Men's Lacrosse
April 26, 2008
DOLPHIN DEFENSE LEADS THE WAY AS LE MOYNE TOPS BENTLEY
10-1.
WALTHAM , MA – The Le Moyne College men’s lacrosse
team, winners of 23 straight games, used stifling defense to
improve to 12-0, 9-0 NE-10 with a 10-1 victory over Bentley on
Saturday. Senior Brian Cost led the way offensively for the
Dolphins with three goals and one assist. The loss drops Bentley to
7-6, 5-5 in conference play.
The Le Moyne defense held the Falcons off the board in the first
period as the offense jumped out to a 4-0 lead after 15 minutes.
Brian Welch opened the scoring just :32 seconds into the game on an
unassisted goal. Jack Venditti added goal from Mike McDonald and
Welch netted his second goal of the game to push the lead to 3-0.
Midfielder Alex Bily added one more goal for the Dolphins with just
:13 to play in the period pushing the ‘Phins’ advantage
to 4-0.
Cost added his first of three goals on the day at the 13:48 mark of
the second quarter. Bentley got on the board at the 11:49 mark with
a goal by Stephen Moulton trim the Le Moyne lead to 5-1. Le Moyne
took a 6-1 lead into the break following a Mike McDonald goal from
Cost.
The top-ranked Dolphin defense allowed only 20 Bentley shots on the
afternoon and put a stranglehold on the Falcon offense in the
second half holding them scoreless on 11 shots. Against only one
goal, junior Doug McIver recorded 11 saves in goal for the
Dolphins. McIver currently ranks tops in the nation in goal against
average and save percentage.
Le Moyne returns to action on Sunday as the travel to take on
Franklin Pierce at noon.
SCORE BY PERIOD 1
2 3 4 Tot
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Le Moyne............ 4 2 3 1 - 10
Bentley............... 0 1 0 0 -
1
Le Moyne SCORING: GOALS: Brian Cost 3; Brian Welch 2; Mike McDonald
1;
Alex Bily 1; Nick Gatto 1; Brad Wolken 1; Jack Venditti 1.
ASSISTS: Brian Cost 1; Mike McDonald 1; Mike Rabbitt 1; Brooks
Robinson 1.
Bentley SCORING: GOALS: Stephen Moulton 1.
ASSISTS: Kevin Gould 1.
