TOWSON, Md. – Senior Thomas Ensmenger closed out his collegiate career in style, scoring the game-winning goal in overtime to hand the Drew University men's lacrosse team a thrilling 14-13 Landmark Conference (LC) victory at Goucher College on Saturday in the team's season finale. The Gophers took the lead with 13 seconds left, only to see the Rangers win the ensuing face-off and force OT when junior Kevin Goettlich scored four seconds later.
 
Highlights
• Drew (2-14, 1-5 LC) started the game hot, opening up a 5-0 lead nine minutes into the contest. Five different Rangers scored during the run.
• Goucher (5-10, 0-6 LC) rallied with a 6-1 run to pull even at 6-6 with 1:53 left in the opening half.
• Junior Nicholas Polaceck put the Ranger on top 7-6 at the half when he found the back of the net with 19 seconds left in the second quarter.
• The game of runs continued in the second half, when the Gophers outscored Drew 3-0 in the third quarter. However, Drew answered with an explosive start to the fourth quarter, scoring three unanswered goals to go up 10-9 with 7:33 remaining. Junior Seamus O'Connor, freshman Nicholas D'Eufemia, and Polacek all scored during the surge.
• A total of seven goals were scored in the final 5:50 of regulation in an action-packed finish. O'Connor and junior Kyle MacDonnell each gave the Rangers a lead, and MacDonnell's tally made it 12-11 with 1:56 left. But the Gophers answered, striking on a Grant Lasorda goal with 13 seconds left.
• Sophomore Miles Savage then came up big at the X, winning the face-off and dishing the ball off to O'Connor, who found Goettlich for the game-tying goal.
• Savage also won the opening face-off in overtime, and after the Rangers missed the cage on a pair of shots, Ensmenger buried the golden goal, finishing off a dish from O'Connor as the Rangers captured their first Landmark Conference victory of the season.
 
Top Performers
• Polacek tied his career-high with four goals while O'Connor finished with three goals and two assists.
• Goettlich tallied two goals and two assists while Ensmenger posted two goals and one helper. MacDonnell also scored twice.
• Savage won 16-of-24 of face-offs and picked up 11 ground balls. Defenders Jonny Bronander and Jack Tynan scooped five ground balls apiece.
• Junior Nate Sanders turned aside 10 shots in goal for the Rangers.
 
Stat Sheet
The Gophers edged the Rangers 44-41 in shots while Drew owned a 38-25 advantage in ground balls and a 19-12 surplus in face-offs.