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Roanoke, Va. - Senior
attackman Pat March (Glen Burnie, Md./Mt. St.
Joseph) scored a game-high five goals in leading No. 5 Roanoke
College to a 22-7 victory over the visiting St. Mary's College of
Maryland men's lacrosse team Sunday afternoon in non-conference
action.
Roanoke (2-0) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead at 9:20 behind two
goals from March. However, three unanswered
goals by the Seahawks knotted the game at 3-all at 5:30 as junior
attackman Dennis Rosson (Severna Park, Md./Severn)
scored twice in the run. The Maroons closed out the first
period on a 5-0 run to head into the second period with an 8-3
lead.
The Maroons outscored St. Mary's 3-1 in the second quarter as
junior attackman Chris Becraft (Rockville,
Md./Good Counsel) interrupted the home team's 7-0 run with a goal
at 10:53. RC headed into halftime with an 11-4 lead.
Roanoke opened up the third stanza of play with four unanswered
goals as junior midfielder Trey Keeley (Lancaster,
Pa./Conestoga Valley) tallied back-to-back scores. Junior
middie Will Bell (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) put
the Seahawks (0-1) on the board in the third at 1:11.
The Seahawks (0-1) scored first in the last quarter of play as
first-year attackman Patrick Mull (Fallston,
Md./Fallston) found the back of the net at 13:29. Roanoke
took it from there, rattling off six straight before SMC
firsty-year midfielder Albert Mitchell
(Shrewsbury, Mass./Saint John's) notched a goal at 2:01 off a pass
from Mull.
Mitchell won 10-of-23 face-offs while
first-year midfielder Alex Brylske (Bowley's
Quarters, Md./Mount Carmel) was 4-of-6 as the Seahawks finished
14-of-32 for the game. Mitchell scooped up a
team-high five ground balls as well.
Roanoke outshot the visitors, 54 to 37, and claimed the ground
ball battle as well, 46 to 29, behind a game-best 12 ground balls
by junior midfielder Greg Khanzadian (Syracuse,
N.Y./Christian Brothers), who won 15-of-23 face-offs.
Senior goalie Jake Dorsey (Woodbine, Md./Mt.
St. Joseph) picked up 10 stops for RC while first-years
Kyle Hagens (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) and
Mike Hardon (Devon, Pa./The Gunnery) combined for
two saves in the final 5:57.
Junior goalie Stu Wheeler (Baltimore, Md./St.
Paul's) made 14 saves in his first game as a Seahawk while
sophomore Pat Simpson (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) and
first-year Nick Beardsley (Monkton, Md./Saint
James) combined for seven goals against and one save in the last
quarter.
The Seahawks return to action next Saturday, February 27 as St.
Mary's faces Dickinson College at 11:30 am at the Bullis School in
Potomac, Md.
