add two more before intermission, one by Brandon Shima and the other by Buckanavage to take a 9-6 lead at the half.

Buckanavage and Mack each had seven points for the Wolverines. Buckanavage scored four times, while Mack had three goals. Myers, who finished with four goals and two assist, scored three times in the final 15 minutes.

Michigan outshot the Dragons, 46-45, and held a 21-16 advantage on face-offs. Each team committed 19 turnovers on a cold afternoon in the Midwest. Roulston picked up the win in the cage, making three saves over the final 29 minutes of play. Heidt had nine saves in the loss for the Wolverines.

Drexel returns home to face the University at Albany on Saturday. Face-off at Vidas Field is at noon.