March 24, 2007
BRISTOL, RI - The Endicott College men's lacrosse team completed a three games in four days stretch with a 14-7 Commonwealth Coast Conference victory over Roger Williams University on Saturday afternoon in Bristol, Rhode Island. Endicott has now tallied 14 goals in each their last three games.
Endicott's Dan Cain (Billerica, MA/Billerica) opened the scoring with an unassisted tally at the 10-minute mark of the first quarter. Following a goal from Roger Williams' Joe Paratore (Half Hollow Hills West / Deer Park, NY), the Gulls scored four straight to end the first quarter up 5-1.
The Hawks came out firing in quarter number two, as Roger Williams posted four scores in the 15-minutes leading up to the intermission. Endicott responded with two goals of their own, including an assisted mark by Nick Cosco (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) from Brandon Dube (Danvers, MA/Danvers) to give the Gulls a slight 7-5 halftime advantage.
Endicott blew it open in the third quarter as Nick Cosco found the back of the net twice in a span of nine seconds to give the Gulls a four goal cushion. Josh Gilbert (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury) netted a pair of goals with a Brandon Dube tally in between as Endicott rattled off six third quarter goals en route to the 14-7 CCC victory.
The Gulls were paced by a pair of four goal scorers in Dube and Cosco. Brandon Dube finished the afternoon with six points as he also dished out two assists in the Endicott win. Josh Gilbert finished the afternoon with three goals on six shots from the attack position. John Ortolani (Billerica, MA/Billerica) once again held a strong face-off advantage, winning 16-of-25 (64%) from the midfield.
With the win, Endicott improves their record to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the CCC. Roger Williams is still in search of their first victory, posting an 0-3 record (0-1 in the Conference) so far this season. The Gulls return to work on Wednesday evening as they travel north to square-off with Bowdoin College. The Polar Bears fell to 5th ranked Middlebury, 15-5, in Vermont on Saturday. Last year, the Gulls scored their first ever win over Bowdoin, 6-5 in Beverly, MA. The Gulls are scheduled for a 7:00 PM face-off in Brunswick, Maine on Wednesday night.
