ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The 17th-ranked Dickinson men's lacrosse had eight different men find the back of the night on Saturday afternoon, including getting two each from
Ramsey Huggins,
Landen Hyatt and
Luke Whalen en route to claiming an 11-7 conference win in the regular season finale over Muhlenberg College at Scotty Wood Stadium.
Postseason Outlook
With the win today the Devils have locked up the second seed in next week's Centennial Conference Tournament and will host a Semifinal game on Friday at a time to be announced on Monday.
- Dickinson keeper Rocco Bognet was busy early shutting down both Jack Bill and Jono Hillelsohn within the opening three minutes.
- The Devils then added the next four shots with Ethan Gess, Huggins and Hyatt all ringing a post, while Josh Smith was shutdown by Max Kunnath off a feed from Charlie Baughan.
- However, less than a minute later the visitors made it 1-0 at the 5:56 mark with Whalen solving Kunnath thanks to a dish by Smith. Unfortunately, the home side had an immediate answer with Liam Ledwith putting one in the cage.
- The teams traded the ensuing six shots with Kunnath denying Gess, followed by chances from Tommy Baldini and Hyatt going wide.
- Late in the period Dickinson would grab the lead heading to the second as Kunnath shutdown Baughan, but Gess fired the loose ball past the keeper making the score 2-1 through one.
- An early save by Kunnath on Baldini set the stage for the home side to tie the game courtesy of Ledwith less than two minutes in.
- A faceoff win for Ben Trucksess resulted in Owen Porter linking up with Baldini for the finish.
- Dickinson continued to fire away with Carter Wilmot missing high twice, before Whalen and Huggins (Gess assist) struck in quick order to make it 5-2 with 9:09 off the clock.
- The Red and White added onto their lead off a turnover forced by Evan Karetsos as he knocked the rock free from Jack Paris. That allowed Karetsos to look downfield and connect with Huggins for the strike. Then, after Trucksess claimed the ensuing faceoff Gess hit Hyatt for the Devils seventh (7-2).
- After Mac Childs had an attempt knocked down by the defense the Mules pulled one back, but Joey Wood claimed the groundball from the ensuing faceoff and sent a shot past Kunnath to hand DC an 8-3 halftime lead.
- Dickinson began the period by trying to add onto their lead over the first five minutes, unfortunately, shots from Huggins, Hyatt, Porter, Smith and Wilmot all missed their mark.
- Muhlenberg would take advantage of the missed chances by the Devils and trim one off the gap thanks to Ledwith.
- A save for Bognet on Bill and another caused turnover by Karetsos resulted in Hyatt tickling the twine to extend the margin to 9-4 with 8:09 left.
- The Mules then stemmed the tide taking nine of the final ten shots tasking Bognet into making three stops, while cashing in once through Luc Belvill to cut the deficit down to 9-5 with a quarter to play.
- The hosts used the first two minutes to hack two more off the gap getting to within 9-7.
- Muhlenberg's defense continued to lockdown the Red and White not allowing a shot over the opening eight minutes, while taking three offerings of their own but not bothering Bognet.
- At the 10:31 mark, Friedel was placed in the box for an offside infraction which gave Baughan the opportunity to hit Jack Murphy for a long-range missile beyond the reach of Kunnath.
- After another Bognet stop and Mules giveaway Baughan cashed in an unassisted tally past the goalie to set the 11-7 final.
- Goals - Huggins, Hyatt and Whalen (2)
- Assists - Gess and Karetsos (2), Baughan, Porter and Smith (1)
- Groundballs - Bognet (7), Karetsos (4), Capp Reynolds and Trucksess (3)
- Caused Turnovers - Karetsos (3), Jack Deady and Hayden Warren (1)
- Faceoffs - Trucksess (11-20), Ryan Backus (1-2)
- Saves - Bognet (9)
- Goals - Ledwith (3)
- Assists - Kusko (2)
- Groundballs - Hochegger and Kunnath (5)
- Caused Turnovers - Lavarra (6)
- Faceoffs - Minuto (10-21), Drago (0-1)
- Saves - Kunnath (4)
- Dickinson (11-5, 7-1 CC) now awaits their opponent for Friday's Centennial Conference Semifinal at Biddle Field. Stay tuned to dickinsonathletics.com and all Red Devils social media for more information as it becomes available.
