ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Etown Slips Past Lycoming, 9-8, Dethrones Warriors from First Place in MAC

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College improved to 7-3 overall and 5-1 in the Middle Atlantic Conference with a narrow 9-8 victory over Lycoming College at home Wednesday. Lycoming, which had been in possession of first place in the MAC entering the game, drops to 6-3 overall and 5-1 in the MAC with the loss.

Etown cruised out to a 4-0 lead by the end of the first quarter and led 7-3 with four minutes to go in the second quarter. A pair of goals by Lycoming's Dan Wilcox (Havertown, PA/Haverford) with 1:01 and 24 seconds remaining before halftime cut the Blue Jay lead to 7-5.

Those two goals were also the start of a five goal run that ran the duration of the third quarter, as Lycoming tied the game 7-7 on another Wilcox goal with 4:14 left in the third quarter and took an 8-7 lead with 2:48 left in the third quarter on a Dave Kirschner (Newtown Square, PA/Marple Newtown) goal.

That would be the last goal Lycoming would score, as Etown struck back with a man-up goal by Allen Churchman (Aston, PA/Garnet Valley) with 12:23 left in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 8-8. The final goal of the game was scored with 3:37 left on the clock when Frankie Puzzangara (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) scored on a Churchman assist for Etown to give the Blue Jays a 9-8 lead. For most of the final three minutes of the game, Elizabethtown held one of three man-up advantages and was able to mostly keep the ball in Lycoming's defensive zone.

Etown goalie Brian Burke (Upper Darby, PA/Haverford) made 14 saves as Lycoming out-shot the Blue Jays 36-23 over the course of the game. He made six of those saves in the fourth quarter, when Lycoming out-shot Etown 11-6. Churchman and Justin Griffey (Aberdeen, MD/Aberdeen) each led Etown in goals scored with two apiece. Churchman, Puzzangara, and Tim Sieger (Levittown, PA/Conwell-Egan) all had two assists each to lead the team.

Puzzangara, Sieger, Dave Eshleman (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township), Bryan Miller (West Chester, PA/Henderson) and Matt Seiboth (Havertown, PA/Haverford) all scored single goals for Etown. Griffey, Burke and Chris McCrea (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) all led Etown in ground balls with five each.

Wilcox led Lycoming in goals with four, and Sang Duong (Havertown, PA/Haverford) led the Warriors in assists with three. Lycoming goaltender Sean Powers (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner) made ten saves and led the Warriors in ground balls with seven.

Elizabethtown will return to action at home against MAC rival Drew Saturday, April 17 in a 2:00 p.m. game.

Lycoming College (6-3, 5-1) vs. Elizabethtown Coll. (7-3, 5-1)
Date: Apr 14, 2004 Location: Elizabethtown, Pa. Stadium: Var Hockey/Lax Field
Attendance:120 Start time:4:00 pm End time:6:03 pm Total time:2:03

Score by period      1 2 3 4   Tot
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Lycoming College.... 0 5 3 0 - 8
Elizabethtown Coll.. 4 3 0 2 - 9

Lycoming College SCORING: GOALS: Dan Wilcox 4; Sang Duong 1; Dave Kirschner 1; Dave Dormond 1; Sean Malone 1.
ASSISTS: Sang Duong 3; Dave Kirschner 2.

Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Allen Churchman 2; Justin Griffey 2; Frankie Puzzangara 1; Tim Sieger 1; Bryan Miller 1; Matt Seiboth 1; Dave Eshleman 1.
ASSISTS: Allen Churchman 2; Frankie Puzzangara 2; Tim Sieger 2; Matt Newell 1.

Lycoming College GROUND BALLS: Sean Powers 7; Brett Bonani 6; Dave Dormond 5; Dylan Dupuis 5; Sang Duong 4; Frank Loughran 3; Mike Crouse 2; Chris Jordan 2; Dave Kirschner 2; Ian Martin 1.

Elizabethtown Coll. GROUND BALLS: Brian Burke 5; Justin Griffey 5;Chris McCrea 5; Bryan Miller 3; Frank Cacia 2; Justin McQuaid 2; Frankie Puzzangara 2; Matt Seiboth 2; Mike Dunn 1; Ryan Leister 1; Matt Newell 1; Drew Ward 1; Jason Wolensky 1.

SHOTS - LYCO 36; ETOWN 23.
PENALTIES - LYCO 8/5:30; ETOWN 3/2:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - LYCO 1-2; ETOWN 3-8.
FACEOFFS - LYCO 11-21; ETOWN 10-21.
CLEARS - LYCO 15-10; ETOWN 25-3.

GOALIES - LYCO: Sean Powers (60:00 minutes, 19 shots-10 saves, 9 GA); ETOWN: Brian Burke 7-3 (60:00, 22-14, 8).