Turnovers hurt Germantown Academy in loss to Episcopal Academy - PA Prep Live

Turnovers hurt Germantown
Academy in loss to Episcopal
Academy
WHITEMARSH >> The Germantown Academy boys lacrosse team
couldn’t keep hold of the ball and that meant the Patriots
couldn’t keep up with Episcopal Academy.

Turnovers hampered the Patriots on cold and dreary Thursday
afternoon at Carey Stadium and when the visiting Churchmen
grabbed the lead late the first quarter, they never
relinquished it, creating some distance in the second half to
earn a 10-6 Inter-Ac victory.

“I think issue more so than us playing offense against their
defense was us clearing the ball, getting the ball to our
offense,” GA second-year coach Billy McKinney said. “We turned
the ball way too many times today, which kind of swung the
momentum at times and also afforded them to have more
possessions, which in the end killed us.”

 BOYS #LACROSSE: @EA_Athletics’ Chris McCoun rips in a shot
 off a pass from Nick Bates 3Q vs. Germantown Academy.
 pic.twitter.com/5ZdQGPiDyr

 — Mike Cabrey (@mpcabrey) April 20, 2018

Gunnar Bogorowski gave Germantown Academy its only lead, the
junior scoring the game’s first goal off a Bruce Henry assist
at 8:26 in the opening quarter. But Episcopal collected the
next three goals and five of the last six in the first half —
Nick Bates’ tally at 48 seconds after a GA turnover to make it
5-2 at the break.

“We had just turned it over and Chris McCoun had a great ride,

got it back and then Charlie (Cunniffe) assisted me,” Bates
said. “Just lucky enough to get it in.”

The Patriots pulled within two twice in the third quarter —
the last time at 6-5 — but another three-goal run by the
Churchman extended their advantage to 9-4 after Gabe Furey’s
strike at 11:10 in the fourth.

“I think we did a good job stopping their offense but
unfortunately they were able to score goals in transition,”
McKinney said. “Which goes back to our failure to clear the
ball.”

Germantown Academy’s Liam Rosato with the ball with Episcopal
Academy’s Kevin King keeping up during the first quarter of

their game on Thusday, April 19, 2018. (Debby High for Digital
First Media)

Furey had three goals, McCoun added a pair of goals while
Bates and Cunniffe both finished with two goals and three
assists as Episcopal (4-3, 2-0 league) won its third straight
after starting the season 1-3.

“I think we stuck to the game plan offensively,” Bates said.
“They’re going to short Gabe and Charlie all day so we did
what we knew we had to do with that.”

Bogorowski paced Germantown Academy (4-4, 1-1) with two goals
and also handed out an assist.

“When we actually got to play 6-on-6, I thought we generated
some good opportunities,” McKinney said. “I think the issue
with us is we didn’t get to play offense enough.”

 BOYS #LACROSSE: @GAPatriots’ Noah Spratt with a nice pass to
 Gunnar Bogorowski, who rips a shot into the back of the net
 3Q vs. Episcopal Academy. pic.twitter.com/APO45ScO9M

 — Mike Cabrey (@mpcabrey) April 20, 2018

GA looks to end a two-game skid Tuesday when it hosts Southern
Lehigh. The Patriots return to Inter-Ac play hosting Malvern
Prep Thursday.

“Year Two, they’re doing a great job,” McKinney said. “They’re
young, they’re learning. Some kids that didn’t play much are
stepping up and doing great things for us. So overall, I’m
excited with the progression of the group.”

Episcopal Academy next plays Thursday, visiting Penn Charter
for a league contest.

“We feel good,” Bates said. “We had the big win against

Malvern, 2-0 in the league right now, so we got momentum.”

After Bogorowski gave GA a 1-0 Cunniffe assisted on pair of
goals — first to Bates at 5:03 then to Rowan Brumbaugh at 3:26
— as the Churchmen ended the first quarter up 2-1.

Episcopal Academy’s Cortie Fischer drives towards the net
during the first quarter of the Churchmen’s game against
Germantown Academy on Thursday, April 19, (Debby High for
Digital First Media)

A Furey goal put the lead at 3-1 at 10:27 in the second
quarter before Kerway Tsai’s strike pulled GA within a goal
with 5:51 left in the half. Episcopal, however, scored 48
seconds later — Cunniffe finding the back of the net off a
Brumbaugh assist — while Bates’ goal in the final minute had
EA up 5-2 at intermission.

Bogorowski collected his second goal of the afternoon thanks
to a Noah Spratt assist to make it 5-3 at 6:43 in the third.
Cunniffe put the Churchman back up three before Bogorowski
found long stick midfielder Jack McHugh to cut the margin to
6-4 at 4:14. But McCann proceeded to score the third’s final
two goals, his second with just 4.6 seconds left in the
quarter for an 8-4 EA lead.

A Furey goal at 11:10 in the fourth gave Episcopal its largest
advantage at 9-4 and from there the closest GA could get was
four.