Castleton Men’s Lacrosse Loses at SUNY Potsdam

Recap, photo courtesy of Castleton University

POTSDAM, N.Y. – After a close first period, Castleton University was unable to contain the offensive attack of SUNY Potsdam, as the Bears defeated the Spartans, 13-3, Tuesday night in a non-conference men's collegiate lacrosse match at Maxcy Turf Field.

SUNY Potsdam (3-5) struck first a little more than six minutes into the game, as Ryan Waldron set up Josh Huiatt for his first goal of the night. Castleton responded with 4:01 remaining in the first period on an unassisted goal by Colin Clark, tying the game at 1-1.

The Bears retook the lead right away when Marc Leveroni won the faceoff, raced into the offensive zone, and fed Eric Soderquist for a blast into the net. Both teams had opportunities in the final minutes of the opening period, but the score remained 2-1 in favor of SUNY Potsdam after the first period.

Off the opening faceoff of the second period, Leveroni collected the ground ball, raced into the zone, and sent a shot into the back of the net. That began a stretch of six straight goals for the Bears in the second period, featuring two more goals by Soderquist as well as consecutive tallies from Lukas Baildon, giving SUNY Potsdam an 8-1 advantage at halftime.

The Bears continued to pressure the Spartan defense, scoring twice in the first seven minutes of the third quarter to extend their lead to 10-1. Jason Sedell brought the Spartans back within seven at 10-3 with consecutive goals 51 seconds apart, with Ryan Stone assisting on the second goal. SUNY Potsdam would score three goals in the first five-and-a-half minutes of the fourth quarter to complete the scoring for the night.

Soderquist led the Bears with four goals and one assist, while Baildon also notched a hat trick with three goals along with an assist. Huiatt and Nick Slate finished with two goals and two assists apiece as SUNY Potsdam outshot Castleton, 43-20, and collected more ground balls than the Spartans, 37-20.

Brandon Myron made five saves in the first 37 minutes of the game before being replaced by Maxx Ingison, who collected a season-high seven saves in 23 minutes of action. Zach Sheridan started as the goalie for SUNY Potsdam and earned five saves in 50 minutes before two other Bears combined to play the final 10 minutes of the game.

New England College Men's Lacrosse Marches Past Norwich, 8-5, for Seventh-Straight Win

Recap, photo courtesy of New E

NORTHFIELD, Vt.--The New England College men's lacrosse team scored four unanswered goals in the first quarter to set the tone in its 8-5 non-conference win over Norwich University on Monday night.  

The win is the seventh-straight for the Pilgrims, who improve to 7-4 on the season. With the loss, Norwich falls to 4-5.  
 

NEC LEADERS 
Senior Matt Richard (Weare, N.H.) and freshman Charles Hacking (Canterbury, N.H.) both scored twice to lead the Pilgrims. Tom Zervos (Montreal, Quebec), Jacob Blanchette (Weare, N.H.), Reilly Parker (Pittsfield, Mass.) and Patrick Storie (Williamstown, Mass.) all scored one goal each for the Pilgrims.  
 

Junior Connor Fries (Barnstable, Mass.) scooped up a game-high six ground balls, while Austin Frankel (Peabody, Mass.) was 6-for-12 on the face-off.  
 

NORWICH LEADERS 
Josh Jenkins scored three of the Cadets' five goals, while Chris Ward and Ian Kennedy tallied one apiece. Cody Moore dished out a game-high three assists.  
 

HOW IT HAPPENED  
Hacking scored back-to-back goals in a span of 1:13 put the Pilgrims up 2-0 midway through the first quarter, and Parker and Blanchette scored 1:54 apart a few minutes later to give NEC a 4-0 lead after one quarter of play.  
 

The Cadets scored the first two goals of the second quarter to come within two, but the Pilgrims would score the final three goals of the game and would hold the Cadets scoreless in the fourth quarter to seal the win.  
 

WHAT'S NEXT  
The Pilgrims will be back in action on Saturday, April 7th for a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) game at Thomas College.  

Men's Lacrosse: Pilgrims sail by Cadets, 8-5

Recap, photo courtesy of Norwich

NORTHFIELD, Vt. - The Norwich University men's lacrosse team dropped a non-conference game to the Pilgrims of New England College on Monday night, losing a defensive battle by an 8-5 final score. 

The Pilgrims came out firing in the first quarter, outscoring the Cadets 4-0 in what looked to be a blowout win in the making. Norwich hung tough though and got two back in the second quarter, but still entered the halftime break trailing 5-2.

Josh Jenkins (Centennial, Colo.) picked up the first two goals of the second half to narrow the Pilgrims' lead to one, before Ian Kennedy (Gloucester, Mass.) took a sweet feed from Cody Moore (Canton, N.Y) and buried it from point-blank range to tie things up at 5-5. NEC came back down the field and answered with a goal of their own, and the two teams entered the final quarter at a 6-5 score in the Pilgrims favor. 

