ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Nationally 9th-Ranked Washington & Lee Edges Etown, 7-6 in Overtime

LEXINGTON, Va. --- Nationally ninth-ranked Washington & Lee University barely scraped past Elizabethtown College in a 7-6 overtime game in Lexington, Va. Wednesday. The Blue Jays, which have played nationally ranked opponents in all of their games so far this season, dropped to 0-3 with the loss, while Washington & Lee improved to 3-0 with the win.

Matt Newell (Malvern, PA/Great Valley) scored the game's opening goal for Etown with 11:33 left in the first quarter. Ned Rider tied the game with W&L's first goal at 9:49, and Newell gave Etown a 2-1 lead with a goal with 3:00 left in the first quarter. With 10:50 left in the second quarter, Mike Baracco tied the game with a W&L goal. Frankie Puzzangara (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) gave Etown a 3-2 lead going into halftime when he scored with 8:55 left.

Etown went up 4-2 when Justin Griffey (Aberdeen, MD/Aberdeen) scored at 6:18 left in the third quarter. By the end of the third quarter, however, Washington & Lee held its first lead of the game, 5-4, following three consecutive Gavin Molinelli goals at 5:48, 2:21 and 0:28.

Puzzangara scored again for Etown 35 seconds into the fourth quarter to tie the game 5-5, and a Griffey goal with 2:17 left in the fourth quarter gave Etown a 6-5 lead. With 1:55 left in regulation time, Molinelli scored his fourth goal of the game for Washington & Lee to tie the score at 6-6 and send the game into overtime.

Pat Collins scored the game-winner for Washington & Lee 3:59 into overtime off a Molinelli assist.

Etown goaltender Fran McKeever (Springfield, PA/Springfield) made 11 saves in the Blue Jay net and netted nine ground balls around the goal as W&L out-shot Etown 30-22. Puzzangara, Griffey and Newell all scored two goals for Etown, and Allen Churchman (Aston, PA/Garnet Valley) had both of Etown's assists.

Charlie McCombs led Washington & Lee in ground balls with nine, and Jack Murray led W&L in assists with two. Molinelli was the game's top goal scorer with four.

Etown will return to action on the road Saturday, March 12 against Villa Julie College in a 12:00 p.m. game.

Elizabethtown Coll. (0-3) vs. Washington and Lee (3-0)
Date: Mar 09, 2005 Location: Lexington, Va. Stadium: Wilson Field
Attendance:175 Start time:3:30 pm End time:5:31 pm Total time:2:01

Score by period 1 2 3 4 OT Tot
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 1 1 2 0 - 6
Washington and Lee.. 1 1 3 1 1 - 7

Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Justin Griffey 2; Frankie Puzzangara 2; Matt Newell 2. ASSISTS: Allen Churchman 2.
Washington and Lee SCORING: GOALS: Gavin Molinelli 4; Ned Rider 1; Mike Baracco 1; Pat Collins 1. ASSISTS: Jack Murray 2; Jeff Fuge 1; Gavin Molinelli 1; Perrin Monroe 1; Ned Rider 1.
Elizabethtown Coll. GROUND BALLS: Fran McKeever 9; Chris McCrea 4; Gary Senese 4; Allen Churchman 3; Mike Dunn 3; Justin Griffey 3; Frankie Puzzangara 3; Jason Wolensky 3; Dave Eshleman 2; Ryan Leister 2; Matt Newell 2; Drew Ward 2; Frank Cacia 1; Brian Ginter 1; Bryan Miller 1; Ryan Smetana 1.
Washington and Lee GROUND BALLS: Charlie McCombs 9; Chris Lalli 8; Gavin Molinelli 5; Perrin Monroe 4; Adam Chesbrough 3; Eric Koch 3; Ben Morris 3; Matt Arcati 2; Mike Baracco 2; Pat Collins 2; Jack Murray 2; Ned Rider 2; Spotty Robins 2; Charlie Clarke 1; Lee McLaughlin 1.
SHOTS - ETOWN 22; W&L 30.
SHOTS ON GOAL - ETOWN 14; W&L 17.
PENALTIES - ETOWN 3/3:00; W&L 3/2:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 0-3; W&L 0-2.
FACEOFFS - ETOWN 6-17; W&L 11-17.
CLEARS - ETOWN 17-22; W&L 14-19.
GOALIES - ETOWN: Fran McKeever 0-3 (63:59 minutes, 18 shots-11 saves, 7 GA); W&L: Chris Lalli 3-0 (63:59, 13-7, 6).