GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. --- The Moravian College men's lacrosse squad opened its 2021 campaign with an 18-13 non-conference victory at Gwynedd Mercy University Monday afternoon.

How It Happened

• Moravian needed just 15 seconds to score the opening goal of the season as junior attack Connor James took a pass from senior long stick midfielder Jimmy Schicke for the first tally of the year. Junior attack Griffin LeBlond made it 2-0 before the Griffins knotted the score. Senior attack Cade Siddron pushed the Hounds back in front before Gwynedd Mercy scored twice to take its only lead of the afternoon at 4-3 with 1:12 left in the quarter. Siddron and James each scored in the final 17 seconds as the Blue and Grey led 5-4 after 15 minutes of action
• LeBlond pushed it to 6-4 with his second goal of the day just 31 seconds into the second quarter, and Siddron made Moravian's edge 10-6 with his third goal. James netted his third goal with 1:05 left in the first half and the Greyhounds headed to the intermission with an 11-9 lead
• Siddron tallied the first goal of the second half, and he added another goal in the period that ended with LeBlond finding the net with just seven seconds on the clock as the Hounds led 15-12 after 45 minutes
• Moravian tallied three more goals in the fourth quarter before the Griffins scored with just 15 seconds left

First for the Hounds

• Freshman attack Trevor Dzama had a hat trick for Moravian in his first collegiate match
• Sophomore goalie Sean DeMott made his first career start between the pipes and registered 12 saves
• Junior midfielder Zach Bergeron had his first career assist for his first point with the Hounds

Inside the Numbers

• LeBlond led the Greyhounds with a career-high six goals while Siddron added a career-best 10 points on five goals and five assists, both career highs
• The only other Hound to score a goal was James, who had four tallies to go along with a pair of assists. Schicke and junior midfielder Nick Nolder both had one assist
• Siddron's five assists are tied for the seventh most in a match in school history, and he is the first Greyhound to record five assists in a match since Clint Quedenfield had five helpers versus King's College on April 23, 2005. Siddron's 10 points are tied for fifth all-time in program history and most in a match since Quedenfield scored 11 points at Neumann University on April 6, 2005
• Junior face-off specialist Ben Walek was 22-for-33 on face-offs, just one face-off win shy of T.J. Hirsch's school record of 23 face-off wins set against Mt. Ida College on March 10, 2007
• Walek also had a team-best eight ground balls while Schicke scooped up seven ground balls

Up Next for the Greyhounds

• Saturday, March 20 vs. Marywood University, 12:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 31 at Drew University, 4:30 p.m.