FREDERICK, Md. – Hood College's
Owen McDermott (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) and
Rio Muldoon (Prince Frederick, Md./DeMatha Catholic) scored four goals apiece and combined for 15 points as the men's lacrosse team defeated visiting King's 16-5 in non-conference action.
Inside the Box Score
- McDermott tallied eight points with four goals and four assists.
- Muldoon finished with seven points with four goals and three assists.
- Alex Dudziak (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) made eight saves in 49 minutes. Calvin Morris (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Catholic) came in the fourth quarter and made six saves.
- Garrett Hitchens (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) went 13-for-16 on the faceoffs and scooped up 12 ground balls
- Kyle Hudson (Millersville, Md./Mount Saint Joseph) caused three turnovers and Sammy Patnaik (Fairfax, Va./Robinson Secondary) added four ground balls.
How it Happened
- Hood scored in the game's first minute, when Muldoon fed Robbie Wiley (York, Pa./Central York) for a 1-0 lead.
- The Monarchs got on a roll just after that, scoring three of the next four goals to take the lead. Ben Spencer, Ryan Lynch and Jack Wall all scored in the next six-and-a-half minutes, with a McDermott score keeping the Blazers within 3-2 midway through the period.
- King's lead last less than 90 seconds and it was less than two minutes later that Hood got out in front. Colby Gallagher (Coatesville, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) scored off an assist by Adam Weintraub (Pleasanton, Calif./De La Salle) at 6:03 to tie things up and 31 seconds later, McDermott's second of the day made it 4-3.
- Those two scores started a 10-goal rally for the Blazers that lasted into the second half.
- The Blazers' 5-0 second quarter made it 8-3 and Muldoon scored two of the opening three goals of the second half as Hood led by nine with 7:41 to go in the third.
- A stingy Hood defense kept the Monarchs off the scoreboard for 33:20 until Ryan Barnes made it 12-4 with 4:11 left in the third.
- The Blazer defense stayed stout, allowing just one more goal midway through the fourth.
Analysis
- Hood outshot the Kings 42-39.
- The Blazers won the ground ball battle 47-29.
- Behind the efforts of Hitchens and Emanuel Granados (Frederick, Md./Governor Thomas Johnson), Hood held a 20-5 advantage on faceoffs.
For the Opponent
- Ryan Lynch had two points for Kings with one goal and one assist.
- EJ Schreiner and Matt Wall each had five ground balls
- Wall made eight saves in net.
Notes
- The Blazers stay undefeated at 4-0, while King's drops to 0-4.
Up Next
The Blazers host Delaware Valley University on March 11 at 12:00 p.m.
