ESPN analyst: Perkovic's 5-spot vs. DEN top 2015 moment...
by G.K.Chesterton (2015-06-03 13:07:48)
Edited on 2015-06-03 17:21:46

...for all of college lacrosse. ND SID excerpt:

-- It lasted maybe 10 minutes in real time, yet it likely goes down as the one of the most stunning individual performances in the history of college men's lacrosse.

The official score sheet says Irish sophomore midfielder Sergio Perkovic scored five goals in the University of Notre Dame's NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship national semifinal game against Denver May 23 in Philadelphia. A close look at the scoring summary shows that all five goals came in the final period. An even closer inspection indicates that the five goals came over a span of 5:57 in clock time. That would be an amazing accomplishment by a team (especially at the NCAA national semifinal level, against a team that ultimately won the title), much less for an individual.

The NCAA has no individual scoring-by-period records to prove it, but it's likely Perkovic did something never before accomplished in NCAA men's lacrosse history while depositing those five goals into the net. His scores came at 8:00, 4:40, 3:38, 3:01 and 2:03, so the last four came in a 2:37 span. ESPN analyst Quint Kessenich called Perkovic's performance versus Denver the top moment of the entire 2015 season.

The NCAA record for most goals in the fourth period of a national semifinal game by an entire team is nine (accomplished twice). The NCAA Championship record for most individual goals in a single game is nine (also done twice), while the all-time regular-season mark for individual goals in a game is 11.