Danbury, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams scored four
unanswered goals to close out the second period and cruised to a
14-7 victory over the Western Connecticut State University
Colonials in men's lacrosse action at the Westside Athletic Complex
Wednesday evening. With the loss, WestConn now stands at 1-1
on the season, while Trinity remains undefeated at 2-0.
Junior Adam Lanehart (Redding, CT) and freshman
Sean Macey (New Fairfield, CT) each scored two
goals to lead the WestConn attack. Also scoring for the Colonials
were junior A.J. Barbieri (Islip Terrace, NY),
senior Joseph Aitken (Lakeville, CT), and
sophomore Tom Begley (East Islip, NY) with one
goal each. Barbieri led WestConn in assists with three.
For Trinity College, Harper Cullen (Rehoboth Beach,
DE), Connor Wells (Haddam, CT), and
Raymond Mooney (Wellesley, MA) led a balanced
attack with two goals each. Sean Delaney (Darien,
CT), Rob Mountain (New Canaan, CT),
Kevin Looby (Kansas City, MO), Thomas
Rogers (Simsbury, CT), Trevor Carlisle (San Diego,
CA), Colin Murphy (Wellesley, MA),
Greg Brennan (East Setauket, NY), and Max
Alderman (Sudbury, MA) each scored once.
Trinity College got on the scoreboard early when Alderman
connected on an unassisted goal just over one minute into the
game. Trinity pulled ahead 2-0 at the 8:58 mark of the first
period, but less than a minute later WestConn's Aitken answered to
make the score 2-1. The teams then traded goals to close out
the first period with Trinity holding a slim 3-2 lead.
Trinity struck first in the second period to make the score 4-2,
but Barieri scored a man-up goal at 6:31 to bring WestConn with
one, 4-3. The Bantams took control of the game by scoring
four goals in just over six minutes to take an 8-3 lead at
intermission.
In the third period, senior goal keeper Kyle Wood (Hyde
Park, NY) and the rest of the WestConn defense helped
close the gap, but Trinity still led 10-6 going into the fourth
period. In the final stanza, Trinity dominated
time-of-possession and cruised to a 14-7 final margin of
victory. Graham Fadden (New Canaan, CT)
takes the win in goal for Trinity College, while Wood , who
recorded 14 saves, suffers his first loss of the season for
the Colonials.
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