WARRIOR MEN’S LACROSSE DETHRONES ROYALS

SCRANTON, Pa. – The Lycoming College men’s lacrosse team overcame a 5-0 second period deficit to defeat the University of Scranton, 16-9, in Middle Atlantic Conference action Wednesday afternoon.

Sang Duong (Fr./Havertown; Haverford Township) scored six goals and assisted on another to lead the way for the Warriors. Junior Buddy Temple (Webster, NY; Webster Senior) added three goals and an assist in Lycoming’s third victory of the season.

The Royals jumped out to an early lead, scoring three goals in the opening period while holding the Warriors scoreless. Scranton stretched the lead to 5-0, early in the second on goals by Barton Farrell and Kyle Eaton. Temple then got Lycoming on the board with a pair of goals, as the Warriors rolled off six scores to take a 6-5 advantage into halftime.

After the intermission, Duong scored two goals, helping Lycoming extend its lead to 10-7 after three periods of play. The Warriors then put the game away with seven goals in the final quarter – two more by Duong. Mike Bonnes (Sr./Ridley; Ridley Senior) added three goals and Chris Rausch (Sr./Wilmington, DE; Salesianum) chipped in two.

Jared Jankowski (Sr./Boonton, NJ; Boonton) made 11 saves in goal for Lycoming. Thomas Kenyon and Joe Garofalo split time in net for the Royals, combining for 13 saves.

“We got in hole early, down 5-0 after the first quarter-and-a-half. Things looked bad,” said Lycoming head coach Gene Peluso. “Buddy Temple scored a couple of goals in the second to get us going and we were able to score pretty consistently the rest of the game. I’m very pleased with how our offense played the last three quarters, but we need to be able to play that way right out of the gate.

“We had outstanding performances from Temple, Mark Barnes and Sang Duong. Temple just played an all-around great game. Barnes was terrific on face-offs and in the midfield all game. He truly played like an All-American. Duong really stepped in up today. As a freshman, he went up against Scranton’s top defender and really performed well with six goals.”

The win marks the Warriors’ second in a row and improves their record to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the MAC. Scranton falls to 2-2 overall and 0-1 in the conference. Lycoming will play again on Sunday, March 25, when they travel to DeSales University.

COLLEGIATE MEN’S LACROSSE
Lycoming  16, Scranton  9

Teams                    1                2                3                4                Final
Lycoming                0                6                4                6                16
Scranton                 3                2                2                2                9

Goals:
Lycoming – Sang Duong 6, Buddy Temple 3, Mike Bonnes 3, Chris Rausch 2, Eric Holzhauer (Jr./Willow Grove; Abington) 1, Todd Riescher (Sr./Delray Beach, FL; West Morris Mendham) 1
Scranton – Dennis Mahon 3, Barton Farrell 3, William Ayers 1, Kyle Eaton 1, Andrew Palumbo 1

Assists:
Lycoming – Dave Dormond (Fr./Bryn Mawr; Haverford Township) 3, Mike Bonnes 2, Todd Brysiak (Sr./Aston; Ridley Senior) 2, Mark Barnes (Sr./Elmira, NY; Corning-Painted Post East) 2, Dan Wilcox (Fr./Corning, NY; Corning-Painted Post East) 1, Sang Duong 1, Buddy Temple 1
Scranton – Cody Harris 2, Dennis Mahon 2, Barton Farrell 1, Ryan Crowley 1

Saves:
Lycoming – Jared Jankowski (55 min.) 11 saves, 8 GA; Christian Willaum (Fr./New Milford, CT; New Milford) (5 min.) 2 saves, 1 GA
Scranton – Thomas Kenyon (30 min.) 5 saves, 6GA; Joe Garofalo (30 min.) 8 saves, 10 GA