HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville men's lacrosse team won the program's inaugural in thrilling fashion on Sunday, scoring with 2:27 on the clock in overtime to secure an 11-10 win over visiting Brevard. UAH starts out at 1-0, while BC falls to 0-3.
 
After Daniel Wilson, Jr. had scored with three minutes remaining in regulation to level the contest at 10-10, Quincy Ward scored his second of the game in the overtime period to lift the Chargers to the historic victory.
 
The first goal in program history came much earlier in the contest when Kevin Coppinger assisted on Mattie D'Amico's score with 7:33 left in the first quarter to elate the large Charger Park crowd, but the visitors seized the momentum with a pair of goals less than a minute apart towards the end of the quarter.

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Brevard eventually added three more goals to grab a 5-1 lead with just over four minutes left until the half, but Dylan Aden scored an unassisted tally and John Forrest Ruble set up Collin Wilcox with 1:55 left in the second quarter to pull the Chargers back within two at 5-3 at the break.
 
Scoring just under two minutes into the third quarter were the Tornados, but the Chargers then went on a torrid stretch and scored five goals of their own in less than four minutes to take an 8-6 lead at the 7:33 mark.
 
Aden, Wilson, and Ward scored the first three of the stretch with Ward's tying the contest at 6-6 before Isaiah Currie's unassisted strike gave UAH a 7-6 lead, and Coppinger's man-up score put the Chargers in front 8-6.
 
The guests then responded with three straight to back up 9-8 with 14:18 on the clock in the fourth quarter, and after Coppinger scored his second of the game to tie it, Kyle Hunziker put Brevard back up at 10-9 to eventually create the late-game drama.
 
Michl McNeil earned the victory in goal for the Chargers, making 16 saves.
 
For the contest, Brevard outshot UAH 41-33 while holding a 26-22 advantage in shots on goal. The Tornados also collected 37 ground balls to UAH's 34 and were successful on 18 of their 21 clearing attempts, while UAH was 19-for-24 in clears.
 
The Chargers will now be off until March 5 when the team plays its first road game of the season, traveling to North Greenville for a 4 p.m. contest in Tigerville, South Carolina.