Box Score THE BASICS
Score: Clark 16, Emerson 10
Records: Emerson Lions (4-7, 1-1 NEWMAC) ; Clark (2-6, 1-2 NEWMAC)
Location: Worcester, Mass. (Granger Field)
Date: April 1, 2023
The Lead: Senior Nicholas Fulgione tallied a team-best four goals for the Emerson men's lacrosse team in the Lions' 16-10 setback out at Clark on Saturday afternoon.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
EMERSON
Fulgione: four goals
Birk Swan: three goals, three assists, three caused turnovers
James Toomy: seven ground balls
FACE OFFS
James Toomy (14-27) ; Tyler King (0-2)
GOALIE
Malcolm McGrath (L, 4-6): 16 goals allowed on 28 shots with 12 saves through 60 minutes
CLARK
Patrick Liddy: four goals, two assists
Benjamin Hollerbach: four goals
Zachary Conant & Jason Tautel: six ground balls
FACE OFFS
John D'Eufemia (0-1) ; Patrick O'Rourke (1-1) ; Mark Zito (14-27)
GOALIES
Ryan Mickelson (W, 2-4): nine goals allowed on 25 shots with 16 saves through 58 minutes
Dylan Harloff: one goal allowed on two shots with one saves through two minutes
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Swan kickstarted Emerson's scoring a mere 51 seconds into the start of the first to put Emerson in front, 1-0. Seven seconds later, Hollerbach put in the equalizer at 14:01 before he tallied Clark's go-ahead goal at 10:40.
- With just under six and a half minutes left to play in the first, Fulgione found the back of the net with an unassisted goal that leveled the game 2-all and stayed tied at the end of the frame.
- Clark fired in three consecutive goals to open the second quarter to push their lead to 5-2 before Fulgione made it a three-goal game off a pass from Swan at 10:18.
- Three more goals from Clark followed from 9:29 to 6:15 and put Emerson in a five-goal hole at 8-3. Fulgione answered with his second goal of the frame at 4:01 to cut the lead down to 8-4.
- The Cougars responded with another pair of tallies, their last coming at 2:49 and the score at 10-4 after an unassisted goal from Liddy.
- Through the final two minutes of the half, Fulgione wrapped his hat trick at 1:56 and was followed up by a marker from freshman Aedan Kiniry with 10 seconds left. Emerson entered the break down four at 10-6.
- Clark came out the gate of the first with a string of three consecutive goals, which included two from Wells, and put Emerson back in a six-goal deficit at 12-6 before Howard wrapped the run at 6:57.
- Emerson got two goals back in the final four and a half minutes of the third to get back within six at 13-7.
- Swan secured his hat trick at 4:36 and was followed up by another goal from Kiniry at 1:19 and helped the Lions close the gap to five at 13-8 at the end of the frame.
- Tommy McCarthy and Alex D'Entrone tacked on two more goals in the opening of the fourth to move the score at 15-8 with 11:42 left to play.
- Kiniry slipped in the ninth Emerson goal on an unassisted marker 24 seconds later with the score at 15-9 before Noah Skole sent in the 16th and final goal for the Cougars at 5:54.
- With just over a minute and a half left in regulation, Swan sent in the last Emerson tally to move within six at 16-10 at 1:35.
- Emerson got one shot off within the remaining minute and a half, which was turned away by Harloff as the Lions fell to the Cougars, 16-10.
UP NEXT
- Emerson stays on the road with an afternoon slate out at Springfield on Saturday, April 8th at 3:30 p.m.
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