
Late in the fourth quarter of the best game of his young career, Henry Schoonmaker (Lincoln HS, OR) needed a break.
After the redshirt freshman poked the ball free on a faceoff to get the Syracuse men’s lacrosse team possession, he scored the tying goal and scooped up the ground ball on the ensuing faceoff to give the Orange a chance to take the lead.
John Desko took a timeout to set up his offense.
Schoonmaker — exhausted by that point — walked slowly over to the sideline, happy his career night would briefly be put on hold.
“I was a little happy when the timeout came,” he said. “I haven’t felt like that since high school running that much. It was definitely nice to get that timeout.”
Senior JoJo Marasco ultimately scored the game winning goal on that possession, but Schoonmaker was the key in No. 8 Syracuse’s 13-12 come-from-behind win over No. 7 Princeton on Saturday at Princeton Stadium. The midfielder tallied a career-high six points on four goals and two assists to spark the Orange offense but also came up huge as a wing on faceoffs. He made big plays to start and finish the game for SU (7-2).
“He definitely came out with a bang today,” junior Matt Harris said. “He’s a stud athlete. He can run. He can pass. He can shoot. I think it was kind of his coming out party today.”
Schoonmaker got involved with early with two quick goals in the first quarter but showed up again in the fourth to help SU rally for the win.
Princeton took a 12-10 lead with 6:57 left, but Syracuse quickly mounted a comeback. Billy Ward scored from the top of the crease on a feed from Marasco, and Schoonmaker took over from there.
Tigers faceoff specialist Justin Murphy won the ensuing faceoff forward, but Schoonmaker flew in from the wing to poke the ball away. After Harris eventually gobbled up the ground ball, Schoonmaker ripped a shot into the top corner to even the score at 12-12.
On the next faceoff, the sophomore ripped the ball out of a scrum at the X and picked it up himself this time to give SU possession.
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