Warriors' Offense Explodes on Moravian
Nairn, Dixon, Lando Lead Charge
Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Lycoming men’s lacrosse made up for its shortcomings at Dickinson College with an explosive effort against Moravian College, hammering the Greyhounds 16-7 on Saturday afternoon.  The Warriors improve to 2-3 overall, 2-0 in the MAC while Moravian falls to 1-5, 0-2.

Lycoming busted the game wide open with six unanswered goals in the second quarter.  After Moravian scored early in the frame to cut Lycoming’s lead to one at 3-2, junior attacker Tom Nairn (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) notched his third and fourth goals of the half to begin the Warriors run through the middle of the quarter.  The sophomore quartet of Dan Cannon (Orangeville, Ontario, Canada), Matt Lando (Corning, N.Y./Corning Painted Post), Jim Cusick (Aston, Pa./Sun Valley) and Justin Dixon (Baltimore, Md./North County) followed in order to push the Warriors out to an 8-2 advantage.

Nairn and Dixon were electric throughout the contest, trading four goal halves amongst each other.  Nairn notched four of his five tallies in the first 30 minutes, also notching an assist to give him team-bests of 10 goals and 32 points on the season.  Dixon only scored one in the first half, but caught fire with four scores in the second half-hour of play.  Lando presence proved charitable, dishing out five assists while scoring once.

Cannon dropped in a pair of goals in the first half, his first two of the season.  Cusick, the reigning MAC Player of the Week, added a trio of assists to his second quarter goal.  Freshman Shea Conway (Glenwood, Md./Glenelg) and sophomore David Labagh (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) joined the party with a goal apiece marking both players’ first tallies of the season.

Sophomore goalkeeper Matt Lyons (Radnor, Pa./Conestoga), the current MAC Goalkeeper of the Week, lived up his billing with eight saves before exiting 1:18 into the fourth quarter.  Freshman Kyle Gilfoy (Media, Pa./Penncrest) finished the contest between the pipes, making four saves.

The Warriors’ 8-3 halftime was more than enough for Moravian to handle.  Lycoming made it even tougher with three straight goals out of the intermission, but the Greyhounds continued to battle, finishing the third quarter with two scores of their own. 

Dixon reaffirmed the Warriors’ lead just 10 seconds into the fourth quarter, streaking from midfield following the face-off and beating the Greyhound keeper to the near-side.  Moravian answered with goals including a man-up effort from Ken Blom, but the Warriors ended the contest with a three-goal spurt.

Lycoming is next in action on Wednesday, March 29, as the Warriors travel to Susquehanna University.  Game time is set for 4:00 p.m.