Warriors Can’t Finish Off Scranton
Lycoming Falls Despite Halftime Lead

SCRANTON, Pa.—Lycoming’s men’s lacrosse team (2-7, 2-3) lost to Scranton on Wednesday by a score of 11-9. Ahead 3-0 early in the first period and 7-5 at intermission, the Warriors managed just two goals in the second-half and were held scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Freshman attackers Nate Walter (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) and Brad Schaeffer (Smithsburg, Md./Smithsburg) and junior midfielder Jim Cusick (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) led the Warriors with two goals apiece. Schaeffer scored two goals during a five-minute span of the first period and Walter added another as Lycoming jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Scranton’s Ed Boate answered with a man-up goal.

              

Scranton’s Joe Flynn won 18 of 24 face-offs and cut Lycoming’s lead to 3-2 just 14 seconds after Boate’s scored. After the Royals knotted the tally at 3-3 early in the second period, the momentum swung in Lycoming’s favor. Walter, Cusick and junior attacker Dan Cannon (Orangeville, Ontario/Orangeville) scored three straight goals over a six-minute span to capture a 6-3 lead. Scranton sandwiched goals around a Cusick score to cut the difference to 7-5 at the half.

Scranton then took its first lead, 9-8, in the third period, but an unassisted goal by junior Dan Conkright (Spring City, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) knotted the game at nine with less than a minute remaining in the quarter.

Scranton’s Phil Lindner scored the game-winning goal at 8:06 in the fourth, while the Royals added an insurance goal by Boate with 2:20 remaining to seal the victory.

Sophomore goalie Kyle Gilfoy (Media, Pa./Penncrest) finished the contest with a game-high 19 saves for Lycoming.

The Warriors play at Widener on Saturday before returning home to face Elizabethtown at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17.