The Hamilton Southeastern boys lacrosse team won two games this past weekend.
On Friday, the Royals beat South Bend St. Joseph 17-0. Garrett Smith led the scoring with four goals and one assist, while Michael Mattaliano added three goals, his sixth hat trick of the season.
EJ Reichert collected five ground balls to go with two goals, Connor Runhow had two goals and Blaine Wertz dished out three assists to go with two ground balls and one goal. Ken Akers caused 13 failed clears, while Aidan Hoener had two ground balls and one caused turnover. Hayden Grace picked up three ground balls and also made one caused turnover.
On Saturday, Southeastern traveled to Cincinnati and beat St. Xavier 8-7 in overtime. Ty DeSplinter caused a turnover in the extra period, which turned into a fast break that led to Ryan Kemp scoring the winning goal.
Kemp had three goals and two ground balls, while Michael Metheny had two goals, one assists and one ground ball. Smith had one goal, one assist and one ground ball, Reichert had two ground balls, one goal and one assist, and Logan Askins scored one goal.
Evan Wang collected four ground balls and had one caused turnover. DeSplinter finished with four ground balls and two caused turnovers, while Colin Krekeler made 17 saves.
