GREENSBORO, N.C. – Jeff Keating scored three goals and three assists in eighth-ranked Roanoke College’s 29-8 men’s lacrosse win at Guilford College Wednesday.
With their seventh straight victory, the Maroons (12-3, 7-0 ODAC) clinched the top seed and a first-round bye for the upcoming Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Tournament. Guilford (9-7, 2-5 ODAC) failed to qualify for the six-team tourney, but concluded its best season since 1992.
Ranked eighth in this week’s United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association NCAA Division III Poll, Roanoke jumped out to an early 7-0 lead thanks to two of Richard Lachlan’s three goals. The lead swelled to 16-3 late in the second quarter as the Maroons scored nine of the period’s first 10 tallies. Stephen Degenhardt and Keating scored consecutive goals a mere six seconds apart in the quarter.
Leading 17-4 at halftime, Mike Hayden scored his second goal of the game nine seconds into the third quarter. It was one of Roanoke’s five extra-man goals in the match.
The Quakers scored four of the match’s next five goals and made it a 19-8 game on an Alex Abramson tally, but Roanoke outscored Guilford, 10-0, the rest of the way. The Maroons’ Ty Roselli scored two of his three goals in that time.
Fifteen different Maroons dent the twine Wednesday, including Degenhardt, Roselli, Keating, Lachlan, Joey Coretti and Justin Tuma. With Sam Newland, Guilford’s top faceoff man out of the lineup, Tuma dominated the draws, winning 24-of-28 and collecting 21 ground balls.
Guilford’s Chris Sisk paced the Quakers with three goals and teammate Greg Nash added two scores and an assist. Both students are among the 19 slated to return for first-year coach Tom Carmean’s club in 2012. The Quakers look to build on Guilford’s finest men’s lacrosse season since the 1992 club went 10-5 and won a school-record three ODAC games.
Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
2011 Guilford College Lacrosse
#8 Roanoke vs Guilford (Apr 20, 2011 at Greensboro, NC)
Roanoke (12-3, 7-0 ODAC) vs. Guilford (9-7, 2-5 ODAC)
Date: Apr 20, 2011 Location: Greensboro, NC Stadium: Armfield Ath. Center
Attendance:100 Start time:5:30 pm End time:7:24 pm Total time:1:56
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Roanoke............. 8 9 5 7 - 29
Guilford............ 2 2 4 0 - 8
Roanoke SCORING: GOALS: Jeff Keating 3; Joey Coretti 3; Justin Tuma 3;
Richard Lachlan 3; Ty Roselli 3; Stephen Degenhardt 3; Mike Hayden 2;
Tyler Cockey 2; Dominic Gurnsey 1; Brock Martinez 1; Drew Bracken 1;
Jules Klose 1; Drew Manley 1; Zack Martin 1; Sean Walsh 1.
ASSISTS: Mike Hayden 3; Jeff Keating 3; Dominic Gurnsey 2; Drew
Bracken 1; Brian Ingold 1; Jules Klose 1; Drew Manley 1; Zack Martin
1; Brock Martinez 1; Spencer Parsons 1; Cooper Sturr 1.
Guilford SCORING: GOALS: Chris Sisk 3; Greg Nash 2; Chris Ashcraft 1;
Taylor Teodosio 1; Alex Abramson 1.
ASSISTS: Chris Ashcraft 2; Erik Dolliver 1; Henry Farley 1; Nick Mann
1; Greg Nash 1; Austen West 1.
Roanoke GROUND BALLS: Justin Tuma 21; Drew Manley 6; Jules Klose 5;
Dominic Gurnsey 3; Eric DeLong 2; Jeff Dube 2; Brian Ingold 2; Mike
Hardon 1; Richard Lachlan 1; Michael Lintner 1; Zander Maslow 1;
Charles Pease 1; Devlin Rutherford 1.
Guilford GROUND BALLS: James Hulette 3; Austen West 2; Trey Atkinson
1; Joey Chrisman 1; Chase Clausen 1; Mark Guillen 1; Charlie Robinson
1; Evan Sylvia 1; Dale Wray 1.
Roanoke TURNOVERS CAUSED: Cooper Sturr 2; Eric DeLong 1; Mike Hardon
1; Kyle Smith 1; Justin Tuma 1.
Guilford TURNOVERS CAUSED: Trey Atkinson 2; Joey Chrisman 1.
SHOTS - Roanoke 56; Guilford 23.
SHOTS ON GOAL - Roanoke 42; Guilford 15.
PENALTIES - Roanoke 3/2:30; Guilford 5/7:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Roanoke 5-5; Guilford 1-1.
TURNOVERS - Roanoke 14; Guilford 19.
FACEOFFS - Roanoke 31-40; Guilford 9-40.
CLEARS - Roanoke 13-15; Guilford 16-20.
GOALIES - RC: Mike Hardon (20:10 minutes, 7 shots-3 saves, 4 GA) ,
Kennan Miller (09:50, 1-1, 0) , Charles Pease 11-4 (30:00, 7-3, 4);
GC: Mark Guillen 9-7 (60:00, 42-13, 29).
Start time: 5:30 pm Finish time: 7:24 pm Length of game: 1:56
Officials: Tyrone Fisher; John Bebottis; Chris Bynum. Scorer: Guilford
Sports Info.
A-100 T-1:56
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game Roanoke is ranked 8th in this
week's USILA NCAA Division III Poll.