Box Score BRISTOL, R.I. - The Roger Williams University Men's Lacrosse team captured the Quahog Cup with a 13-6 win over intrastate rival Salve Regina University. The win for Roger Williams gives the Hawks their fifth straight victory over the Seahawks.
Max Cammarota (Redding, Conn.) gave the Hawks an early 1-0 lead with a goal five minutes into the game. The Seahawks came back with a pair of goals by Alex Makoske (Shoreham, N.Y.) to take the lead away from RWU.
The Hawks came back with a 4-1 run to close out the final three minutes of the period, including a goal by
Nick Gagnon (Milton, Mass.) with less than two seconds left in the quarter. Roger Williams went into the second quarter holding on to a 4-3 lead.
Will Siefert (Duxbury, Mass.) scored a man-up goal five minutes into the quarter before Sharp Jones (Scituate, Mass.) came back with a score for Salve Regina. RWU's Gagnon and
Caleb Kenney (Portland, Maine) scored the final two goals of the quarter for an 8-4 halftime lead.
Salve Regina scored the lone goal in the third quarter, with Nick LoCiecero (Lynbrook, N.Y.) notching a goal at the 8:28 mark. Jones would later add another goal with 11:48 to play in the fourth quarter to bring the deficit within two. However, the Hawks ended the game with five unanswered goals to secure the win and the Quahog Cup.
AJ Core (Syosset, N.Y.) scored four points on a goal and three assists, while Cammarotta and
Eddie Hill (Somers, Conn.) each added two goals and an assist. Gagnon finished with three goals in the game.
Connor Carroll (Madison, Conn.) tallied five saves for the Hawks win.
Makoske and Jones each scored two goals for the Seahawks. Matt D'Amore (Duxbury, Mass.) logged 16 saves in the loss.
Roger Williams (9-6, 5-1 CCC) hosts Endicott Saturday in the final home game of the regular season. Salve Regina (10-6, 3-4 CCC) ends the regular season at Wentworth Institute of Technology on Saturday.