Green Terror scores first four en route to 15-9 win over
Swarthmore
WESTMINSTER, Md. – DJ Rickels (Forest Hill,
Md./Boys Latin School of Maryland) recorded career highs
of six goals and eight points to lead McDaniel to a 15-9 victory
over Swarthmore in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse
action on Saturday.
Nick DiBernardo (Towson, Md./Calvert Hall)
added three goals for the Green Terror (5-4, 2-1 CC), who took a
4-0 lead just 5:57 into the game and never looked back.
Gavin Musynskeb, Wes Marcik
and Zach Belden each scored twice for the Garnet
(1-7, 0-5 CC), who outshot McDaniel 34-33 in the game.
DiBernardo and Michael Young (Pylesville, Md./North
Harford) keyed the opening spurt, alternating tallies for
the early lead.
Anthony Phalen broke up the shutout with 4:20
to play in the first quarter before TJ Willoughby
(Sykesville, Md./Century) capped the first-period scoring
with 22 seconds remaining.
Goals from Marcik and Musynske 19 seconds apart trimmed the
deficit to 5-3 with 13:46 to play in the first half before
Gibbs Preston (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) and
DiBernardo stretched the advantage back to four 4 minutes, 35
seconds later.
After Belden made it 7-4 with 2:53 to play in the second,
Rickels started his natural hat trick with 1:19 to play in the
period and added two in the first 4:30 of the third quarter.
Preston, William Clary (Baltimore,
Md./Catonsville) and Rickels capped a 6-0 to give the
Green Terror a 13-4 lead with 8:32 to play in the third quarter.
After Marcik and Belden scored 1 minute, 19 seconds apart,
Rickels went back to working, scoring twice in a 26-second span for
a 15-6 lead at the end of the period.
Three Swarthmore tallies in the final quarter set the final
margin.
McDaniel returns to action at home against Swarthmore on
Saturday. Game time is 3 p.m.
Score by
Period
1
2
3
4
-
F
Swarthmore (1-7, 0-5
CC)
1
3
2
3
-
9
McDaniel (5-4, 2-1
CC)
5
3
7
0
-
15
Goals
Swarthmore: Gavin Musynske 2, Wes Marcik 2, Zach Belden
2, Tyler Bradshaw, Anthony Phalen, Kevin Pytlar.
McDaniel: DJ Rickels 6, Nick DiBernardo 3, Gibbs Preston
2, Michael Young 2, TJ Willoughby, William Clary.
Assists
Swarthmore: Bradshaw, John Bukawyn, Charlie
Otte.
McDaniel: Rickels 2, JS Duke 2, DiBernardo, Preston,
Willoughby, Kyle Hadden.
Shots: S 34, M 33. Ground
Balls: S 32, M 32. Goalies: S (Kevin
Friedenberg – 8 saves, 15 GA, 58:14; Michael Brockway –
0 saves, 0 GA, 1:46), M (Ty Wittelsberger – 7 saves, 4 GA,
30:00; Brad Motley – 2 saves, 2 GA, 20:03; KR Schultz –
2 saves, 3 GA, 9:57). Extra-Man: S 1 of 8, M 1 of
4. Face-Offs: S 13, M 15.
Clearing: S 18 of 21, M 16 of 19.
Penalties: S 4 for 4:30, M 9 for 6:30.
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