PORTLAND, ME - The Saint Joseph's men's lacrosse team fell to
0-2 on the season after suffering a 21-5 defeat at the hands of
Southern Maine (2-1) at Deering Memorial Stadium on Wednesday
evening. Monks midfielder Ryan
Prescott '09 (Pittsfield, NH) tallied a goal and
an assist while collecting a career-high eight groundballs in the
loss.
Senior Preston Gilbert (Saco, ME/Cheverus) scored a record-tying
six goals to lead the University of Southern Maine. The 21 goals
scored tied the USM single-game record for most goals scored.
Gilbert scored five of his six goals in the first half as the
Huskies built a commanding 14-3 advantage. The Huskies scored the
first five goals of the game, including a pair by Gilbert 13
seconds apart, to open a 5-0 lead and never looked back. This is
the second time in his career that Gilbert has scored six goals in
one game, a record he shares with five other players.
Freshmen Jonathan Horgan
(Hingham, MA) and Benson
Pasquarello (Kennebunk, ME) got the Monks on the
board in the first quarter, closing the gap to 5-2. But that's as
close as the Monks would get as the Huskies scored eight straight
goals to increase their lead to 13-2.
Southern Maine put the contest away in the third quarter,
outscoring Saint Joseph's 5-0. Each team had two goals in the
fourth quarter. St. Joe's freshman Don
Gearan (Gorham, ME) netted his first collegiate
goal with 59 seconds remaining in the game.
The Huskies held a commanding advantage in both shots (55-16) and
groundballs (47-20) while winning 22 of 30 faceoffs in the
victory.
For USM, sophomore Tim Bryant (Peterborough, NH) had four goals,
freshman Dan Thomas (Shrewsbury, MA) scored three and freshman Marc
Stannard (Hartford,VT) chipped in two goals and a team-high three
assists. Six other players contributed a single goal.
Senior James Suriyodorn (Deer Park, NY) played 43 minutes and
posted one save for USM. Freshman AJ Crippen (Topsham, ME) made his
collegiate debut playing the final 17 minutes and making two stops.
Freshman Marco Stefano (Steep
Falls, ME) finished with 16 saves for Saint Joseph's.
Southern Maine returns to action on Saturday (4:30 p.m.) when it
plays Thomas College on the turf at Colby College. St. Joseph's
will travel to Daniel Webster College on Saturday (1:00 p.m.).
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