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Columbus Vero Beach

Explorers

Fighting Indians

The Vero Beach (FL) varsity lacrosse team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Columbus (Miami, FL) by a score of 14-10.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Columbus	-	-	-	-	14
Vero Beach	-	-	-	-	10

Final score provided by E. Cartelle.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vero Beach (25-26)

Columbus

Scoring

#	Athlete Name	G	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	14	11	25
3	F. Oyarzun (So)	1	1	2
4	C. Duran (Jr)	1	1	2
7	Lucas Eljaiek (So)	1	1	2
9	Diego Duque (Sr)	6		6
11	Jayden Simpson (So)	1	6	7
18	A. Gonzalez (So)	3	2	5
19	Devin Padron (Sr)	1		1

Vero Beach

Scoring

#	Athlete Name	G	Asst	Pts	SOG
	Team Totals	10	4	14	22
2	Zack Franco (Sr)	1		1	4
8	Austin Banzhaf (Sr)	2		2	7
10	Griffin Needham (Fr)		1	1	1
12	Will Lockwood (Jr)		1	1	2
19	Tayton Farrow (Sr)	5	1	6	6
20	Henry DiLella (Fr)	2		2	2
30	Lavin Tangel (Sr)		1	1

Fielding

Columbus has not entered any fielding stats.

Vero Beach

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	GB	TO	TA
	Team Totals	30	14	11
1	W. Della Porta (Sr)	1		2
2	Zack Franco (Sr)	2
3	Liam Watson (So)	1
4	Marco Muller (Sr)			1
5	B. Cochrane (Sr)	3	2
7	D. Foderaro (So)	5	1
8	Austin Banzhaf (Sr)	5	5	1
12	Will Lockwood (Jr)	1	1
13	Gabe Reed (Sr)			1
19	Tayton Farrow (Sr)	5	1	3
20	Henry DiLella (Fr)	2	1	1
23	Hamilton Arden (Jr)	3	1	2
25	Jonathan Edden (Jr)		2
30	Lavin Tangel (Sr)	2

Faceoffs

Columbus has not entered any faceoffs stats.

Vero Beach

Faceoffs

#	Athlete Name	FW	FA	FO%
	Team Totals	10	28	.357
7	D. Foderaro (So)	10	28	.357

Goaltending Stats

Columbus has not entered any goaltending stats stats.

Vero Beach

Goaltending Stats

#	Athlete Name	MIN	GA	GAA	SOG	SVs	SO	W	L	T
	Team Totals	48	14	14.0	34	20
3	Liam Watson (So)	48	14	14.0	34	20

Game Story

Florida High School Lacrosse - Columbus overwhelms Vero Beach

March 17, 2026: Vero Beach, FL 32960

Fans at Tuesday's non-league test between the Columbus Explorers (Miami, FL) and the host Vero Beach Indians (Vero Beach, FL), witnessed Columbus's lacrosse squad achieve victory over Vero Beach by a count of 14-10.

The Explorers (7-5) will now prepare for their battle against Gulliver Prep (Miami, FL). The Raiders come into the non-league battle with a 5-5 record. In their last battle, Gulliver Prep edged Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, FL), 19-2, in a non-league battle.

The Indians now sport a 8-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to St. Edward's for a non-league battle on Tuesday, March 24. Vero Beach will meet a Pirates squad coming off a 13-12 non-league win over Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy (Melbourne, FL). The Pirates record now stands at 6-4.

Players of the Game

Columbus (25-26)

Congratulations to #9 Diego Duque for being selected the Columbus Lacrosse Player of the Game.

Vero Beach (25-26)

Vero Beach has not selected any Players of the Game.

Columbus @ Vero Beach Lacrosse Game Info

Tue., Mar. 17, 2026 @ 7p

The Vero Beach (FL) varsity lacrosse team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Columbus (Miami, FL) by a score of 14-10.

Rankings & Records

Columbus (25-26)

National	FL	Class
193	27	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	GF	GA
12-8	3-1	7-3	4-4	1-1	.600	.750	235	127

Vero Beach (25-26)

National	FL	Class
167	25	11

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	GF	GA
12-6	3-0	6-4	3-2	3-0	.667	1.000	223	134

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Columbus	.3	1.3	.7	1.3	9.0	11.8
Vero Beach	5.3	4.3	5.3	2.3	-	12.4

Team Stat Comparison

Columbus		Vero Beach
227	Goals	223
193	Assists	136
-	Ground Balls	606
-	Goals Against	134
-	Goals Against Average	7.6
-	Goalkeeper Minutes	847
-	Saves	171

Team Leaders

Columbus		Vero Beach	National Avg.
#19 Devin Padron48	Goals	#19 Tayton Farrow44	7
#11 Jayden Simpson52	Assists	#19 Tayton Farrow32	4
-	Ground Balls	#7 Dominic Foderaro166	14
-	Goals Against	#26 CJ Drake0	19
-	Goals Against Average	#26 CJ Drake0	10.0
-	Goalkeeper Minutes	#3 Liam Watson686	197
-	Saves	#3 Liam Watson155	24

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Columbus	0-3		Vero Beach	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/9/26	Columbus	Martin County	(L) 8-7	2/12/26	Martin County	Vero Beach	(L) 12-10
3/10/26	St. John Paul II Academy	Columbus	(L) 8-6	3/11/26	Vero Beach	St. John Paul II Academy	(W) 8-5
3/26/26	Columbus	Jupiter	(L) 15-6	3/31/26	Jupiter	Vero Beach	(L) 11-1

Record Breakdown

Columbus (25-26)		Vero Beach (25-26)
12-8	Overall	12-6
3-1	League	3-0
8-6	Non-League	6-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-3	Common Opponent	1-2
7-3	Home	6-4
4-4	Away	3-2
1-1	Neutral	3-0
1-1	Playoff	3-0
12-8	In-State	12-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0