College Men’s Lacrosse Final – #8 Washington and Lee 9, Guilford 5

LEXINGTON, Va. – Garrett Paglia scored three second-half goals to lift Washington and Lee University past visiting Guilford College, 9-5, in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) lacrosse game Saturday.

Ranked eighth in this week’s United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III Poll, the Generals (8-1, 2-0 ODAC) outshot Guilford, 55-19, but Quakers’ goalie Thomas Deane kept his team in the game with a career-high 24 saves.

Guilford’s Taylor Teodosio opened the game’s scoring and Chase Clausen netted the first of his two goals of the game to give the Quakers (4-4, 0-2 ODAC) a 2-1 halftime lead. The Generals outscored Guilford in the second quarter, 3-1, to take a 4-3 lead at the break. Washington and Lee held a 31-6 edge in shots at the half, but Deane kept Guilford close with 14 of his 24 saves.

Henry Farley’s extra-man goal with 6:21 left in the third quarter tied the score for the fourth time at 4-4, but the Generals answered 66 seconds later with Paglia’s unassisted tally that gave Washington and Lee a 5-4 edge.

Paglia scored an extra-man goal off a Mac Means assist five minutes into the fourth quarter and Jack Reuter tallied with 4:46 left in regulation for a 7-4 Generals’ edge, their largest of the game.

Teodosio netted his second score with 3:37 left to bring the Quakers to within 7-5, but Paglia scored his third and final goal 37 seconds later and Cameron Dabir’s second tally with 27 seconds remaining iced Washington and Lee’s fourth straight win.

Paglia added an assist in the first half and finished with a game-high four points. Jared Mitchell won 14-of-17 face-offs and scooped up seven ground balls. Joe LaSala caused four turnovers and Andrew Fusslebaugh picked up six ground balls for the Generals. Warren Berenis had five saves in goal.

Teodosio and Clause both scored twice to pace Guilford’s offense. Adam Fiore added two assists, but the story was the play of Deane, the sophomore netminder making his first start of the year after missing the start of the season with an injury. His 24 stops rank fifth in school history and are the most by a Quakers’ goalie since 2007. He also picked up three ground balls, second only to Nick Huckins’ game-high seven pickups.

Washington and Lee has never lost to Guilford in 26 meetings. The four-goal margin in today’s contest marked the closest game since the Generals’ 12-9 win in 1992.

Guilford hosts Ferrum College Saturday (3/30) at 7:00 p.m.

Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
2013 Guilford College Lacrosse
Guilford vs #8 Washington and Lee (Mar 23, 2013 at Lexington, VA)

Guilford (4-4, 0-2) vs. Washington and Lee (8-1, 2-0)
Date: Mar 23, 2013 Location: Lexington, VA Stadium: W&L Turf Field
Attendance:425 Start time:3:00 pm End time:4:55 pm Total time:1:55

   SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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   Guilford............  2  1  1  1 -  5
   Washington and Lee..  1  3  1  4 -  9

Guilford SCORING: GOALS: Chase Clausen 2; Taylor Teodosio 2; Henry Farley 1.
ASSISTS: Adam Fiore 2.

Washington and Lee SCORING: GOALS: Garrett Paglia 3; Cameron Dabir 2; Tyler Goldman 1; Cooper Brown 1; Joe Wood 1; Jack Reuter 1.
ASSISTS: Mac Means 2; Tyler Goldman 1; Cam Lewis 1; Garrett Paglia 1.

Guilford GROUND BALLS: Nick Huckins 7; Thomas Deane 3; Juquan Tellis 3; Matt Dunbar 2; Henry Farley 2; Adam Fiore 2; Chase Clausen 1; Trent Evans 1; Daniel Haupt 1; Dylan Haupt 1; Daniel Hughey 1; James Hulette 1; Nick Mann 1; Justin Przezdziecki 1.

Washington and Lee GROUND BALLS: Jared Mitchell 7; Andrew Fusselbaugh 6; Warren Berenis 3; Drew Kenavan 3; Cooper Brown 2; Cameron Dabir 2; Luke Heinsohn 2; Mac Means 2; Peter Schubert 2; Jack Switala 2; Cole Bollman 1; Tyler Goldman 1; Joe LaSala 1; Noah Lessing 1; Cam Lewis 1.

Guilford TURNOVERS CAUSED: Trey Atkinson 2; Nick Huckins 2; Cam Davis 1; Adam Fiore 1.
Washington and Lee TURNOVERS CAUSED: Joe LaSala 4; Noah Lessing 2; Warren Berenis 1; Will Douthat 1; Colin Fraser 1; Andrew Fusselbaugh 1; Tyler Goldman 1; Luke Heinsohn 1; Mac Means 1; Jared Mitchell 1; Conor O’Toole 1; Peter Schubert 1.

SHOTS – Guilford 19; Washington and Lee 55.
SHOTS ON GOAL – Guilford 10; Washington and Lee 33.
PENALTIES – Guilford 10/9:00; Washington and Lee 6/5:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – Guilford 2-3; Washington and Lee 2-7.
TURNOVERS – Guilford 30; Washington and Lee 19.
FACEOFFS – Guilford 3-18; Washington and Lee 15-18.
CLEARS – Guilford 19-29; Washington and Lee 18-19.
GOALIES – GC: Thomas Deane 0-1 (60:00 minutes, 33 shots-24 saves, 9 GA); W&L: Warren Berenis 8-1 (60:00, 10-5, 5).

Start time: 3:00 pm Finish time: 4:55 pm Length of game: 1:55
Officials:. Scorer: WLU SID.

A-425 T-1:55
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game Washington and Lee is ranked 8th in this week’s Division III United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Poll.