WILLIMANTIC, Conn. – The Roger Williams University Men's Lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking double overtime loss to Eastern Connecticut State University Wednesday evening, falling 11-12 to the Warriors.
 
Hawk Highlights
Jared Grier: 4 goals, 1 ground ball
Tim Mullane: 1 goal, 2 assists, 2 ground balls
Noah Ravas: 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 ground ball, caused turnovers
Max Kimmel: L, 12 saves, 13 goals allowed, 1 ground ball, 65:31 minutes in goal
 
For The Opponents
Zacharie Appolon: 1 goal, 3 assists, 2 ground balls
Brycen Kennedy: 2 goals
David Harrold: 15 face-offs won, 8 ground balls, 1 caused turnover
Nick Collazo: 9 saves, 11 goals allowed, 4 ground balls, 65:31 minutes in goal
 
How It Happened
Noah Ravas (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) kicked things off for Roger Williams, scoring two of the first three goals of the game to help give the Hawks a 2-1 lead. A Tim Mullane (Hanover, Mass.) score with 1:57 left in the first quarter would be sandwiched between a pair of Warrior goals, including one in the closing seconds for a 3-3 game entering the second quarter.
 
Jared Grier (Quincy, Mass.) and Ryan Vendetti (Farmington, Conn.) opened the second with goals to put RWU up by two. However, Eastern Connecticut State scored the final three goals of the frame to take a 6-5 lead into halftime.
 
A flurry of goals marked the play for both teams in the third quarter. Roger Williams and Eastern Connecticut State combined for seven goals in the period, beginning with a score by Grier. ECSU added another tally before Brian Gazard (Ashland, Mass.) answered. After two more Warrior scores, AJ DaRin (Manlius, N.Y.) and Ryan Phillips (Hanover, Mass.) closed out the quarter with goals for a 9-9 score going into the fourth.
 
Grier gave RWU a 10-9 lead with a goal four minutes in before Quinn O'Connor notched back-to-back goals for a 11-10 lead. With 2:31 left, Grier put in the game-tying score to help send the game into overtime. After a scoreless opening OT period, Brycen Kennedy gave the Warriors the win with the go-ahead score less than a minute in.
 
What's Next
Roger Williams (2-5): Saturday, March 26 vs. Gordon @ 7:00pm
Eastern Conn. St. (2-4): Saturday, March 26 at Salem State @ 12:00pm