MILTON, Mass. – The Roger Williams University men's lacrosse team doubled up Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) foe Curry, 20-10, Saturday at Walter M. Katz Field.
Noah Ravas (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) tallied six points, scoring four goals and dishing out two assists.
Kevin Murphy (Ramsey, N.J.) also scored four times with an assist for five points.
Jordan Pivarnik (Trumbull, Conn.) went 20-for-25 in faceoffs, winning 80 percent of his attempts, picking up 11 ground balls.
Chris Giorgi (Danbury, Conn.) had seven ground balls and
Will Railton (Scituate, Mass.) added four ground balls.
Tyler Zanini (Hopkinton, Mass.) and
James Bonifazio (Greenlawn, N.Y.) both had a pair of caused turnovers.
The Hawks struck first with Ravas scoring on a man-up opportunity after
Matt Halpin (Hanover, Mass.) found him for the goal. After trading goals to a 2-2 draw. Roger Williams then rattled off 12 straight goals to close out the first half with a 14-2 advantage.
In the second half, the Colonels added six goals, outscoring the Hawks 8-6 in the half, scoring four goals in both the third and fourth quarter.
"The goal of these conference games is to get a win, we did that, but we need to get better in a couple areas. We challenged our offense to play faster. Now the challenge becomes playing that speed and limiting unforced turnovers. We look forward to a very talented opponent on Tuesday, at Nichols," said Coach
Kevin Gould.
Roger Williams (5-4, 1-1 CCC) will travel to Dudley, Mass. for a CCC matchup against Nichols on Tuesday, Apr. 4 at 4 pm. The Hawks will then host Endicott for a weekend matchup on Saturday, Apr. 8 at 12 pm.