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MERRIMACK, 13-7
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
April 15, 2003
Contact:
Angela Aja
COLCHESTER, VT –
Senior Bryan Barletto (Liverpool, N.Y.) netted five goals and an
assist to lead the Saint Michael’s College men’s lacrosse team to a
13-7 victory over Northeast-10 rival Merrimack College today on Doc
Jacobs Field.
The win is the second
in a row for SMC, which improves to 6-3 overall and 4-3 in the NE-10,
while the Warriors fall to 1-5 overall and 1-3 in the league.
The Purple Knights
jumped out to a 5-2 lead after the first quarter as the home team had
goals from Ryan Lynn (New Canaan, Conn.), Barletto, Eric Libby
(Cohasset, Mass.), Brady Boyle (So. Dennis, Mass.) and Bobby
Dippell (San Jose, Calif.).
For the
Warriors, Wyatt Brown (Harvard, Mass.) scored three of his team leading
five goals before the end of the half, as the visitors trailed 7-4 going
into intermission.
The second half
proved to be all Saint Michael’s, as the Purple Knights defense nearly
shut out Merrimack in the fourth quarter. Barletto and freshman Brandon
Kobelt (New York, N.Y.) each tallied a goal and an assist in the
third as Wyatt cut SMC’s lead to 9-6 at the end of the quarter.
Saint
Michael’s secured the victory in the fourth, as the squad scored four
unanswered goals, three by Barletto and one each by Kobelt and senior Kevin
Duffy (Yonkers, N.Y.).
Brian Brazill
(Ridgefield, Conn.) scored Merrimack’s other two goals of the game as
Mike Fidler (Billerica, Mass.) and Tim Murphy (Kennebunk, Maine) each
dished out a pair of assists.
Sophomore Brian
Hingston (Concord, Mass.) earned the victory for SMC after making
eight saves. For Merrimack, Bill McCarthy (Ipswich, Mass.) stopped 13
shots.
Saint
Michael’s returns to action on Thursday when it hosts Assumption at
3:30 pm.
GAME SUMMARY
Merrimack
2
2
2
1
--7
Saint Michael’s
5
2
2
4
--13
SMC scoring
(goals-assists): Barletto 5-1,
Libby 2-1, Duffy 2-3, Boyle 1-0, Lynn 1-0, Dippell 1-0, Calnen 0-3,
Kobelt 1-2.
Merrimack scoring
(goals-assists): Brown 5-0,
Brazill 2-0, Murphy 0-2, Fidler 0-2, Carlson 0-1.
Goalie Saves
SMC – Hingston: 8
saves, 7 goals
MC – McCarthy 13 saves, 13 goals
Shots:
SMC 30, MC 19
Ground Balls:
SMC 28, MC 17
Face-offs: SMC
11/21; MC 10/21
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