ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Last Second Goal Puts Widener Past Etown 11-10

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown dropped a heartbreaking 11-10 Middle Atlantic Conference loss to Widener at home Saturday. Widener, which improved to 4-3 overall and 4-0 in the MAC with the win, scored the game-winning goal with 1.6 seconds left on the clock to cap a rally that began during the third quarter after the visiting Pioneers found themselves down 8-2. Etown dropped to 4-7 overall and 3-3 in the MAC with the loss.

Etown vaulted out to a 2-0 lead just 1:04 into the game as Mike Dunn (Upper Darby, PA/Monsignor Bonner) scored 15 seconds into the game on the opening face-off and as Justin Griffey (Aberdeen, MD/Aberdeen) netted a pass from Allen Churchman (Aston, PA/Garnet Valley) with 13:56 left in the first quarter. By the end of the first quarter, Etown held a 3-1 lead thanks to a Bryan Miller (West Chester, PA/Henderson) goal off a Matt Newell (Malvern, PA/Great Valley) assist with 5:09 left in the period.

Etown out-scored Widener 3-1 again over the course of the second quarter to carry a 6-2 lead into halftime. Griffey, Churchman and Matt Seiboth (Havertown, PA/Haverford) all netted goals for Etown in the second quarter. Etown scored the first two goals of the third quarter as well, with Newell scoring off a Churchman assist with 9:10 left in the quarter and Frankie Puzzangara (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) scoring off a Seiboth assist just 15 seconds later.

From then on, however, Widener out-scored Etown 9-2. By the end of the third quarter, Etown's lead stood at 8-6. Newell scored for the Blue Jays off a Churchman assist 20 seconds into the fourth quarter to give Etown a 9-6 lead, but Widener scored the next three goals to tie the game 9-9. Seiboth then scored on a Churchman assist with 5:36 left in the game, but Widener's Dennis Mann (Havertown, PA/Haverford), who had scored the previous game-tying goal with 5:56 left, scored again with 3:53 left to knot the score again at 10-10. With 1.6 seconds left on the clock, Mann struck for the third time in a row to give Widener the victory.

Newell led Etown in goals scored with three, and Churchman scored one goal and tallied a game-high total of five assists. Seiboth finished the game with two goals and one assist, and Griffey scored two goals.

Defender Chris McCrea (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) led the game in ground balls with 10 for Etown, and Dunn scooped up eight ground balls in addition to scoring a goal. Etown first-year goalkeeper Chris Schuch (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) made 14 saves, including 12 in the second half alone, and had four ground balls.

Mann and Todd Fairlie (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) led Widener in goals scored with three each, and Fairlie had a team high of two assists. Gavin Goane (Springfield, PA/Springfield) scored twice for Widener, and Rob Hickey (Cohasset, MA/Cohasset) led the Pioneers in ground balls with six.

Etown will return to action on the road Saturday, April 16 against Drew University in a 2:00 p.m. MAC game.

Widener University (4-3, 4-0 MAC) vs. Elizabethtown Coll. (4-7, 3-3 MAC)
Date: Apr 13, 2005 Location: Elizabethtown, Pa. Stadium: Var Hockey/Lax Field
Attendance:200 Start time:4:00 pm

Score by period      1 2 3 4   Tot
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Widener University.. 1 1 4 5 - 11
Elizabethtown Coll.. 3 3 2 2 - 10

Widener University SCORING: GOALS: Todd Fairlie 3; Dennis Mann 3; Gavin Goane 2; Alan Krawitz 1; Luke Weber 1; 38 1. ASSISTS: Todd Fairlie 2; Darnell Jones 1; Alan Krawitz 1.

Elizabethtown Coll. SCORING: GOALS: Matt Newell 2; Matt Seiboth 2; Justin Griffey 2; Allen Churchman 1; Frankie Puzzangara 1; Bryan Miller 1; Mike Dunn 1. ASSISTS: Allen Churchman 5; Justin McQuaid 1; Matt Newell 1; Frankie Puzzangara 1; Matt Seiboth 1.

Widener University GROUND BALLS: Rob Hickey 5; Todd Fairlie 3; Karl Dethloff 2; Andrew Johnson 2; Darnell Jones 2; Tim Keefe 2; Brian Stromko 2; Adam Ardary 1; Gavin Goane 1; Tim Heffernan 1; Michael Rasmussen 1.

Elizabethtown Coll. GROUND BALLS: Chris McCrea 10; Mike Dunn 8; Chris Schuch 4; Dave Eshleman 3; Justin Griffey 2; Matt Newell 2; Frankie Puzzangara 2; Gary Senese 2; Paul Wisneski 2; Jason Wolensky 2; Frank Cacia 1; Justin McQuaid 1; Drew Ward 1.

SHOTS - WID 47; ETOWN 43.
PENALTIES - WID 5/4:00; ETOWN 2/1:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - WID 0-2; ETOWN 0-5.
FACEOFFS - WID 11-23; ETOWN 12-23.
CLEARS - WID 21-25; ETOWN 15-19.

GOALIES - WID: Andrew Johnson (60:00 minutes, 18 shots-8 saves, 10 GA); ETOWN: Chris Schuch (60:00, 25-14, 11).