Franklin Pierce Drops Home Finale to Merrimack, 14-2
RINDGE, N.H. (April 25, 2005) - The Franklin Pierce men's lacrosse team suffered a 14-2 setback to Northeast-10 Conference foe Merrimack College tonight in their home finale at Sodexho Field. The Warriors outscored the Ravens 7-1 in both halves en route to their seventh straight victory.
Freshman Chris Elia (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) racked up six points on a goal and five assists to lead the Merrimack offense. Senior Matt O'Neill (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) registered four points on three goals and a helper, while classmates Bryan Brazill (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield) and Kurt Carlson (Lynn, Mass./Lynn English) added hat tricks.
Franklin Pierce got goals from junior co-captain Nick Cowden (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead) and freshman Jordan Handy (Burlington, Vt./Burlington). Sophomore Ryan St. Cyr (Manchester, N.H./Trinity) added an assist to round out scoring for the Ravens.
Warriors freshman goalkeeper Eric Tompkins (Newington, Conn./Newington) saved four shots in the first half to earn the win. Sophomore Tim Travers (Longmeadow, Mass./Longmeadow) played the second half and stopped two shots. Franklin Pierce got a solid effort out of freshman Freeman Scott (Farmington, Maine/Mt. Blue), who made 20 saves in a losing effort.
The Ravens (1-9, 1-8 NE-10) wrap up their regular season slate at league foe Bryant University on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. Merrimack (10-4, 8-1 NE-10) will host Northeast-10 Conference opponent American International College tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., to round out their regular season schedule.
Merrimack 14, Franklin Pierce 2
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Merrimack |
5 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
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Franklin Pierce |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Merrimack Scoring:
GOALS: Matt O'Neill (3), Bryan Brazill (3), Kurt
Carlson (3), Chris Elia (1), Alex Gisaru (1), Tommy Fennel (1),
Wyatt Brown (1), Ryan Quinn (1)
ASSISTS: Chris Elia (5), Alex Gisaru (1), Paul
Hagerty (1), Stephen Mazza (1), Matt O'Neill (1)
Franklin Pierce Scoring:
GOALS: Nick Cowden (1), Jordan Handy
(1)
ASSISTS: Ryan St. Cyr (1)
Goaltending:
MER: Eric Tompkins (30:00) 4 saves (win)
Tim Travers
(30:00) 2 saves
FPC: Freeman Scott (60:00) 20 saves