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| Taylor
Nelson |
Will
Mahle |
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| Matt
Finor |
Dillon
McInerney |
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| John
Gregitis |
Brad
Elkin |
Box Score
MALVERN, Pa.—The University of Scranton men’s lacrosse
team jumped out to a 6-1 lead by intermission and never looked back
en route to a 9-4 victory over Lycoming College in non-conference
action Saturday afternoon at Malvern Preparatory School.
Senior attacker Taylor Nelson (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown
East) led the way with three goals and an assist and
senior midfielder Dillion McInerney (Hawthorne, NJ/Bergen
Catholic) and sophomore attacker Will
Mahle (Montgomery, NJ/Montgomery) added a pair as the
Royals snapped a three-game losing streak to improve to 2-3.
Junior attacker Matt McCaffer (Marcellus, NY/Marcellus) scored
three of the Warriors’ four goals and sophomore Steve Troup
(Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Mendon) added the other as Lycoming fell
to 1-5.
Coming off a morale-building 8-3 loss to top-ranked Cortland State
on the road Wednesday, the Royals left little to chance.
Nelson scored twice in the first period and McInerney added two
more in the second as Scranton took advantage of
sophomoreMatt
Finor’s (Churchville, Pa./Council Rock South)
ability to dominate the face-offs, winning 7 of 9 in the first half
alone to keep Lycoming on the defensive side of the field.
For the game, Finor won 11 of 17 face-off attempts.
The Royals out-shot the Warriors, 18-11, and held a 19-11 margin in
ground balls by intermission.
Scranton also received a goal and an assist from freshman
Alec Mikrut (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery), a
goal from junior attacker Gus
Sturm (Devon, Pa./Conastoga), two assists from junior
midfielder John
Gregitis (Wayne, Pa./St. Joseph’s Preparatory),
and an assist apiece from freshman midfielder
Brad Elkin (West Chester, Pa./Malvern
Preparatory), and senior defenseman Brendan Synan (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac).
Senior Ben
Worthington (Jenkintown, Pa./Archbishop Wood) made 10
saves to pick up his 19th career win, which is the second most by a
goalkeeper in Scranton history. Sophomore Alex Wylly
(Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) made 10 saves for
Lycoming.
Nelson’s four-point effort today moves him into 20th place on
the Royals’ all-time scoring list with 102 points (70 goals,
32 assists). He is also tied for 18th place for most career
goals.
The Royals will take on cross-town rival Marywood University next
Saturday, March 16, at Pacer Field in Scranton beginning at 12
noon.
--ROYALS--
