Box Score BRISTOL, R.I. – Western New England rallies in the second half for an 11-7 win over the Roger Williams University Men's Lacrosse team Wednesday evening in Commonwealth Coast Conference action.
The Hawks controlled possession for the early part of the first half. Roger Williams managed to outshoot the Golden Bears 11-2 over the first eight minutes of the play. However, timely defense by Western New England kept the Hawks off the board.
With five-and-a-half to play in the first quarter, Western New England mounted a two-minute possession with four shots that culminated in a save by
Connor Carroll (Madison, Conn.). The Hawks would go down the other end with
Eddie Hill (Portland, Maine) finding
Cam Donnelly (Medfield, Mass.) for the first goal of the game.
The second quarter kicked off with
Dan Arket (Poughquag, N.Y.) winning the face-off. He would then toss it to
Nick Gagnon (Milton, Mass.) who passed it back to
Will Siefert (Duxbury, Mass.) for the second goal of the game for the Hawks. Justin Macintyre (Norwalk, Conn.) added to the Hawks' lead a minute later with his eighth goal of the season to make it a 3-0 Hawk lead.
Roger Williams maintained control through most of the early part of the second quarter, not allowing Western New England to gain possession over the first five minutes of play. Western New England ended the scoring drought with 8:25 left in the second quarter, as Patrick Dillon (Baldwin, N.Y.) made his way around the goal and slipped in a shot for the first Golden Bear score.
With just under five minutes to play, the Hawks gained possession and worked the ball around for a good shot. The opportunity came when Hill made a nice juke and found
Max Cammarota (Redding, Conn.) at the top of the arc. Cammarota fired a shot on net for his seventh goal of the year. Macintyre followed a minute later, scoring off of a pass from Cammarota.
With eleven seconds left, Dillon had a point-blank attempt to cut the Golden Bear deficit to three, but sent the shot just wide right. Western New England would go into half time still trailing by four.
In the third quarter, Western New England won the opening draw, eventually leading to a Taylor Dubose (Altamont, N.Y.) goal to bring the Golden Bears within three. Later in the quarter, Max Berteletti (Montgomery, N.J.) muscled his way around a Hawk defender into the circle to score. Justin Bard (Westfield, Mass.) followed shortly after with a goal of his own to pull the Golden Bears within one.
The Golden Bears completed the comeback when Keegan Dudeck (Longmeadow, Mass.) sent a pass inside to Jon Bota (Mahopac, N.Y.) who tied the game at five with 5:47 left in the quarter. A pair of penalties gave the Golden Bears a two man-up opportunity, which they capitalized on to take the lead. Bard took a pass from Jared Ward (Littleton, Mass.) to put WNE on top six to five. Western New England went into the final quarter still holding onto the one goal lead.
The early part of the fourth quarter saw lack of scoring by both teams. It would not be until the ten-minute mark when the first goal was scored. Western New England doubled its lead with a goal by Stephen Gair (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) . They would quickly tack on another goal a minute later from Dillon to make it a three-goal lead. Dillon put the game out of reach with back-to-back goals in under a minute to extend the lead to five.
Roger Williams finally ended its scoring drought with 5:32 to play as
John Lisitano (Guilford, Conn.) scored to cut the deficit within four. Both teams traded goals in the following minute to keep it at a four-goal advantage for Western New England, which they would hold onto to earn the road win.
Steven Kerr (Hopkinton, Mass.) made 11 saves in the win. Dillon finished with five points on four goals and an assist, while Bard scored twice.
Carroll also had 11 saves for Roger Williams. Siefert and MacIntyre each scored twice while Gagnon added three assists.
On Saturday, Roger Williams (7-4, 3-1 CCC) hosts Trinity while WNE (7-3, 3-0 CCC) heads to Endicott.
