MONTEVALLO, Ala. – Montevallo men's lacrosse took an 18-10 win over Mars Hill on Wednesday evening in the Falcons' home opener.
 
Off the first faceoff of the day, Jetty Miller opened the scoring for the Falcons with an unassisted effort before Matthew Boas scored his first of seven goals at the 12:58 mark. Boas scored just over a minute later to give Montevallo a 3-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game. Senior keeper Alex Egorshin tallied his first save of the day at the 11:11 mark before Boas completed a first-quarter hat trick off an assist from Michael Howkins to put the Falcons up 4-0. The Falcons then added back-to-back goals from Lucas Mullen and William Angus to go up 6-0 with 4:30 left in the first. Nick Givens extended Montevallo's lead to seven late in the first to send the game to the second with Montevallo leading 7-0.
 
To start the second quarter, Howkins scored Montevallo's first man-up goal of the day with Mullen credited with the assist. Mars Hill finally got on the board with a pair of unanswered goals to make the score 8-2 with 7:05 left in the half. Howkins added his second goal of the quarter at the 5:56 mark before Devin Virk stretched Montevallo's lead to 10-2 just a few seconds later. The Lions added a man-up goal to trim the lead down to 10-3 before Mullen tallied a third goal to mark the score 11-3 with less than 90 second left in the half. Mars Hill closed the first 30 minutes with a goal to send the game to the half with Montevallo leading 11-4.
 
Egorshin opened the half with a pair of saves in the first three minutes before Boas added yet another goal to put the Falcons up by eight. Just two minutes, later Boas added his sixth goal of the night to stretch the lead to 13-4 before his seventh goal and third of the quarter gave UM a 14-4 lead with 7:09 left in the third. With just 34 seconds left before the fourth, Marley Straker gave Montevallo a 15-4 lead with his first goal of the night.
 
Mars Hill opened the fourth quarter scoring to cut the lead down to 10 with 12:38 on the clock. Egorshin tallied another pair of saves ahead of Aidan Collery's unassisted goal with 7:12 left to put the Falcons up 16-5. Mars Hill then went on a four-goal run in just over a minute to slice the Falcons' lead down to 16-9 with 4:00 on the clock. Hudson Haire's first goal of the night before Boas scored the final goal of the night for Montevallo with 1:18 left. Mars Hill scored in the final minute to finish the game with a final score of 18-10.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: RV Montevallo 18 | Mars Hill 10
Records: Montevallo 3-2 | Mars Hill 1-2
Location: Lacrosse Stadium | Montevallo, Ala.
 
GAME NOTES

• The Falcons fired a total of 48 shots on the day with 30 on goal while Mars Hill took 29 shots with 23 on frame.
• Montevallo picked up a total of 37 ground balls on the day while Mars Hill tallied 26 on the night.
• UM posted a 19-for-23 mark on clears while holding MHU to a 17-for-31 mark with Montevallo adding 18 caused turnovers.
• Matthew Boas led Montevallo's attack with eight points on seven goals and an assist.
• Michael Howkins and Lucas Mullen each posted five points on two goals and three assists apiece.
• Collin Schuster led Montevallo's defense with four caused turnovers while adding a total of four ground balls.

 
UP NEXT: Montevallo is set to host Belmont Abbey on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m.