The Pilgrims put on a defensive clinic in the final quarter, holding the Cadets to just five shots and no goals across the quarter. The buzzer sounded and the Pilgrims walked away with the 8-5 victory.

Josh Jenkins once again led the Cadets offensively with three goals on the night. Cody Moore spent his night finding teammates, accounting for three assists. Matt Richard and Charles Hacking each had two goals to lead the Pilgrims. 

Next up for the maroon and gold is a Wednesday night matchup with Regis College, with the Pride coming to town on April 4 for a conference showdown set to start at 4:00 PM. 

Keene State Men's Lacrosse Races Past Eastern Connecticut State In Conference Opener, 24-13

Recap, photo courtesy of Keene State

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Led by six goals and one assist from senior Jon Nassif, the Keene State men's lacrosse team raced past Eastern Connecticut State, 24-13, in the Little East Conference (LEC) opener for both teams on Friday afternoon at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex. 

Records 

• Keene State: 4-4, 1-0 LEC
• Eastern Connecticut State: 4-5, 0-1 LEC 

How It Happened 

The Owls grabbed a quick lead as sophomore Anthony Marcella scored just 36 seconds into the game, before the Warriors answered back with a strike to even it up at one with 13:04 on the clock. Neither team would score for just under five minutes until Marcella found an open senior Paul Beling, who sparked a five-goal run for Keene State to close out the first stanza with a 6-1 lead over Eastern Connecticut State. 

The Warriors were able to break through with the opening goal of the second quarter, before the Owls rattled off three straight goals to push its lead to seven with 8:50 to go. Eastern Connecticut State responded with a three-goal spurt to cut its deficit to four, but Nassif connected with sophomore Dave Wiedenfeld to bring Keene State into double-digit scoring, before sophomore Connor Nolan and senior Hunter Arnold found the back of the net to give the Owls a 12-5 lead at the break. 

Keene State scored the first four goals of the third quarter to take a 16-5 lead, but Eastern Connecticut State was able to stop the run as Brett Chin connected with Connor Wyllie. Behind two goals from Arnold and one from Beling, the Owls would extend their advantage over the Warriors to 19-6 at the end of three periods. 

During the fourth stanza, Eastern Connecticut State would produce its best offense of the afternoon by outscoring Keene State 7-5, yet freshman Michael Schenk would score the final goal with 1:18 to go to push Keene State's lead to 24-13. 

Inside the Crease 

• Along with Nassif's seven-point performance, Arnold added four goals and three assists, while Wiedenfeld registered one goal and six assists. Freshman Matthew Lemke picked up six ground balls and was 11-of-20 from the face-off "x".
• Samuel Watson led the way for the Warriors with four goals and one assist, while Harrison Urda recorded two goals and four goals. Connor Hillemeir grabbed seven ground balls and went 15-of-25 from the face-off "x", as Ralph Criscuolo had five ground balls and caused two turnovers. 
• Senior Mathew Howe made two stops in 42:51 for Keene State in net, followed by two saves from sophomore J.J. Tinney. For Eastern Connecticut State, Chris Gorman stopped 11 in 35:40, before Taylor Huta recorded seven saves in relief.   
• The Owls have now won 11-straight victories over the Warriors.
• Keene State owned a 67-25 shot advantage over 60 minutes of play and held a slight 35-33 edge in ground balls over Eastern Connecticut State. 
• The Owls are looking for their sixth-straight perfect LEC regular season conference record, as the victory today extends their win-streak to 41 games. 
• Keene State has now won nine straight contests and extended its LEC regular season conference win-streak to 40 games, with their last conference loss occurring in 2012. 

Up Next 

• Keene State will have a week until their next contest, when the Owls welcome UMass Dartmouth on Saturday, April 7th for a 1:00 p.m. LEC matchup.

Richard Has Another Record Day as Men's Lacrosse Downs Lyndon, 18-5

Recap, photo courtesy of New England College

HENNIKER, N.H.— Senior Matt Richard (Weare, N.H.) had another record-setting day for the New England College men's lacrosse team, dishing out 11 assists in the team's 18-5 win over Lyndon State College on Wednesday in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) action.

The win boosts the Pilgrims to 4-4 overall and 2-0 in NAC play, while Lyndon falls to 1-6 overall and 0-2 in league action.

RICHARD RECORDS
With his 11^th assist of the game, Richard broke a 44-year-old program record for assists in a game, set by John Knight on April 25, 1974 against Colby College.

NEC LEADERS
Freshman Charles Hacking (Canterbury, N.H.) scored a team-best four goals, while classmate Reed Foster (Peabody, Mass.) scored three times. Patrick Storie (Williamstown, Mass.) and Connor Fries (Barnstable, Mass.) both scored twice.

Junior Austin Frankel (Peabody, Mass.) won nine of his 10 face-off attempts and scooped up a team-best seven ground balls.

LYNDON LEADERS
Shea Jones tallied two goals and an assist for the Hornets, while Jet Magri finished with a goal and an assist.

