SoCon Tournament Information

Jacksonville, Fla. – Jonah Moore scored a career-high four goals and turned in a career-high six points to lead Furman past Jacksonville, 11-7, on Saturday night in a game that was pushed back to an "under the lights" start time due to severe weather in the area. The win moves Furman to 4-8 on the year, 3-3 in SoCon play, and clinches a spot for the Paladins in the first-ever Southern Conference tournament. The loss ends Jacksonville's season at 4-8, 1-5 in SoCon play.

Thanks to a win over Jacksonville and a High Point win over Bellarmine, Furman heads to next weekend's SoCon Tournament as the No.4 seed and will face regular-season champion and tournament-host Richmond at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 30.

Moore led the team with four goals and added two assists for a career-high six points, while Kenny Meinsen added three goals to his team-leading season total. Robbie Betchley III netted two of his own, while Clay Adams and Scott Primeau each added one. Primeau also added two assists, while sophomore Hil Blaze was 14-21 from the faceoff 'X' and picked up a team-high seven ground balls. Goalie Reilly McDermott continued his solid work in his freshman campaign, making 12 saves on the night.

Quint Miller led the Dolphins with four goals, while three other players added one and five different players tallied an assist. Austin Curtis picked up a team-high-tying four ground balls, while three different players saw time at the faceoff position for Jacksonville.

The Paladins took an early lead in the first on a goal by Betchley, before Jacksonville scored back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 lead. Jonah Moore scored a man-down goal with three seconds remaining in the first quarter to tie the game at two. Jacksonville regained the lead early in the second, before consecutive man-down goals by Moore and Adams put the Paladins up 4-3 with 4:21 remaining until halftime. After Jacksonville scored a man-up goal with 3:46 remaining, both teams were held scoreless for the remainder of the half, heading into the locker rooms tied at four.

The Paladins opened the second half on the attack, scoring four-straight goals to open their biggest lead of the day at 8-4 with 5:48 left in the third. The Dolphins cut the lead to three heading into the fourth quarter, then to two eight minutes into the fourth, but Furman used Kenny Meinsen's third goal of the day to push the lead back to three with 5:49 to go. The Dolphins responded with a goal by Chase McIntyre to cut the lead to two with 5:17 remaining, but the Paladins shut out Jacksonville for the rest of the game and used goals by Betchley and Moore to take the 11-7 victory.

Chandler Carver, Sports Information