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Charlie Lengal

Men's Lacrosse Athletic Communications

CC Storms Back to Stun Montclair State in OT

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Another day, another overtime victory for the Colorado College men's lacrosse team.

After missing Friday's thriller at Elizabethtown College, sophomore attacker Coby Petau returned to the lineup and struck for the game-winning goal with two seconds remaining in overtime after taking a feed from senior attacker Robbie Stern.

Stern struck for two of his four goals late in the fourth quarter to finish off an epic comeback that saw CC erase an eight-goal first-half deficit.

While the attack grabs the headlines for recording the goals, the Tiger defense came up big in the second half by allowing just two Montclair goals and the man-down unit killed off a pair of one-minute penalties in the fourth quarter.

Trailing 10-4 after 30 minutes and 11-5 early in the third quarter, goals by sophomore midfielder Max Rieser and Stern just 16 seconds apart pulled Colorado College to within four with 6:33 to play in the frame.

The Tigers CC cut their deficit to 11-9 on a pair of goals from junior midfielder Tyler Borko goals, both set up by junior midfielder Aaron Maslow, but Montclair stunned the Tigers on a goal with just two seconds to go.

After Colorado College's man-down unit killed off a penalty, the Tigers got back to within two when sophomore long-stick middle Noah Hirshorn struck for his third goal of the year midway through the fourth quarter.

Stern pulled the Tigers to within one when he scored his third goal of the game with 6:06 to play, and then he leveled the score an unassisted goal with 4:35 to go.

CC had an opportunity to win the game in regulation, but Montclair junior goaltender Jack Cardew stopped first-year attackman John Sutro's shot with 1:11 remaining.

At the other end of the field, freshman goaltender PJ Offner returned the favor when he denied MSU's Sean Stadtlander as time expired.

Offner entered the contest after just 6:46 had expired and finished with a career-best 12 saves.

Starting goaltender Andrew Harwood had to leave the game.

Junior midfielder Tom Haller put the Tigers on the board with 8:42 remaining in the first half, but CC didn't score again until junior midfielder Daniel Lunghamer found the net almost 15 minutes later. By that time, the Red Hawks already had added five more goals to build a 9-1 lead.

Lunghamer's tally ignited a 3-0 surge that got Colorado College back in the game, and markers from Petau and Stern pulled the Tigers to within 9-4 with 7:02 remaining in the first half.

Montclair took a page out of CC's playbook and scored with one second to play in the first quarter and then again with 10 seconds remaining before halftime to build a six-goal halftime lead.

Cardew made 18 saves for the Red Hawks, who slipped to 7-5.

Junior attacker Matt Haemmerle led Montclair with five goals and three assists. Dan Bellezza added four goals and set up two others.                                                                                         

Colorado College, which improved to 12-1, plays host to West Region rival Whittier College next Saturday in the annual battle for the Locker-Stabler Cup.
  
  
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Players Mentioned

Robbie Stern

#8 Robbie Stern

A
6' 4"
Senior
PJ Offner

#15 PJ Offner

G
6' 2"
Freshman
Tyler Borko

#34 Tyler Borko

M
5' 11"
Senior
Tom Haller

#44 Tom Haller

M
6' 0"
Senior
Noah Hirshorn

#30 Noah Hirshorn

M
6' 0"
Junior
Daniel Lunghamer

#10 Daniel Lunghamer

M
5' 10"
Senior
Aaron Maslow

#24 Aaron Maslow

M
5' 11"
Senior
Andrew Harwood

#5 Andrew Harwood

G
5' 11"
Senior
Coby Petau

#2 Coby Petau

A
5' 10"
Senior
Max Rieser

#88 Max Rieser

M
6' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Robbie Stern

#8 Robbie Stern

6' 4"
Senior
A
PJ Offner

#15 PJ Offner

6' 2"
Freshman
G
Tyler Borko

#34 Tyler Borko

5' 11"
Senior
M
Tom Haller

#44 Tom Haller

6' 0"
Senior
M
Noah Hirshorn

#30 Noah Hirshorn

6' 0"
Junior
M
Daniel Lunghamer

#10 Daniel Lunghamer

5' 10"
Senior
M
Aaron Maslow

#24 Aaron Maslow

5' 11"
Senior
M
Andrew Harwood

#5 Andrew Harwood

5' 11"
Senior
G
Coby Petau

#2 Coby Petau

5' 10"
Senior
A
Max Rieser

#88 Max Rieser

6' 2"
Senior
M