GOALTENDERS
NEC's Anthony Martino (Marlboro, N.J.) had 10 saves in his first collegiate start. Lyndon's Marcus Bessette finished with 19 saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED
NEC struck first on Fries' third goal of the season just 1:23 into the game, but Lyndon answered with an equalizer just over two minutes later. The Pilgrims led 5-2 after the first quarter. NEC scored five-straight goals in the second quarter, including an unassisted goal by Christian Russo (Cheshire, Conn.), scored off of his own face-off win. Lyndon's lone goal of the quarter broke up a nine-goal quarter for the Pilgrims, who led 12-3 at half.

The second half saw considerably less scoring. Hacking scored two of the three NEC goals in the third quarter, and Reilly Parker (Pittsfield, Mass.) scored twice in the fourth quarter.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims will be back in action tomorrow when they travel to the University of New England for a 4:00 p.m. non-conference game.

MLAX: Picard Scores Three in Badgers Loss to SUNY Canton

CANTON, N.Y. – The Johnson State College men's lacrosse team feel to SUNY Canton 24-6 in a non-conference game on Sunday afternoon.

The Badgers drop to 0-3 on the season while the Roos improve to 6-2.

1^st Quarter

SUNY Canton put up five goals on 23 shots to take a 5-0 lead into the second. 

2^nd Quarter

After the Roos scored seven straight in the second, before Kyle Picard (Hyde Park, Vt.) got the Badgers on the board on a goal assisted by Travis Benson (Underhill, Vt.) to make the score 12-1 going into the break.

3^rd Quarter

The Roos scored another seven unanswered to take a 19-1 lead after three.

4^th Quarter

The teams traded goals in the fourth, with each team picking up five in the frame. The Badgers got two goals from Picard and tallies from Benson, Tyler Cirillo (Colchester, Vt.) and Dylan Griffen (Bradford, Vt.) to make the final score 24-6.

Goalkeepers

The Roos split time by four goaltenders with Kody Kocsis (6-2) taking the win after stopping one shot in the first quarter. Patrick Bell (0-3) made ten saves in the loss.

Stats Breakdown

Shots on Goal: SUNY Canton 34 | Johnson 12

Ground Balls: SUNY Canton 78 | Johnson 35

Turnovers: SUNY Canton 37 | Johnson 42

Clears: SUNY Canton 22-26 | Johnson 13-34

Face Offs Won: SUNY Canton 24 | Johnson 10

Man Up: SUNY Canton 1-3 | Johnson 0-6

Next Up

The Badgers will travel to Thomas College on Friday, March 30 at 4:00 p.m. for their North Atlantic Conference opener.

Middlebury Men's Lax Downs Plattsburgh

Jake Madnick won 11-13 face-offs on the afternoon.

Middlebury won 18 of 22 face-offs on its way to a 12-7 victory over Plattsburgh State (1-5) on Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium on Tuesday. The Panthers (3-2) are back in action on Saturday when they travel to Bowdoin for a 1:00 p.m. start, while the Cardinals are idle for over a week before hosting Rensselaer on the 28th at 4:00 p.m.

Middlebury ran off three goals in a 1:34 span in the first quarter, holding a 3-0 lead at the 7:27 mark. Henry Riehl got things going, before Will Brossman scored with a bounce shot. Michael McCormack capped the three-goal spurt with a shot from 15 yards out. Plattsburgh answered with two goals, before Danny Jacobs put the hosts on top 4-2 with .8 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Cardinals made it a one-goal game just 51 seconds into the second quarter when Billy Moller converted a pass from behind the net by Stephen Kane. McCormack and Chase Goree gave Middlebury a 6-3 lead 59 seconds apart, before Plattsburgh's Ryan Hubbard cut the lead to 6-4 with 2:26 left in the second quarter. McCormack netted his third of the quarter, followed  by Kane ripping a shot into the back of the net to make it a 7-5 game at the half.

McCormack opened the second half with a bounce shot from 20 yards out for an 8-5 lead with 13:35 remaining. A.J. Kucinski scored the only other Panther goal of the third quarter when he cut down the middle and scored from 10 yards out. Hubbard cut the lead to 9-5 with 2:53 remaining when he picked up a ground ball and scored from the left side.

The lead grew to 10-6 in the fourth quarter when McCormack struck from 20 yards out for his career-high fifth goal of the game. The Cardinals made it a 10-7 game with a tally from Hubbard at the 9:54 mark, but that would be their final goal of the game. Kucinski extended his point streak to 22-games with an assist on a man-up tally from Goree at the 6:37 mark, while Wes Quinzani closed the scoring on a man-down goal with 3:45 remaining.

Middlebury held a 51-32 shots advantage in the game and held a 23-16 edge in ground balls. Jake Madnick won 11-13 face-offs and picked up a game-high six ground balls, while John Jackson was 6-8 at the X. McCormack's five goals paced all scorers, while Goree netted two and Kucinski earned a goal and two assists. Charles Midgley made eight saves in goal to pick up the win.

Hubbard's three goals led Plattsburgh, while Moller added two goals and one assist. Donald Tesoriero finished the afternoon with a dozen stops in goal.