Box Score
Salisbury, N.C.----The Catawba College men’s lacrosse team scored 17 goals after intermission, taking a come-from-behind 18-13 Deep South Conference tournament victory over visiting Wingate University Tuesday night at Shuford Stadium and Kirkland Field. The Catawba Indians are 7-6 overall, while the Wingate Bulldogs are 2-13 overall.

Catawba sophomore midfield Adam Hebert (Charlotte, N.C.) led the Indians with four goals. Sophomore midfield Daniel Rew (Forest Hill, Md.) had three goals and won 12 face-offs for the hosts. Wingate freshman attack Ryan Vogrig (Vancouver, B.C.) led the Bulldogs with four goals. Senior attack Derek Watts (Winston-Salem, N.C.) led both teams with five assists.

Catawba scored six unanswered goals to take its first lead five minutes into the fourth quarter. Hebert concluded the 6-0 run with an unassisted goal to make the score 11-10 Catawba. Junior attack Steven Ridolfo (Charlotte, N.C.) posted back-to-back goals to start the flurry.

Ridolfo’s first score came in the third quarter (28.6), while his second tally started the fourth frame (13:23). Catawba senior midfield Tom Cullop (New Windsor, Md.) assisted on Ridolfo’s second score. Eight different Indians scored second half goals, led by Hebert’s four scores.

Vogrig scored a man-up goal to tie the game 11-11 with 8:47 to play. Hebert scored the game-winner two minutes later (6:24). Hebert’s goal started a game-ending 7-2 run for the hosts. Rew and Hebert scored twice in the waning moments.

Wingate led 6-1 at halftime, thanks to back-to-back Womble goals in the final 54 seconds of the second quarter. Derek Watts assisted on both Womble tallies. Watts started Wingate’s second quarter scoring at the 2:13 mark, firing a missile into the upper corner on an assist from his brother, sophomore midfield Chase Watts (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

Catawba scored its only first-half goal to open the second stanza, as sophomore attack Zach LaFavre (Weymouth, Mass.) took a pass from classmate Jon Williams (Hillsborough, N.C.) and found the back of the nets with 11:06 left. Catawba outshot Wingate 20-16 in the opening half. 

The Bulldogs blanked the Indians 3-0 in the opening frame. Junior midfield Troy Press (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), sophomore attack Cory Schumacher (Gainesville, Va.) and senior midfield Chase Clifton (Lexington, N.C.) posted first quarter goals for the visitors. Clifton’s 24th goal of the season finished the first quarter scoring with 8.4 seconds remaining.

Catawba outshot Wingate 57-31; the Bulldogs held a 37-36 edge in ground balls. Wingate junior midfield Bryce Sneed (Apex, N.C.) won 20-of-35 face-offs for the visitors. Catawba senior goalkeeper Christian Klimczyk (Linthicum, Md.) took the victory with five saves. He allowed 13 goals. Wingate sophomore goalkeeper Travis Price (Greensboro, N.C.) took the loss. Price racked up 17 saves and surrendered 18 goals.