Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/26/22
From Press Releases
Aidan Coll (Hill School) tied a career-high with five goals and Max Semple added four as Drexel earned its first win of the season today with as 12-8 triumph over visiting Binghamton.
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Coll exploded for the five goals and added an assist in the game, also scooping three ground balls.
Semple found rope with all four of his shots on cage.
Jack Mulcahy (Downingtown East) was the primary distributor, dishing four helpers and adding a goal of his own.
Casey Waller and Sean Donnelly had a goal and an assist each.
Brennan Greenwald led the defense with five ground balls and four caused turnovers.
In net, Ross Blumenthal made 10 saves.
The Dragons were strong pushing defense to offense, with successful clears on 23-of-24 attempts.
Villanova 16, Fairfield 9
The Wildcats (2-1) opened home play with a win over the Stags. Luke Keating led the Wildcat attack with four goals while Matt Campbell and J.P. Basile completed hat-tricks.
Chris Hervada (Haverford School) paced the ‘Nova defense with two caused turnovers and a groundball.
Cornell 9, Lehigh 5
The Mountain Hawks scored twice in 1:41 in the fourth quarter to pull within one, but No. 14 Cornell answered with the game’s final three goals.
Sophomore Scott Cole led Lehigh’s offense with three goals, good for his second straight hat trick. First year Dakota Eierman and junior Andrew Mapstone scored the Mountain Hawks’ other goals, while senior Tommy Schelling dished two assists.
Defensively, senior Anthony Tangredi posted three groundballs and two caused turnovers. Graduate student Teddy Leggett, junior Ryan Niggeman (Haverford School) and first year Giovanni Procaccini each caused two turnovers.
Senior Mike Sisselberger (Southern Lehigh) finished 10-of-18 with eight groundballs, becoming the eighth player in program history to eclipse 200 career GBs.