WESTMINSTER, Md. – Bill Warner (Yardley,
Pa./LaSalle) tallied three goals and an assist to lead
McDaniel to a 12-11 victory over Muhlenberg in Centennial
Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday.
The Green Terror (8-4, 2-3 CC), who had seven different players
score, reeled off a 7-1 run to turn a 6-3 deficit into a 10-7
lead.
Nick Fletcher paced the Mules (3-7, 3-4 CC) with
four goals.
After Brent Siebold capped a three-goal flurry
with 4:55 remaining in the second quarter, Warner finished a solo
run with 3:17 showing until halftime to trim the deficit to 6-4 at
the break.
Evan Young (Easton, Md./Broadneck), DJ
Rickels (Forest Hill, Md./Boys Latin School of Maryland)
and Nicholas DiBernardo (Towson, Md./Calvert Hall)
accounted for a 3-0 third quarter, scoring just the three goals
just 2:21 apart for a 7-6 lead.
Clint Watlins evened the game at 7-all with 58
seconds elapsed in the fourth quarter before Warner started another
three-goal run.
Warner scored unassisted at the 12:08 mark before Rickels finished
a solo run 22 seconds later. Deane Mellor (Chadds Ford,
Pa./Wilminton Friends School) capped the run off a Warner
feed at the 7:30 mark.
Siebold and Fletcher each scored to close the Muhlenberg deficit to
10-9 with 4:06 to play.
A Warner tally and Gibbs Preston (Baltimore,
Md./McDonogh) man-up marker stretched the lead back to
three with 1:55 to play.
Fletcher made it a two-goal game 20 seconds later before Siebold
completed his hat trick with 0.5 seconds showing on the
clock.
Fletcher opened the scoring 1:11 into the game before an own goal
evened the score and Mike Hatton (Corning, N.Y./Corning
East) gave McDaniel a one-goal lead at the 11:13
mark.
A Fletcher man-up tally evened the game with 1:13 to play in the
opening period before Tom Brant scored off a
Dan Dugan feed directly off the ensuing
faceoff.
DiBernardo evened the game at three before the three-goal burst
opened the Mules' largest advantage of the game.
Jed Barnes (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) won 9
of 17 faceoffs and picked up five ground balls.
McDaniel returns to action at Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday.
Game time is 7 p.m.
Score by
Quarters
1
2
3
4
-
F
Muhlenberg (3-7, 3-4
CC)
3
3
0
5
-
11
McDaniel (8-4, 2-3
CC)
2
2
3
5
-
12
Goals
Muhlenberg: Nick Fletcher 4, Brent Siebold 3,
Ari Jacobson, Clint Watkins, Andrew Lolley, Tom Brant.
Assists
Muhlenberg: Dan Dugan 2, Jacobson, Corey
Aferiat, Alex Ardolino.
McDaniel: Hatton, Preston, Warner, Jed
Barnes,
Zach Weeden.
Shots: Mu 33, Mc 30.
Ground
Balls: Mu 22, Mc 28.
Goalies: Mu (Mike
Horowitz (60:00 – 7 saves, 12 GA), Mc (
Kenny McHugh 60:00
– 12 saves, 11 GA).
Extra-Man: Mu 1 of 4, Mc
2 of 2.
Face-Offs: Mu 13, Mc 12.
Clearing: Mu 15 of 17, Mc 15 of 20.
Penalties: Mu 2 for 1:30, Mc 4 for 3:30
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