ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Etown Gets First Win of Season, 9-8 over Swarthmore

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown shook off a rusty performance in the first half to come from behind and defeat Swarthmore 9-8 at home Wednesday, giving the Blue Jays their first win of the season and their first win ever over Swarthmore in four meetings. Etown is now 1-4 overall and Swarthmore is 1-2 overall.

Swarthmore held a 6-2 lead early in the third quarter, but Etown began chipping away at the Garnet's lead with 9:09 left in the third quarter when a Brian Ginter (Newtown Square, PA/Marple Newtown) touched off a 5-0 run that lasted for the next 16 minutes. Bryan Miller (West Chester, PA/Henderson) tied the game at 6-6 with a goal for Etown with 11:29 left in the fourth quarter, and the Blue Jays went up 7-6 at 8:34 when Allen Churchman (Aston, PA/Garnet Valley) scored. A goal by Swarthmore's Tim Chryssikos, his fifth of the game, tied the score at 7-7 with 7:57 remaining. A Rob Towe (Hockessin, DE/A.I. DuPont) goal with 7:00 left put Etown up 8-7, but Swarthmore tied the game again with 5:56 left when Jeff Donlea scored. Justin Griffey (Aberdeen, MD/Aberdeen) scored what turned out to be the game-winner with 3:32 left to give the Blue Jays a 9-8 lead.

Towe and Churchman both led Etown in scoring with two goals each, and Churchman had a team high of two assists. Churchman also led Etown in ground balls with seven.

Chryssikos led Swarthmore in goals with five, and John Charles had a team high of five assists.

Etown will return to action at home Saturday, March 19 in its first Middle Atlantic Conference game of the season against Moravian College at 2:00 p.m.

Swarthmore College (1-2) vs. Elizabethtown College (1-4)
Date: Mar 16, 2005 Location: Elizabethtown, Pa. Stadium: Var Hockey/Lax Field
Attendance:80 Start time:3:30 pm

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

Swarthmore College SCORING: GOALS: Tim Chryssikos 5; Jeff Donlea 2; Tom Coughlin 1. ASSISTS: Ryan McKenna 1; Matthew Perez 1.
Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Allen Churchman 2; Rob Towe 2; Frankie Puzzangara 1; Justin Griffey 1; Bryan Miller 1; Dave Eshleman 1; Brian Ginter 1. ASSISTS: Allen Churchman 2; Matt Newell 1; Matt Seiboth 1; Ryan Smetana 1.
Swarthmore College GROUND BALLS: John Charles 5; Tom Coughlin 4; Adam Miller 3; James Addona 2; Richard Jaronczyk 2; Frank Mazzucco 2; Daniel Sartori 2; Troy Smith 2; Ryan McKenna 1.
Elizabethtown Coll. GROUND BALLS: Allen Churchman 7; Mike Dunn 5; Gary Senese 5; Fran McKeever 4; Frank Cacia 3; Justin Griffey 3; Frankie Puzzangara 3; Brian Ginter 2; Chris McCrea 2; Justin McQuaid 2; Matt Newell 2; Ryan Smetana 2; Drew Ward 2; Paul Wisneski 2; Justin Carson 1; Dave Eshleman 1; Matt Seiboth 1; Rob Towe 1.
SHOTS - SWAT 21; ETOWN 30.
PENALTIES - SWAT 3/2:00; ETOWN 0/0:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - SWAT 0-0; ETOWN 1-3.
FACEOFFS - SWAT 7-21; ETOWN 14-21.
CLEARS - SWAT 16-21; ETOWN 21-25.
GOALIES - SWAT: Frank Mazzucco (60:00 minutes, 17 shots-8 saves, 9 GA); ETOWN: Fran McKeever 1-4 (60:00, 15-7, 8).