Dragons Drop CAA Contest to Fairfield, 18-13

Saturday, March 30

Philadelphia, Pa.

1 p.m.

Drexel University

4-6, 1-2

Fairfield

5-5, 2-1

FFD

Drexel

Photo by: Sideline Photos

3/30/2024 2:56:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – Fairfield held off a Drexel comeback and defeated the Dragons in a Coastal Association game at Vidas Field, 18-13. The Stags improved to 2-1 in CAA play, while Drexel fell to 1-2.

Gavin Kelly led Drexel (4-6) with three goals and five points. Max Semple and Luke Tomak also had hat tricks for the Dragons. Bryce Ford led the Stags with six goals and eight points.

Fairfield (5-5) raced out to an early 3-0 lead and never trailed in the game. The Stags scored on their first three shots of the game. The Stags led by as many as four goals in the first period before Max Semple cut it to 5-2 late in the quarter. Drexel turned the ball over 10 times in the opening stanza. Fairfield kept the Dragons at bay for most of the second quarter. The teams exchanged the first four goals before the Dragons trimmed it to 7-5 on a Witt Crawford goals with a little more than four minutes left until the half. Drexel opened the second half with a goal on the first possession. Kelly came out from behind the net, took a hit but retained possession and scored his first of three to make it 7-6. The Stags, as they did most of the day, answered quickly. Fairfield scored five straight times to open up a 12-6 lead.

After Fairfield's run, Drexel responded with four straight goals and eventually cut the lead to one at 13-12 at the 12:45 mark when Kelly found Semple on the right wing. However, Fairfield would rattle off five of the next six goals to earn the road victory.

The Stags outshot DU, 47-36. Drexel won the face-off battle, 18-17, and had four more ground balls than the Stags. It was a turnover filled game as Drexel committed 21, while the visitors had 16. Drew McGill had 14 stops in the cage for the Dragons. Owen Hirsch picked up the win for Fairfield and made nine saves.

The Dragons are back in action next Saturday when they visit Stony Brook.