Tim Dolan	Quinn Killeen	Michael Elefonte
Mike Modesti	Collin Purdy	Gordon Paul

Box Score

The University of Scranton scored seven of the first eight goals in Sunday's home opener at Weiss Field, the Royals' first-ever game at its new home field, on its way to a 16-6 victory over King's in non-conference men's lacrosse action.

Senior Tim Dolan (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) scored four goals and dished out two assists, junior Quinn Killeen (Berkeley Heights, N.J./New Providence) netted three goals to go along with one helper, junior Michael Elefonte (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) added two goals and two assists, and junior Mike Modesti (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) scored twice as the Royals moved to 2-0 on the young season.

Scranton scored twice in the final 3:13 of Sunday's opening quarter to hold a 3-1 edge at the end of the first 15 minute period before scoring four straight goals to open the second stanza to claim a six-goal cushion.  The Royals held a 7-2 lead at halftime after King's (0-2) netted the final goal of the half with just over three minutes remaining in the second quarter.

Scranton pushed its lead to 9-2 with the first two markers of the third quarter before the Monarchs scored three of the final four goals of the frame to cut the host's lead to 10-5 heading into the final 15 minutes of regulation.

The Royals quelled any hopes of a comeback for King's with a pair of goal in the first 2:09 of the fourth quarter, the first of five straight goals that pushed Scranton's lead to a comfortable, 15-5 with 6:11 left on the clock.  Both teams netted a goal apiece in the final 5:12 of the contest to close out the scoring.

Juniors Connor Kirkwood (Millburn, N.J./St Peter's Prep) and Brett Krause (Bridgewater, N.J./St. Joseph's Metuchen), Joseph Brancato (Yorktown, N.Y./Yorktown), sophomore Collin Purdy (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough), and freshman Steve Apicella (Stony Point, N.Y./North Rockland) all scored a goal apiece in the win.

Freshman T.J. Grogan (West Nyack, N.Y./Clarkstown South) made eight saves in nearly 54 minutes of action to post his second win in as many days.

Defensively, junior Gordon Paul (Ocean, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) collected a game-high three caused turnovers to go along with nine ground balls while Purdy led all players with 12 ground balls while winning 20 of 25 face-offs.

The Royals, who converted both of their extra-man opportunities on the afternoon, held a 61-25 advantage in shots for the game along with a 53-30 lead in the fight for ground balls.

Scranton welcomes DeSales to Weiss Field on Wednesday for a non-conference matchup starting at 4 p.m.

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