Rob Palardy, Sports Information Director
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's
lacrosse team raced out to a comfortable lead against CCC foe
Wentworth on Saturday afternoon by scoring the first nine goals of
the game en route to a 16-3 victory over the Leopards.
The Gulls (7-4, 4-0 CCC) remained unbeaten in conference games
this season and now look forward to their Tuesday evening
contest against #12 Tufts in Medford. Endicott earned their
second straight win and has won six out of their last seven
games.
Wentworth (1-7, 0-4 CCC) dropped their fourth straight game
against CCC opponents but saw junior goalie Jared Proulx
(Nashua, N.H.) accumulate 21 saves between the
pipes. Proulx came into the game ranked eighth amongst all
NCAA Division III goalkeepers with an average of 14.67 saves per
game.
Seven different Endicott players recorded two goals in the game
including senior midfielder Brendan
Eppley (Darien, Conn.) who totaled five points
on two goals and three assists. Eppley continues to lead
Endicott with 28 points on the season.
Eppley helped Endicott storm out to an early two goal advantage
within the two minutes of the game as he assisted on the game's
first goal, scored by midfielder Jon
Thanas (Cumberland, R.I.) at 13:56, and followed
32 seconds later with his first tally off a pass from freshman
Harrison Cotter (Lordship,
Conn.). Both goals were on man-up
opportunities.
After Thanas scored his second goal of the game, from
Joshua Tordik (Sayville, N.Y.), to make it 3-0,
Eppley found the back of the net once again for his 14th
goal of the season. Junior Peter
Erickson (Yarmouth, Maine) assisted on the
play.
Endicott went to lead 9-0 before Wentworth broke their scoreless
streak as junior Pat Helfrich (North Andover,
Mass.) caught a pass from sophomore Chris Kipp
(Scarborough, Maine) and beat the Gulls goalie. It
was Helfrich's first goal of the season.
Leading 9-1 going into the second half, the Blue and Green went on
another run, scoring six straight before the Leopards were able to
answer. Cotter and fellow freshman Jeremy Morgan
(Ridge, N.Y.) each scored twice during this stretch.
Senior Colin Prescott (Norwalk, Conn.) would also
score the second of his two goals off Eppley's third assist of the
game.
Freshman Dillon Lynch (Southwick, Mass.) and
junior Greg Ordway (Freeport, Maine) generated the
fourth quarter offense for Wentworth, putting in their final two
goals of the game. Assists on those goals went to Helfrich
and Justin Connors (Richboro, Pa.).
Leopards goalie Jared Proulx led all players with eight
groundballs. Sam Ozycz
(Cheshire, Conn.), Endicott's junior faceoff man, scooped
seven groundballs to lead the home team after winning 11-of-15
faceoff attempts. Ozycz also scored in this game, taking just
five seconds after winning a faceoff to race down the field at
score.
Defensively for Endicott, sophomore midfielder Christopher
Summers (Manchester, United Kingdom) had a
game-high two caused turnovers.
Junior goalie Tom Burke (Sudbury, Mass.) improved
to 7-4 after playing the first half and making one save while
allowing just one goal. Sophomore Conley
Cummings (Simsbury, Conn.) came on in relief and
had four saves, allowing one goal in 23 game minutes.
Both teams were strong clearing the ball out of the defensive zone
with Endicott going 16-for-18 and Wentworth clearing the ball 14
out of 17 attempts.