Box Score THE BASICS
Score: Roger Williams 10, Emerson 6
Records: Emerson Lions (3-2) ; Roger Williams (3-1)
Location: Bristol, Rhode Island (Bayside Field)
Date: March 4, 2023
The Lead: Three goals from junior Birk Swan paced the Emerson men's lacrosse team in the goal column, but the Lions were upended, 10-6, in road action down at Roger Williams on Saturday afternoon.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
EMERSON
Swan: three goals
Nicholas Fulgione: one goal, one assists
Josh DeMattos: eight ground balls
John Marcone: two caused turnovers
FACE OFFS
James Toomy (2-5) ; Tyler King (10-13)
GOALIE
Malcolm McGrath (L, 3-1): 10 goals allowed on 17 shots with seven saves through 60 minutes
ROGER WILLIAMS
Brian Gazard: two goals
Kevin Murphy: two goals
Matt Halpin: two goals
Tyler Zanini: five ground balls
Kyle Zirn: four caused turnovers
FACE OFFS
Matthew DeStafano (0-2) ; Keenan Pindar iii (0-1) ; Jordan Pivarnik (6-16)
GOALIE
Max Kimmel (W, 3-1): six goals allowed on 19 shots with 13 saves through 60 minutes
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Thomas Kennedy and Gazard tallied the game's first pair of goals within 30 seconds of one another and put Emerson in a 2-0 hole just 1:54 into the first quarter.
- Emerson answered with a pair of goals of their own at 12:17 when sophomore Jack Burns sent in the Lions' first tally before sophomore Benson Offit buried the 2-2 equalizer at 9:12.
- With 8:12 remaining in the frame, Gazard and Halpin sent another pair of Hawks' goals past McGrath and put the Lions in a two-goal hole at 4-2.
- A marker from Fulgione brought Emerson within one at the 8:59 mark at 4-3, but Roger Williams spread two more goals through the final 6:19 of the second as the Lions now faced a three-goal deficit at 6-3 going into the half.
- At the break, Emerson and Roger Williams were deadlocked with 18 shots apiece.
- Swan went to work in the third quarter and registered all three of his goals in the frame. His first goal came at 8:55 and moved the score to 6-4 before Halpin buried the seventh Hawks goal at 4:57 (7-4).
- It was in the last four and a half minutes where Swan recorded two more goals to bump Emerson back within one and entered the fourth down 7-6.
- Despite outshooting Roger Williams in the fourth, 12-7, the Lions were unable to turn any of their 12 attempts into goals.
- Murphy fired in a man-up goal a mere 23 seconds into the fourth off a feed from Gazard for the eighth Hawks' goal. Three minutes passed before Aj DaRin's tally put Emerson back to a three-goal margin at 9-6 with 11:36 on the clock.
- Then at the 10:45 mark, Ryan Vendetti put in the final goal for Roger Williams to move the score to 10-6.
- After going down four goals, Emerson sent six more shots towards Kimmel, but came up empty-handed and fell to the Hawks, 10-6.
UP NEXT
- After a quick two game road trip, Emerson returns to Boston on Wednesday, March 8th for a meeting with Vassar at 6:00 p.m.
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