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Quick start propels McDaniel

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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Players Mentioned

William Clary

#3 William Clary

M
5' 11"
First Year
Nick DiBernardo

#5 Nick DiBernardo

M
6' 4"
Junior
JS Duke

#2 JS Duke

A
5' 7"
Sophomore
Kyle Hadden

#4 Kyle Hadden

M
5' 9"
Senior
Brad Motley

#12 Brad Motley

GK
5' 11"
Sophomore
Gibbs Preston

#24 Gibbs Preston

A
6' 2"
Senior
DJ Rickels

#10 DJ Rickels

A
6' 2"
Sophomore
TJ Willoughby

#17 TJ Willoughby

M
6' 0"
Junior
Ty Wittelsberger

#0 Ty Wittelsberger

GK
5' 9"
Sophomore
Michael Young

#19 Michael Young

M
6' 0"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

William Clary

#3 William Clary

5' 11"
First Year
M
Nick DiBernardo

#5 Nick DiBernardo

6' 4"
Junior
M
JS Duke

#2 JS Duke

5' 7"
Sophomore
A
Kyle Hadden

#4 Kyle Hadden

5' 9"
Senior
M
Brad Motley

#12 Brad Motley

5' 11"
Sophomore
GK
Gibbs Preston

#24 Gibbs Preston

6' 2"
Senior
A
DJ Rickels

#10 DJ Rickels

6' 2"
Sophomore
A
TJ Willoughby

#17 TJ Willoughby

6' 0"
Junior
M
Ty Wittelsberger

#0 Ty Wittelsberger

5' 9"
Sophomore
GK
Michael Young

#19 Michael Young

6' 0"
Sophomore
M