HUNTSVILLE | The University of Alabama in Huntsville men's lacrosse team closed out the regular season on Saturday, falling 15-6 to Great Lakes Valley Conference foe Young Harris at Charger Park. The Chargers finish the regular season at 8-6 (3-2 GLVC), while Young Harris captures the regular season conference title and improves to 12-3 (5-0 GLVC).
 
Game Changer
-After the Chargers narrowed the deficit to just two with 6:25 left in the second quarter, the Mountain Lions scored the next five goals to effectively seal the contest.
 
Inside the Box Score
-Each of Kevin Coppinger, Emory Weaver, and James Cox scored twice for the Chargers, while Caleb Merrow added an assist.
-The guests held a slim 34-31 advantage in shots in the game, and the Mountain Lions held a 24-17 advantage in shots that were on target.
-A key difference in the game came in face-offs as Young Harris won 19 of the 23 in the contest.
-The guests picked up 26 ground balls to UAH's 21, and YHC was 8-for-10 in clears with the Chargers going 9-for-14.
-Zak Welsh made seven stops in goal for the Chargers, while Kyle Siersma stopped a pair of shots.
 
Inside the Flow
-The guests grabbed the first two goals of the game, but the Chargers had a nice response with Cox scoring at the 8:37 mark of the opening quarter before Weaver tied the game at 2-2 with 3:43 left in the period.
-The Mountain Lions then scored four in a row to go up 6-2, but UAH would pull within two when Coppinger scored twice in just over two minutes to make it a 6-4 game with 6:25 left until the half.
-YHC then scored the aforementioned five straight, holding UAH off the board in the third while taking an 11-4 lead before Cox scored his second at the 12:24 mark of the fourth.
-Weaver picked up UAH's final goal of the game with 5:29 left in the contest.
 
Noteworthy
-Coppinger retakes the team lead in points as he now has 37 from 22 goals and 15 assists.
-Weaver is now second on the team with 23 goals, while Cox moves his goal total to 12.
 
Next Time Out
-The Chargers will be back in action on Friday in Indianapolis at the GLVC Men's Lacrosse Championship Tournament. The squad will be the No. 3 seed and take on second-seeded Indianapolis at 6:30 p.m. CDT.