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LACROSSE FINAL SCORE
NCAA Championship Second Round
Tufts 21, Endicott 8
At Medford, MA
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Game
Box Score
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Sean Kirwan's seven goals were one shy of the
NCAA Tournament record for a game
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MEDFORD -- Sophomore Sean Kirwan (Boonton Township,
NJ) scored seven goals, one shy of the NCAA Division III
Men's Lacrosse Championship record for a game, as the sixth-ranked
Tufts University Jumbos dismantled Endicott College, 21-8, in an
NCAA second-round contest on Saturday afternoon at Bello Field.
Tufts, which improved to 17-1, advances to the NCAA
Quarterfinals where they will host NESCAC rival Middlebury College
on Wednesday (May 19). A starting time has not been announced.
Middlebury won its second-round game at RPI, 16-8. Endicott
College, which was making its sixth NCAA Championship appearance,
ended its season with a 14-8 mark.
The Jumbos broke the game open with an eight-goal run stretching
from 5:40 of the first quarter until 6:17 of the second. Sophomore
Geordie Shafer (Rancho Sante Fe, CA), who had one
goal for the season entering Saturday, scored three times during
the Jumbo run. Kirwan scored twice, and senior tri-captain
Doug DiSesa (Wynnewood, PA) scored back-to-back
goals - one while Tufts was down a man - as the Jumbos took a 10-1
lead. Tufts had led 2-1 early.
Endicott regrouped and tallied four goals late in the second
quarter and early in the third to pull within 11-5. Junior Jack
Curtis (Chelmsford, MA) scored two of the goals for the Gulls.
However, Tufts stemmed Endicott's momentum by scoring six of the
next seven goals to build a 17-6 advantage early in the fourth
quarter. Kirwan's four goals, including three assisted by junior
Ryan Molloy (Setauket, NY), highlighted that
stretch.
Curtis scored his second goal of the second half and fourth of
the game for the visitors at 10:18 of the fourth quarter making it
17-7, but Tufts finished with four of the final five goals for the
21-8 rout. Junior Brian Donovan (St. James, NY)
had a pair of the finishing goals.
Ten players scored goals for the Jumbos, who had a 55-33
advantage in shots. Molloy, with a goal and five assists, and
junior D.J. Hessler (Monkton, MD), who had two
goals with four assists, tallied six points each for Tufts.
Sophomore Steve Foglietta (Oceanside, NY) stopped
14 of Endicott's 22 shots on goal, an excellent .636 percentage.
Junior long-stick middie Alec Bialosky (Moreland Hills,
OH) scooped up five ground balls, senior tri-captain
Mike Droesch (Setauket, NY) added four ground
balls to a goal and an assist, and sophomore Nick Rhoads
(McLean, VA) won 18 of 32 face-offs. The hosts came out on
top in the ground-ball battle 42-36.
Senior co-captain Brad Lipkvich (Madison, CT) had a goal and an
assist for Endicott. Junior Chris Cotter (Fairfield, CT) assisted
on two goals. Senior co-captain Eric Hagarty (Sudbury, MA) recorded
13 saves and five ground balls in the Gulls' goal. Junior
defenseman Robert Crossett (Katonah, NY) was on the spot for five
ground balls.
Heading into Wednesday, Tufts has defeated Middlebury twice this
season. The Jumbos won 10-5 at Bello during the regular-season on
April 24. Last Sunday (May 9), Tufts defeated Middlebury 13-12 at
Bello to win their first NESCAC title. This marks the first trip to
the national quarterfinals for Tufts, which improved to 2-2 in NCAA
Championship play.
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