Ferreira scores twice to become the Ravens' all-time goals leader

Boxscore

RINDGE, N.H. (April 13, 2008) - Freshman Dylan Schmitz (Newport, R.I./Moses Brown) scored a season-high five goals to lead Bryant University, ranked sixth in this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Div. II poll, past Franklin Pierce University in a Northeast-10 Conference men's lacrosse match on Sunday afternoon at Sodexho Field.

Schmitz was one of 14 Bulldogs to find the net and one of 16 to record at least one point on the afternoon. The freshman added one assist to finish with a game-high six points. Junior Kevin Hoagland (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) and freshman Gary Crowley (Scituate, Mass./Scituate) each added three goals and one assist apiece to pace the balanced Bulldog attack.

Senior captain Luke Ferreira (Farmington, Maine/Mount Blue) led the Ravens with two goals on the day. With his second tally of the game and 70th of his career, Ferreira passed Bill Paradis to become the leading goal-scorer in program history. The senior also ranks second on the school's all-time points list with 89, behind only Paradis' 103.

Junior Jason Flanigan (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) and sophomore Lucas Hamory (Canton, Mass./Canton) also netted one goal each for Franklin Pierce.

Franklin Pierce held its own with Bryant in the opening quarter, as Ferreira and Flanigan responded to a pair of early goals with two of their own to knot the game at two 4:31 into the first quarter. But Crowley came back with a pair of tallies and Hoagland netted his second of the game with 2:19 left in the frame as the Bulldogs finished the first quarter with a 5-2 lead.

The second quarter was all Bryant, as the visitors outscored the home team, 10-0, to take a 15-2 edge into halftime. Nine different players scored for the Bulldogs in the second frame, while Schmitz added two goals.

The action slowed considerably in the final two quarters of play, as the Bulldogs pulled back somewhat on the offensive end. Franklin Pierce held a slight 7-6 shot advantage in the third quarter, forcing the Bryant goaltenders to make four saves, while Bryant regained its edge with a 14-7 advantage in the fourth quarter. Bryant outscored Franklin Pierce in the second half, 7-2.

For the game, Bryant took 54 shots to Franklin Pierce's 24, including a 37-16 advantage in shots on goal.

Senior goaltender Michael Kennedy (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) made five saves on seven shots in the first two quarters of play to earn the win for the Bulldogs. Junior Ryan Hulse (Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial) made his first start of the season in net for Franklin Pierce, stopping 15-of-37 shots in 60 minutes of action.

Franklin Pierce (2-7, 1-4 NE-10) returns to the road on Tuesday afternoon, when the Ravens face off with national No. 8 Merrimack College at 1 p.m. Bryant (9-3, 6-1 NE-10) hosts conference opponent Assumption College on Tuesday at 7 p.m.