Completed Event: Lacrosse versus Air Force on May 4, 2025 , Loss , 10, to, 11
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Saturday, March 29
Louisville, KY
10:00 a.m.
University of Utah
2-7, 1-0ASUN
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Bellarmine
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White’s Hat Trick Helps Lacrosse Win First ASUN Game of Season, 11-9
3/29/2025 2:07 PM | Lacrosse
Seven different Utes tally goal to get back in win column
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Getting back in the win column, the University of Utah lacrosse program wrapped their first conference game at 11-9, taking over the Bellarmine Knights at Owsley B. Frazier Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
FIRST QUARTER
The Knights were the first to make it on to the scoreboard, scoring less than a minute and a half into the game. Utah was quick to follow a goal of their own by junior Zachary White scoring the first of his three. Bellarmine was able to get two more scores in and tallied two other attempts, but junior Colin Lenskold was able to stop them before the clock ran out. This left the Utes trailing 3-1 at the end of the first.
SECOND QUARTER
Junior Tyler Kloeckl won the first face-off of the second fifteen, which was quickly followed up by two shots from senior Cody Hart. A turnover from the Knights led to sophomore Marco Pascarella scoring his first goal of the season and closing the deficit for the Utes to one. Pascarella spurred a 3-0 run for Utah, seeing two more goals, one from sophomore Jake Likes and another from sophomore Luca Pivetta. Pivetta's goal marked not only his first score of his career, but his third shot in his two years as a Ute.
Kloeckl won the next face-off, which lead to four Utah shots and one ground ball, before a penalty on the Utes gave Bellarmine the chance to score on a man-up opportunity. Both Utah and the Knights hit the net with Utah adding two more shots before the clock read half time. The Utes went in to the break sitting at 6-5.
THIRD QUARTER
Coming out strong in the third, junior Will Overly scored for Utah, adding to the Utes' surplus. Both teams marked shots and a turnover, before Bellarmine takes the lead, for the first time since early in the second, with a 3-0 run. Freshman Luke McNamara was quick, six seconds to be exact, to tie the game back up at eight and with a second goal from Likes, the Utes take the lead, 9-8, going in to the final quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
The fourth quarter was a battle, with each team finding seven shots before Stines hits the net in the seventh-minute to end a seven-minute scoreless stretch. Sophomore Bryce Madden won the face-off and a minute later White earns his second hat trick of the season, putting the Utes up by three. The Knights work to close the deficit with a score in the last minute and a half, but it isn't enough and the Utes walk away with the win.
GAME LEADERS
Seven different Utes found the back of the net with White leading the pack with three. Two Utes, Pascarella and Pivetta, earned their first goal of the season with Pivetta, a long-pole defensemen, marking the first goal of his career. Stines was at the top of the roster in both points (5) and shots (9), finding two goals and three assists.
Holding down the defense. Senior Colby Plotts and junior Nikko DiPonio were the position-players that led with four ground balls each. Overall, Kloeckl tallied up five ground balls during his 19 attempted face-offs. Recording a 68% face-off percentage, the junior won 13 of his 19, bumping his season's success rate to 54.8%. In the cage, junior Colin Lenskold saved 13 of Bellarmine's attempts, holding them to his first single-digit game of the season.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
UP NEXT
Staying in the ASUN energy, the Utes head back to Salt Lax City to host Mercer for their second conference game of the season, taking place at Ute Field on April 5 at 12 p.m. MT.
FIRST QUARTER
The Knights were the first to make it on to the scoreboard, scoring less than a minute and a half into the game. Utah was quick to follow a goal of their own by junior Zachary White scoring the first of his three. Bellarmine was able to get two more scores in and tallied two other attempts, but junior Colin Lenskold was able to stop them before the clock ran out. This left the Utes trailing 3-1 at the end of the first.
SECOND QUARTER
Junior Tyler Kloeckl won the first face-off of the second fifteen, which was quickly followed up by two shots from senior Cody Hart. A turnover from the Knights led to sophomore Marco Pascarella scoring his first goal of the season and closing the deficit for the Utes to one. Pascarella spurred a 3-0 run for Utah, seeing two more goals, one from sophomore Jake Likes and another from sophomore Luca Pivetta. Pivetta's goal marked not only his first score of his career, but his third shot in his two years as a Ute.
Kloeckl won the next face-off, which lead to four Utah shots and one ground ball, before a penalty on the Utes gave Bellarmine the chance to score on a man-up opportunity. Both Utah and the Knights hit the net with Utah adding two more shots before the clock read half time. The Utes went in to the break sitting at 6-5.
THIRD QUARTER
Coming out strong in the third, junior Will Overly scored for Utah, adding to the Utes' surplus. Both teams marked shots and a turnover, before Bellarmine takes the lead, for the first time since early in the second, with a 3-0 run. Freshman Luke McNamara was quick, six seconds to be exact, to tie the game back up at eight and with a second goal from Likes, the Utes take the lead, 9-8, going in to the final quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
The fourth quarter was a battle, with each team finding seven shots before Stines hits the net in the seventh-minute to end a seven-minute scoreless stretch. Sophomore Bryce Madden won the face-off and a minute later White earns his second hat trick of the season, putting the Utes up by three. The Knights work to close the deficit with a score in the last minute and a half, but it isn't enough and the Utes walk away with the win.
GAME LEADERS
Seven different Utes found the back of the net with White leading the pack with three. Two Utes, Pascarella and Pivetta, earned their first goal of the season with Pivetta, a long-pole defensemen, marking the first goal of his career. Stines was at the top of the roster in both points (5) and shots (9), finding two goals and three assists.
Holding down the defense. Senior Colby Plotts and junior Nikko DiPonio were the position-players that led with four ground balls each. Overall, Kloeckl tallied up five ground balls during his 19 attempted face-offs. Recording a 68% face-off percentage, the junior won 13 of his 19, bumping his season's success rate to 54.8%. In the cage, junior Colin Lenskold saved 13 of Bellarmine's attempts, holding them to his first single-digit game of the season.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
- Nikko DiPonio is the country's position-player leader in ground balls with 57 this season.
- Marking 58 shots to Bellarmine's 41, and 33-22 on-goal, sixteen Utes tallied an attempt.
- This is the first match this season that Utah wasn't the first to score, but came out on top.
- Pivetta is the first defense-men this season to earn a goal, marking the first in his career and his third-career shot.
- This bumps the all-time record between the Knights and the Utes to 9-0.
- The Utes picked up 29 ground balls, seven more than the Knights.
- In face-offs, the Utes are sitting at 16 wins to Bellarmine's 8, marking the fourth-time this season that Utah won more face-offs than their opponent.
UP NEXT
Staying in the ASUN energy, the Utes head back to Salt Lax City to host Mercer for their second conference game of the season, taking place at Ute Field on April 5 at 12 p.m. MT.
Team Stats
UTAH
BELL
Shots
56
40
Turnovers
13
20
Caused Turnovers
11
8
Faceoffs Won
16
8
Extra-Man Opps
2
2
Ground Balls
34
23
Game Leaders
Players
G
3
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
4
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
2
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
1
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
1
Players Mentioned
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/ Lacrosse
FO/M
/ Lacrosse
GK
/ LacrosseM
/ Lacrosse
FO/M
/ Lacrosse
A
/ LacrosseA
/ Lacrosse
M
/ Lacrosse
D
/ Lacrosse
D
/ LacrosseA
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