Men's Lacrosse Falls 13-4 to TCCC Rival Roger Williams

Men's Lacrosse Falls 13-4 to TCCC Rival Roger Williams

MILTON, Mass.-Roger Williams University defeated Curry College 13-4 on Wednesday in Milton.  With the win the Hawks improve to 7-6 overall and 5-3 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference.  The Colonels fall to 8-7 overall and 4-5 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference.

Curry got on the board first with a goal from sophomore Russell Lanham (Silver Spring, MD) but Roger Williams scored three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 lead heading into the second period.  The Colonels would score first in the second and cut the Hawks lead to just one but that would be as close as Curry would get.  Roger Williams scored six goals over the next two periods and was up 10-2 heading into the fourth.  The Hawks would score three more by games end and the Colonels would get just two.

Lanham led Curry scorers with two goals and junior Kyle Abbott (Ashland, Mass.) and freshman Joseph Natale (Haverhill, Mass.) each chipped in with one.

Juniors Logan Roebuck (Montgomer, NY) and Drew Smith ( Blue Point, NY) led the Hawks with three goals and an assist.  Sophomore Justin Leddy (Manasquan, NJ) and freshman Ian Powers (Shrewsbury, Mass.) scored two goals apiece and junior Jim Turenne (Bristol, RI) and Jim Tancredi (Bloomingburg, NY) and freshman Drew Beck (South Salem, NY) each tallied one.

The Hawks only outshot the Colonels by 37-34 but Curry had 36 groundballs to Roger Williams 22.

Sophomore Michael Hibbard (Chelmsford, Mass.) played in net for the Colonels making eight saves in the loss.

In net for Roger Williams for the first 52:57 minutes was junior Tyler Roebuck (Montgomer, NY) who made 11 saves for the win.  Junior Tom Hardon (Devon, PA) made three saves in 6:03 minutes.

The Colonels will host Endicott College, April 24 for a TCCC match-up at 1:30 p.m. Roger Williams will travel to Gordon College on April 24 for a 6:00 p.m. game start.

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