Box Score DUDLEY, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Men's Lacrosse team earned an important win over in Nichols College Wednesday afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) at Vendetti Field.
 
Juniors Braydon Carroll and Jack Campanale each scored twice. Graduate student Reece O'Connor and senior MacKenzie Martin chipped in with a goal and two helpers for the Bison (10-5, 2-4 CCC), who outshot the Hawks 29-28 and won 12 of 21 face-offs. Junior Trevor Young led Nichols with six ground balls while junior Casey Campanale and sophomore Hugh O'Donnell each caused two turnovers.
 
Freshman Tim Mullane collected five points (2-3-5) to pace the Hawks (7-7, 3-4 CCC), who also saw junior Chris Bova notch four points (2-2-4) and freshman Gabe Reale racked up two goals and an assist. Junior netminder Weston Nolan - who stopped 10 shots in the win - and sophomore Brian Brockwell each collected seven ground balls.
 
Roger Williams led 5-1 after 15 minutes behind a goal and an assist from Mullane. Nichols responded with a 4-0 run - scoring twice in the second and twice in the third - to tie the game at five. Carroll and Martin struck in the second quarter before a pair of goals from Jack Campanale less than five minutes apart in the third knotted the score.
 
Just 2:29 after Campanale's second marker, the Hawks scored twice in a span of 21 seconds to grab a 7-5 lead; Mullane set up both RWU tallies, then scored his 24th of the season with 1:57 to go in the third to extend the lead to 8-5.
 
O'Conner opened the fourth quarter with his 28th goal of the season to cut the NC deficit to two (8-6) with 13:36 remaining in regulation, however goals from Reale at 12:21 and Bova at 8:37 pushed the Roger Williams lead to 10-6. Carroll closed the scoring at 6:06.
 
Junior Brian McKinley was credited with seven saves for Nichols.
 
- Release courtesy of Nichols College Sports Information Department