Barry and Mattoon Combine for 18 Points as Greensboro Buries William Peace
April 8, 2026 | Pride Field, Greensboro, NC | Attendance: 100
If the Greensboro College Pride needed any more evidence that the Huntingdon blowout wasn't a fluke, Wednesday night provided it in abundance. The Pride jumped William Peace 7-1 in the opening quarter and cruised to an 18-5 USA South Conference victory at Pride Field, improving to 10-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play with three games remaining in the regular season.
The story of this game was simple: Greensboro's top line is operating at a level that most DIII programs can't come close to matching. Justin Barry (#99) and Alex Mattoon (#4) combined for 18 of Greensboro's 31 points between them, and the Pride's faceoff dominance ensured William Peace spent most of the night chasing possession they'd never get back.
Barry Does Barry Things
At some point, the superlatives start to feel redundant. Barry (#99) finished with six goals and five assists — an 11-point night — giving him 95 points on the season through 13 games. That's 53 goals and 42 assists for the year, numbers that put him in rare air at the DIII level. He scored the game's first two goals within 53 seconds of each other, and from that moment, this one was already trending toward blowout.
What makes #99 dangerous isn't just the finishing — it's the playmaking. Five assists means he's finding teammates in rhythm, creating looks off the dodge, and making defenses pay for keying on him too hard. When you double Barry, Mattoon (#4) eats. When you shade toward Mattoon, Barry scores from anywhere. And when both are covered, DiMaggio Wilson (#5) steps up — his three goals and two assists (five points) gave the Pride yet another weapon Peace couldn't solve.
Mattoon's Seven-Point Masterclass
Mattoon (#4) was the quiet engine behind the offensive explosion. His line — two goals, five assists, seven points — doesn't scream highlight reel, but every Greensboro fan at Pride Field knew he was pulling strings all night. #4 fed Barry on three first-quarter goals and kept finding open cutters through William Peace's zone. His 67 points on the season (42G, 25A) make the Barry-Mattoon connection one of the most productive duos in DIII lacrosse.
Seth Woods Stays Lethal
Lost in the Barry-Mattoon show is that Seth Woods (#42) quietly put up four goals on 23 shots. Woods is the volume shooter — he'll let it fly from everywhere — but his 50 goals on the season make him a legitimate third scoring option that most opponents can't account for. Three of his four goals came in the first half, helping Greensboro build the 11-2 halftime cushion that made the second half academic.
Solomon Owns the X
Quinton Solomon (#3) went 17-for-21 at the faceoff X, continuing what's been a dominant season. Solomon now has 181 faceoff wins on the year at a .624 clip, and his 15 ground balls in this game alone underscore how completely he controlled possession. William Peace's Zachary Turner (#29) managed just four wins out of 18 attempts — a mismatch that defined the game's tempo from the first whistle.
When Greensboro wins the faceoff at this rate, the offense gets first crack at nearly every possession. William Peace finished with just 31 shots to Greensboro's 57. That's not a competitive game — that's a team playing keep-away.
William Peace Showed Late Fight
Credit to the Pacers — they didn't quit. William Peace actually outscored Greensboro 3-2 in a scrappy fourth quarter, with William English (#6), Dylan Sullivan (#9), and Tyler Rutherford (#19) all finding the net in the final frame. English finished with two goals and an assist, and Rutherford chipped in two goals of his own. At 8-7, Peace isn't a bad team — they just ran into a buzzsaw.
Goalkeeper Carson McGee (#0) had a rough stat line (18 goals against) but made 17 saves, several of them quality stops that kept the deficit from getting even uglier. He faced 35 shots on goal and simply couldn't keep up with the volume.
The Bigger Picture
Greensboro is rolling. The Pride are 10-3 with 227 goals scored — an average of 17.5 per game — and 112 allowed. They've won three straight since the Pfeiffer loss that briefly derailed their early-season momentum, and the offense has looked increasingly synchronized with each outing.
Greensboro's goalkeeping was clinical too — starter Braeden Mitchell (#17) allowed just two goals on six saves through 44 minutes before handing off to Hayden Hansen (#23), who went 7-for-10 in relief.
The USA South race is far from settled at 4-2, but Greensboro controls its own destiny with conference games against Methodist and the regular season finale still ahead. If the Pride can maintain this offensive output and Solomon keeps dominating the faceoff X, they'll be a very dangerous draw when the conference tournament begins.
For William Peace, falling to 1-5 in conference play makes the path to the tournament steep. But the Pacers' late-game push showed they're not folding — they'll be fighting for every remaining result.
Up next for the Pride: Senior Day against Methodist on April 11 at Pride Field. If the last two home games are any indication, it should be a good day to be in Greensboro.
