Men's Lacrosse

Poets Hand Monks First Loss of 2020 Season

Poets Hand Monks First Loss of 2020 Season

Game Leaders

Whittier
G: 3 Players (#13, #15, #23) - 2
A: Ronan Dooney - 4
Sv: Austin Mann - 8
GB: Jacob Berggren - 6
Saint Joseph's (Me.)
G: Shane Puleo - 2
A: Wyatt LeBlanc - 1
Sv: Edward Hellier - 15
GB: Shane Fors - 4

Team Stats

Saint Joseph's (Me.)
Whittier

Shots

27
45

Ground Balls

21
31

Saves

15
8

Clears

13-16
15-16

Turnovers

21
15

Face Offs Won

9
12

Man Up

0-4
1-5
full stats
Posted: Mar 03, 2020

WHITTIER, Calif. – Whittier College (1-0) defeated Saint Joseph's College (2-1), 13-6, in a non-conference men's lacrosse contest on Tuesday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Whittier opened the game with five unanswered goals before freshman Max Lacy (Salisbury, N.H.) scored off a Wyatt LeBlanc (Arundel, Maine) pass with 3:49 left in the second quarter.

Juniors Shane Puleo (Nashua, N.H.) and Glenn Dion (Pembroke, N.H.) lifted the Monks to within three goals (6-3) with consecutive markers in the third frame, but the Poets answered with a pair of strikes to put the hosts back on top by five.

Whittier opened up a 10-4 advantage with goals from Chandler Badon and Ronan Dooney early in the fourth frame before senior Shane Fors (Ledyard, Conn.) and Puleo hit pay dirt to make it a 10-6 game with 4:48 remaining. The Poets proceeded to put the game out of reach with three straight tallies to close out the contest and account for the 13-6 final.

TEAM STATS:

Whittier held the advantage in shots (45-27), shots on goal (28-14), ground balls (31-21), and caused turnovers (16-9) and won 12 of 21 face-offs while successfully clearing on 15 of 16 tries. The Monks went 13-16 on clear bids in the setback.

THE KEEPERS:

SJC senior netminder Edward Hellier (South Portland, Maine) turned away 15 shots in the loss while Whittier keeper Austin Mann posted eight stops in 59:13 minutes of play. Backup Kelly Petro was untested in 47 seconds of relief duty.

LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:

  • Puleo scored two goals with a pair of ground balls
  • Fors was 6-16 on face-off attempts with a goal and four ground balls
  • Senior defender Joseph Mooney (Kennebunk, Maine) registered three caused turnovers

LEADERS – WHITTIER:

  • Dooney tallied two goals and four assists with two ground balls
  • Cam Bentley added two goals and an assist
  • Jacob Berggren picked up six ground balls with five caused turnovers

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

Last night's contest between the Monks and Poets was the first-ever between the institutions' men's lacrosse teams.

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will face Houghton College at Whittier tomorrow at 3:00 PM EST.

 

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

 

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