WESTMINSTER, Md. – McDaniel built a 5-0 halftime lead en route to an 8-2 victory over Marywood in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday.

Troy Becker (Yardley, Pa./Notre Dame) and Timothy McNichol (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) led the Green Terror (2-1) with a pair of goals each.

Brandon Terlizzi scored both goals for the Pacers (1-3), who got 17 saves from Joe Magargal in goal.

Calvin Fleagle (Forest Hill, Md./Bel Air) opened the scoring, finishing a solo run with 9:24 to play in the first quarter before Becker doubled the advantage nearly three minutes later off a feed from Eric McIntyre (Forest Hill, Md./John Carroll).

Exactly one minute into the second quarter, Becker pushed the lead to 3-0 with an unassisted tally.

Kevin Nicholas (Glen Cove, N.Y./Glen Cove) netted his first tally of the year with 10:35 to play before Jason Lawrence (Fallston, Md./Fallston) finished off a pass from Chase Hartman (Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing Area), who recorded his first collegiate point with 5:28 on the clock.

Just before a two-minute McDaniel penalty was to expire, Terlizzi ripped a shot, finishing a pass from Scott Slater to make it a 5-1 game with 13:29 remaining in the third quarter.

Pat Bivons (Cockeysville, Md./Loyola Blakefield) found McNichol to push the lead back to five with 9:00 remaining in the period.

Patrick Serio (Marriottsville, Md./Marriotts Ridge) converted a man-up opportunity for the Green Terror off a feed from Kyle Fiedler (Reisterstown, Md./North Carroll). The assist was the freshman's first collegiate point.

McNichol stretched the lead to 8-1 just 51 seconds into the final quarter before Terlizzi finished a solo run to set the final margin with 12:16 showing.

McDaniel finished with a 48-23 advantage in shots. Eric Ritchie (Bethpage, N.Y./Bethpage) made 12 saves in net for the Green Terror while Zach Bicho (Millstone, N.J./The Hun School of Princeton) went 9-for-12 on faceoffs. Bicho also had eight ground balls.

McDaniel returns to action at home against Eastern on Wednesday. Game time is 3:30 p.m.

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