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| (Carlisle, Pa.) - Dickinson
College senior Ted Sirvaitis (Greenwich,
Conn./Greenwich) tallied a game-high five goals to
lead the Red Devil men's lacrosse team to a 9-6 win over Montclair
State University on Saturday. The Red Devils remain unbeaten,
raising their record to 4-0 on the season. |
The Red Devils stormed out to a 7-1 lead, holding a 3-1
advantage at the end of the first quarter. Sirvaitis tallied all
three Devil goals in the opening quarter.
Brendan O'Brien (Garden City,
N.Y./Chaminade) scored off an assist
from Stephen O'Brien (Garden City,
N.Y./Chaminade) to close out the first half with the
Devils in front, 7-1.
Montclair opened the second half with back-to-back goals,
cutting the deficit to 7-3 with 9:37 left to play in the third
period.
Sirvaitis traded goals with Montclair's Tyler Meth to make the
score 8-4, heading into the final quarter.
Mike Corsetto capitalized on a Dickinson penalty with an
extra-man goal just 20 seconds into the fourth. Matt
Cherry (Radnor, Pa./Radnor) gave the Devils some
breathing room, scoring on a nice dodge to make the score 9-5 with
6:18 remaining in the game.
Taylor Bonner tacked on another extra-man goal with 2:50 before
the Devils were able to run out the clock for a final of 9-6.
Cherry finished with two goals and an assist to go with
Sirvaitis' five tallies. Chip Murray (New Canaan,
Conn./New Canaan) had a strong day at the "X",
winning 13-of-17 face-offs and controlling five ground balls.
Chris Breslin (Garden City, N.Y./Garden
City) and Al Golod (Lloyd Harbor,
N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) each caused a pair of
turnovers while combining for seven ground balls. John
Haire (Darien, Conn./Darien) also anchored a solid
defensive effort.
Senior Tyler Magann (Easton, Pa./The Hill
School) made seven saves in goal for the Red Devils,
improving his mark to 4-0 as well.
Bonner led MSU (1-2) with three goals and two assists. Andrew
Rosato stopped 14 shots in the cage.
The Red Devils (4-0) are home again on Wednesday, hosting Kenyon
College at 3:30 pm.
