READING, Pa. - Hood College men's lacrosse team defeated conference foe Alvernia University 7-4.
Inside the Box Score
- Robbie Wiley (York, Pa./Central York) got the ball rolling, scoring two goals for the Blazers' offense.
- Aidan Gilsdorf (Frederick, Md./Gov Thomas Johnson), Rio Muldoon and Owen McDermott (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) each finished with two points, scoring a goal and dishing out an assist on the day.
- Alex Dudziak (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) made 16 saves in goal after 60 minutes of play.
- Sammy Patnaik (Fairfax, Va./Robinson Secondary) led the defense with two caused turnovers and one groundball.
- Garrett Hitchens (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) was 8-of-11 in face offs.
How it Happened
- An early man-up goal by Kyle Moats put the Golden Wolves up 1-0 just two minutes into gametime. Then with five minutes left in the quarter Muldoon found the back of the net scoring a goal off an assist from Jay Lanigan (Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack) to even out the score at one going into the second quarter.
- The next quarter started like the first with an early Golden Wolves strike followed by a Blazer goal by McDermott to tie up the scoring at two. Then with five minutes to go until halftime Alvernia put one in the back of the net to go up 3-2.
- In the penultimate quarter of the game Hood went on a three-goal scoring run curtesy of shots by Wiley, Isiac Nafziger (Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor), and Connor Flok (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus). The Blazers led 5-3 heading into the fourth quarter.
- The Blazers continued their run, scoring two more goals thanks to Wiley and Gilsdorf to start out the first two minutes of the final quarter. With hopes of a late game come back Alvernia's Zackary Moats found the back of the net to make it 7-4. With little time left and good defensive stands by each team neither would score for the remainder of the game leaving the Hood College Blazers victorious.
For the Opponent
- Kyle Moats finished with a goal and an assist on the day.
- Dane Sabarese stopped 22 shots in the cage.
- Zach Kreis had one caused turnover and two ground balls.
Notes
- Hood improved to 8-7 overall.
- Alvernia dropped to 4-10 on their season.
Up Next
The Blazers return home to Frederick, Md. to face off against York College of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, April 24 6:30 PM.
