Box Score

Annapolis, Md. - The Franklin & Marshall College men's lacrosse team used a 4-1 run in the third quarter to break a 4-4 halftime draw en route to a 10-7 victory over St. Mary's College of Maryland in the conference opener for both squads Wednesday afternoon.  The game was played at Lawrence E. Knight Stadium on the Broadneck High School campus.

The Diplomats (1-0) struck first as attackmen Mark Hild (Denver, Colo.) and Kevin Kilpatrick (West Chester, Pa.) combined for the game's first two goals.  However, St. Mary's responded with two of its own as sophomores Chris Becraft (Rockville, Md./Good Counsel) and Bobby Cooke (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) found the back of the net to knot the game at 2-all at the end of the first period.

In the second stanza, sophomore attackman Dennis Rosson (Severna Park, Md./Severn) gave the Seahawks (0-1) a 3-2 edge at 12:37.  F&M answered with back-to-back as junior midfielder Shane Brennan (West Chester, Pa.) notched a man-up goal at 11:05 and senior Noah Wilkinsky (Ardmore, Pa.) picked up his first of the day at 7:14.  Sophomore attackman Sam Burns (Potomac, Md./T.S. Wootton) tied the game at 4-4 with 30 seconds remaining in the first half with a man-up goal.

Wilkinsky paced the Diplomats with two goals and an assist, while Brennan finished with two goals and freshman attackman Colin McKew (Glen Arm, Md.) dished out two assists.

F&M scored the first two goals in the third frame to post a 6-4 advantage at 13:47.  Becraft cut the deficit to 6-5 at 12:56 with his second goal of the day off an assist from Rosson.  The Diplomats netted two more to an 8-5 margin into the final period.

In the fourth, the two teams alternated goals with F&M notching the first of the period for the 10-7 final.

Becraft led all scorers with five points on four goals and an assist, while Rosson had a goal and an assist and junior captain Ryan Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti) had two helpers.

F&M's junior Sean Murphy (Towson, Md.) won 10-of-17 face-offs and scooped up a game-high eight ground balls.  The Diplomats outshot St. Mary's, 28-23, while winning 29 of 52 ground balls.

Junior Chris Marcozzi (Springfield, Pa.) turned away 15 shots in the Diplomat win, while sophomore Pat Simpson (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) recorded 12 saves in the loss.

St. Mary's will return to action this Saturday, February 28 when the Seahawks face Dickinson College in non-conference action at 1:00 at the Bullis School in Potomac, Md.