Lewiston, Maine - Junior attackman Harper Cullen
(Rehoboth Beach, Del.) netted five goals to lead Trinity
College past Bates College in a New England Small College Athletic
Conference (NESCAC) men's lacrosse game this afternoon on Campus
Avenue Field. The Bantams improve to 9-3 overall and 4-3 in
the NESCAC with their third win in a row.
Trinity led, 5-4, at the half and opened up a 9-4 lead in
the third quarter en route to their third straight win and fifth in
the past six games. Connor Hustava (St. Louis,
Mo.) added three goals and an assist for Trinity, while
Rob Mountain (New Canaan, Conn.) and
Kevin Looby (Kansas City, Mo.) had a goal and an
assist apiece. Rory Cosgrove scored two goals with one assist
to lead the Bates offense. Tyler Moore also scored twice, while Les
Wade had a goal and one assist. Both goalies had strong
games, with Trinity's Graham Fadden (New Canaan,
Conn.) making 13 saves and Bates' Adam Scharff
collecting 15. Trinity's Connor Wells (Haddam,
Conn.) had a major impact on the game, winning 13 of
21 faceoffs and collecting a game-high 12 ground balls. Pat Jackson
led Bates in ground balls with six. Trinity converted three
of five extra-man opportunities, including three of four before the
Bantams were called for their first penalty of the game late in the
third quarter. Bates converted one of two EMOs.
Trinity went up 2-1 on an EMO goal by Cullen in the first quarter,
but Moore answered with two straight goals for a 3-2 Bates lead
early in the second quarter. Cullen evened the game at 3-3, and the
Bantams retook the lead with a man-up goal by Looby, then extended
it to 5-3 when Looby fed Mountain with 1:47 left in the half.
Cosgrove chipped at the lead with an unassisted tally wth 36
seconds left in the half.
Trinity opened the third quarter with four straight goals. Cullen
started it less than two mintues in on a feed by Art
Schweitzer (Arlington, Va.), and Zachary Trudeau
(Norwell, Mass.) scored unassisted a minute later.
Cullen and Hustava scored back-to-back goals in the sixth minute of
the period to make it 9-4 Trinity. Hustava then sandwiched
Cosgrove's second goal with his second and third tallies of the
game to make it 10-5 with 4:25 left in the third. David
Barrett scored on a Cosgrove assist with 52 seconds left in the
third on Bates' first EMO to close the gap to 10-6. Trinity
effectively kept the ball from Bates for much of the fourth
quarter, adding a score by Hustava to finish the scoring with 9:21
left at 11-6.
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