Emmitsburg, MD (March 18, 2004) -The Manhattan men's lacrosse team won a quadruple-overtime thriller against Mt. St. Mary's, 9-8, at the Mount's Alumni Field on Thursday afternoon. Manhattan's Justin Otto scored with 1:10 left in the fourth overtime to give the Jaspers the sudden-victory win.
Manhattan (3-1, 1-0 MAAC) converted a Mount St. Mary's turnover to score the winning goal. John Crotty scooped up a ground ball, raced to the other end, and fed Otto for the game-winner. The Mount had 11 shots in the four overtime periods, but Manhattan goalkeeper Robert Busweiler had to make just one save.
The Mount (0-4, 0-2 MAAC) rallied from a late two-goal deficit to force the extra sessions. Billy Jautze scored twice in the final 3:23 to knot the score at 8-8. Jautze took a Tilghman Herring feed and buried the shot with 57 seconds left to tie the game.
Manhattan held a 4-3 advantage at the half and took a 7-5 lead heading into the fourth quarter. After Matt Warner cut the deficit to 7-6, Otto scored his first of two goals on the day with 6:27 left to give the Jaspers an 8-6 advantage.
Otto, Sean Crowley and Greg Lewis each had two goals for the Jaspers while Eugene Tanner chipped in a goal and two assists in the win. Jautze and Warner paced the Mount offense with two goals each while Jay Duffy had a goal and two assists.
Busweiler made 15 saves for the Jaspers while Chris Channing had strong effort in goal for the Mount off the bench. Channing made five saves and allowed just two goals in 31:08 minutes of action.
The Jaspers return to action on Saturday, March 20, when they play Canisius in Buffalo, NY at 1 pm.