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Men's Lacrosse Gives Respectable Showing in 15-5 Setback Against #1 Le Moyne on Monday
Nate Wood scores four times; men's lacrosse game at Saint Anselm rescheduled for Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Manchester
RINDGE, N.H. (April 19, 2010) - The Franklin
Pierce University men's lacrosse team gave a respectable showing in
Monday's 15-5 setback to Le Moyne, which entered the game as the
nation's top-ranked team. The Ravens fell to 4-5 overall and 1-5 in
the Northeast-10, while the Dolphins improved to 11-0 and 8-0 in
league play. Monday's game was played at Sodexo Field in
Rindge.
Junior attack Nate Wood (Binghamton, N.Y.) scored
four of the five goals to lead the Ravens' offensive attack, while
freshman attack Brendan Cahill (Hollis, N.H.)
added the other tally late in the contest.
Junior goalkeeper Shea Campbell (Centerport,
N.Y.) started in goal for the Ravens and made 11 saves
despite suffering the loss. Campbell also collected a team-high
five ground balls during the contest.
Franklin Pierce collected 24 ground balls to Le Moyne's 23, and
turned it over just 16 times while forcing the Dolphins into 13
miscues. The Ravens also did a solid job by converting 16-of-17
clear attempts.
Le Moyne was led by Vinnie Alexander, who threw in five goals on
the afternoon. Mike Rabbitt had a three-point afternoon with a pair
of goals and an assist on another.
Le Moyne got goals from Rabbitt and Alexander to open the game
with a 2-0 lead seven-and-a-half minutes in. The Ravens responded
with a goal near the end of the first period to pull within 2-1.
Wood got the first of his four tallies in the sequence as he
collected a pass on the right side of the goal, moved to the top of
crease and fired a shot past the Le Moyne goalkeeper's stick
handle.
The Dolphins tossed in two more goals in the opening stages of the
second period to go up 4-1, but Wood fired another shot into the
back of the net with 6:20 remaining in the half to cut Franklin
Pierce's deficit to 4-2.
Le Moyne showed why it's the nation's top-ranked team at the
Division II level as it scored four unanswered goals in the final
4:51 of the period to build an 8-2 lead at halftime. Two of those
goals came just four seconds apart as Alexander and Corey Bulken
scored at 2:54 and 2:50, respectively.
Both teams traded goals to open the third period as Keith Vetter
scored for Le Moyne at the 13:59 mark and Wood answered with his
third marker just nine seconds later to make it 9-3.
The Dolphins rallied and scored six-straight goals bridging the
third and fourth periods to open up a commanding 15-3 advantage.
Franklin Pierce didn't fold and played hard right until the end,
thus scoring the game's final two goals. Wood scored with 3:11 to
go to cap his remarkable day and Cahill threw in one with just 1:04
remaining to close out the scoring.
Franklin Pierce returns to action Wednesday when it travels to
face Saint Anselm in Manchester at 4 p.m. The game was originally
scheduled for this past Saturday, but was postponed due to
inclement weather.
For more information on Franklin Pierce men's lacrosse, please
visit the team's page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)