Recap, photo courtesy of Trinity College
Hartford, Conn. – The Trinity College men's lacrosse team picked up
its first New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) victory
of the season with a 16-11 win over the Bowdoin College Polar Bears on
Saturday afternoon at Jessee/Miller Field. The Bantams improve to 6-3 on
the year with their second win in a row while Bowdoin falls to 5-4
overall. Trinity, which never trailed in today's matchup, returns to
action on Wednesday night for another conference tilt, versus
Connecticut College at home.
Trinity jumped out to an early, 5-0, lead thanks to
Scott Morgan's
(East Grand Rapids, Mich.) dominance in the faceoff circle and some
nifty passing in front of the Polar Bear net. Morgan won the game's
first six faceoffs which led to the run. Sophomore
Drew Kozub (Hopkinton, Mass.) got the Bantams on the board 31 seconds in before assisting on a
Max DeLaMater (Irvington, N.Y.) goal less than two minutes later. Senior
Ben Knaus (Ross, Calif.) set up junior
Ben Ferrucci
(Essex, Conn.) on a score at the 11:47 mark before finding the back of
the net himself with 10:17 left in the opening quarter. Ferrucci scored
once more just 41 seconds after Knaus to cap off the run.
Bowdoin scored twice in a row to end the Bantam run before senior
Teddy Myers
(Washington, D.C.) answered with his ninth goal of the season to put
Trinity back ahead by four. Jimmy Young (Exeter, N.H.) added Bowdoin's
third goal of the afternoon with 3:11 left to cut the deficit to 6-3
after the first quarter.
The Bantams outscored Bowdoin, 5-3, in the second quarter to extend their lead to 11-6 at the half. Senior captain
John Caraviello (Wellesley Hills, Mass.) scored twice in the second frame while Kozub, Ferrucci and rookie
Jackson Wood
(Alexandria, Va.) added tallies as well. Bowdoin got scores from Jeff
Powers (Cohasett, Mass.) and Zach Chandler (Salisbury, Conn.) before
Donal Mullane (Washington, D.C.) found the back of the net with six
seconds left before halftime.
Both sides traded goals early in the third period, including a goal
by Bowdoin's Brad Ingersoll (Waxhaw, N.C.) that was fired from 20-yards
out to beat the shot clock. With 4:15 left in the third, Chandler fired
another shot from distance that bounced and found netting to cut the
deficit to 12-8. Trinity answered with back-to-back goals to end the
quarter with a 14-8 lead, highlighted by a diving buzzer-beater from
first-year
Connor McCulloch (Alexandria, Va.).
Bowdoin outscored Trinity, 3-2, in the fourth quarter but a pair of
timely goals and a stifling Bantam defense proved too much of a hurdle
to overcome for the Polar Bears. Powers scored again, 45 seconds into
the final frame but Kozub answered a couple minutes later to keep the
lead steady.
Starting at the 9:02 mark, Bowdoin got back-to-back scores from
Kendall Rogers (Morristown, N.J.) and Chandler to make it a 15-11 game,
but that's as close as it got as Trinity held on down the stretch. Myers
added a goal for the Bantams with 5:56 remaining, tightrope walking the
crease line and bouncing a shot in from point-blank to help seal the
win.
Trinity's defense came through clutch in numerous spots, forcing 11
Bowdoin turnovers on the day and gobbling up 49 ground balls. Trinity
sophomore goalie
Brady Burke (Duxbury, Mass.) was stellar between the pipes, finishing with 11 saves including four in the fourth quarter. Junior
Will Hay (New York, N.Y.) and rookie
Charlie Olsen
(Darien, Conn.) led the Bantams with a pair of caused turnovers apiece
while Morgan was ever-steady at the faceoff circle with a game-high 21
wins. Ferrucci and Kozub led the squad with three goals each while
McCulloch, Caraviello, Myers and DeLaMater each tallied two scores
