Box Score THE BASICS
Score: Emerson 11, Wentworth 9
Records: Emerson Lions (1-1) ; Wentworth Leopards (0-1)
Location: Boston, Mass. (Rotch Field)
Date: February 22, 2023
The Lead: Sophomore Jack Burns paced the Emerson men's lacrosse team with a hat trick followed by two goals a piece from junior Birk Swan, senior Nicholas Fulgione and freshman Aedan Kiniry as the Lions edged past Wentworth, 11-9, in their home opener on Wednesday night.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
EMERSON
Burns: three goals, one assist
Swan: two goals, two assists
Fulgione: two goals, two assists, five ground balls
Kiniry: two goals
Charlie van Beuren: four caused turnovers
FACE OFFS
Tyler King (5-7) ; James Toomy (7-16)
GOALIE
Connor Nydegger: five goals allowed on seven shots with two saves through 30 minutes
Malcolm McGrath (W, 1-0): four goals allowed on 10 shots with six saves through 30 minutes
WENTWORTH
Liam Carroll: four goals
Samuel Silva: four ground balls
Seven with one caused turnovers
FACE OFFS
Connor Charron (2-8) ; Samuel Silva (9-15)
GOALIE
Ryan Kalberer (L, 0-1): 11 goals allowed on 25 shots with 14 saves through 60 minutes
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Two early goals within the first three minutes of the first pushed Wentworth ahead of Emerson, 2-0, before Schwarz netted the Lions' first tally at the 6:17 mark as the score sat at 2-1.
- Carroll put in the go-ahead marker for the Leopards at 4:31 to give the visitors the two-goal advantage, but Emerson used the final two minutes of the frame to lock the game at 3-all.
- Burns buried Emerson's second goal past Kalberer off a feed from Fulgione and was followed just over a minute later with Swan's equalizer with six ticks left on the clock.
- The opening seven minutes of the second saw Emerson and Wentworth trade off goals, yet it was Fulgione's goal with 15 seconds in the half that lifted the Lions to the 6-5 lead - a lead they would not relinquish.
- It was a quiet third frame on the scoring front for both sides with Emerson outshooting Wentworth, 9-8, but it was the Lions who turned nine of those shots into a pair of goals.
- Nearly 13 minutes past with no goals being tallied until at the 2:16 mark, senior Jack O'Rourke fired in an unassisted goal to break the scoreless streak and extend Emerson's lead to two at 7-5.
- 12 seconds after O'Rourke found the back of the net, Burns followed up with the second Lions' goal of the stanza. With 2:04 left in the third, Emerson gave themselves the three-goal lead at 8-5.
- Wentworth tallied their only goal of the third at the 59 second mark on a man-up opportunity and inched back within two at 8-6.
- Swan began Emerson's scoring 33 seconds into the fourth to up the hosts lead back up to three at 9-6 and used a tally from Kiniry at 7:33 to gain their biggest advantage at 10-6.
- A minute after Emerson upped their margin to four, Wentworth used back-to-back nets from Erik Vogt and Carroll to cut the lead down to 10-8 with 5:53 on the clock.
- Emerson got one more goal off from Burns exactly one minute after Wentworth scored to give themselves another three-goal cushion at the 4:43 mark with score now at 11-8.
- On a man-up opportunity deep into the fourth, Wentworth used another marker from Carroll to creep back to a two-goal margin at 11-9. The Leopards were unable to get another shot off within the final 2:30 as the Lions held on for the 11-9 win.
UP NEXT
- Emerson continue their short home stand on Saturday, February 25th when they welcome Saint Joseph's (Me.) for a 1:00 p.m. non-conference slate.
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