Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 2/25/23
From Press Release
Zach Cole (Lenape-NJ) won all 24 of his faceoffs and the host St. Joseph’s men’s lacrosse scored 19 of the final 22 goals en route to a 19-6 win over Providence at Sweeney Field on Saturday afternoon.
The No. 12 Hawks improve to 3-0; Providence falls to 2-3. Cole also had a goal and 22 groundballs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Providence got the better of the Hawks in the early stages, capitalizing off of Hawk turnovers to grab a 3-0 lead with 7:23 in the first.
The Hawks responded through way of Carter Page, opening the scoring under two minutes later. With 3:19 remaining in the first quarter, the Hawks tied it up after two goals in a minute, Stephen Dwyer playing scorer after providing on the opener.
Just a minute and a half into the second, the Hawks took their first lead of the game through Levi Anderson. Mac McLaughlin (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy) tallied his first of two goals before Providence ended the 5-0 run with a goal.
SJU closed out the quarter with the final two goals, Anderson grabbing his second on a man-up opportunity before Page’s second of the day gave a halftime lead of 7-4 in favor of SJU.
It took just 15 seconds for the Hawks to grab not one, but two goals to start the half. SJU raced down the field as Zach Mantei found Page for his hat trick before Cole won the ensuing face off and stormed down the field to finish and put the Hawks up 9-4.
Colin Reich doubled up on the day before Providence would respond, trying to mount a comeback. The Hawks would shut any notion of that down, scoring the next five goals of the game before a goal as time expired for Providence stopped the bleeding at 15-6 after three quarters.
St. Joe’s kept the Friars out of the net the entire fourth, closing out the game with a 4-0 advantage to walk away on a cold, snowy afternoon with a 19-6 win.
GAME NOTES
Page led the way with five goals on the day and an assist for six points.
Cole’s 24-24 performance ties third most in NCAA history for face offs won with a 100% win percentage.
Ryan Doran finished with a hat trick of assists to go with his strike in the third.
McLaughlin and Collin Reich each tallied multi-goal games.
Michael Gaughan and Brett Zabransky scored their first career goals for the Hawks.
Ryan Overbay’s tally in the fourth was his third career goal.
The Hawks were dominant with a 58-25 advantage in shots, a 38-12 advantage in shots on goal.
Scott Macmillan (Conestoga) moved to 3-0 on the year with six saves and a .500 save percentage.
Lafayette 10, Binghamton 4
The Leopards claimed their second win of the early season.
Junior attack Peter Lehman (Council Rock North) tallied a hat trick and added two assists. Junior John Mathes and senior Ryan Duncan each contributed two goals, while Duncan chipped in an assist.
Senior defender Sean Rushton (Malvern Prep) led the Leopards’ defense with seven groundballs and two caused turnovers, while chipping in an assist on the attack. Freshman goalkeeper Joe Doherty (Malvern Prep) earned his second career win and made 10 saves, while his Binghamton counterpart, Connor Winters, recorded 16 saves.
Cornell 12, Lehigh 5
Billy Coyle (Malvern Prep) had three goals, an assist and a caused turnover to help Cornell to a win against RV/RV Lehigh in its home opener. A second half defensive shutout held Lehigh to its lowest goal total of the season so far, after averaging 19.5 gpg in its first two games. The Big Red take a 10-9-3 lead in their all-time series with the Mountain Hawks, winning the last nine consecutive contests. Cornell improves to 2-0 (0-0 Ivy League) while Lehigh falls to 2-1 (0-0 Patriot League).
Mike Sisselberger (Southern Lehigh) won 14 of 20 faceoffs for the Mountain Hawks.
Albany 11, Drexel 7
Ben Scandone (Allentown Central Catholic) had two goals and two assists for the Dragons in defeat.
Duke 14, Penn 12
Cam Rubin had three goals and two assists for the Quakers in defeat.
