ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Wednesday, March 7, 2006

Nationally 10th-Ranked Washington College (Md.) Defeats Elizabethtown 16-2

CHESTERTOWN, Md. --- Elizabethtown College dropped to 1-1 in 2007 with a 16-2 road loss to nationally 10th-ranked Washington College (Md.) Wednesday. Washington improved to 2-1 overall with the win.

Elizabethtown’s Chris Senese (Leonardtown, MD/Uniontown) scored the game’s first goal unassisted 3:01 after the opening whistle. By the end of the first quarter, Washington held a 2-1 lead. The Shoremen scored three more goals at the start of the second quarter before Etown struck again with 4:52 left in the first half, courtesy of Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Prep.). By the end of the second quarter, Washington College held a 7-2 lead, which extended to 9-2 by the end of the third quarter and 16-2 by the end of the game. Chris Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) and Gary Senese (Leonardtown, MD/Tatnall School, DE) led Elizabethtown in ground balls with five each.

Chris Read (Baltimore, MD/Boys Latin) led Washington College in scoring with five goals, and he had one assist. Jimmy Kielek (Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley) led the Shoremen in assists with four, and he scored one goal. Thayer Damm (Huntington Valley, PA/LaSalle) led Washington in ground balls with six, and he won eight out of 12 faceoffs taken. Washington goalie Gordon Cohen (New Canaan, CT/New Canaan) made 16 saves.

Elizabethtown will return to action Saturday, March 10, when the Blue Jays will host College Misericordia in a game held at HersheyPark Stadium in Hershey, Pa. Game time is 11:00 a.m.

At Chestertown, Md.
#10 Washington (Md.) 16, Elizabethtown 2
Score by period       1 2 3 4     Tot
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Elizabethtown ....... 1 1 0 0  -    2
Washington College .. 2 5 2 7  -   16

Elizabethtown SCORING: GOALS: Josh Dougherty 1; Chris Senese 1. ASSISTS: None.

Washington College SCORING: GOALS: Chris Read 5; Kolyn Kirby 4; Andrew Ostrusky 3; Jimmy Kielek 1; Mike Sutter 1; E.J. Lewis 1; Steve Humphries 1. ASSISTS: Jimmy Kielek 4; Andrew Generazio 1; Jon Kenney 1; Chris Mancini 1; Chris Read 1.

Elizabethtown GROUND BALLS: Chris Day 5; Gary Senese 5; Frank Cacia 4; John Day 4; Aaron Weber 4; Eric Peifer 3; Frankie Puzzangara 3; Andrew Wagner 3; Josh Dougherty 2; Chris Schuch 2; Chris Senese 2; Keith Staulters 2; Jeff Long 1; Mike Ruby 1.

Washington College GROUND BALLS: Thayer Damm 6; Thom Cecere 5; Jon Kenney 5; Jimmy Kielek 4; Dan MacDonald 4; Chris Read 4; Matt Sparks 4; Mike Hughes 3; Casey O'Connor 3; Mike Sutter 3; E.J. Lewis 2; Kolyn Kirby 2; Gordon Cohen 1; Andrew Generazio 1; Anthony Hidell 1; Steve Humphries 1; Chris Mancini 1; Sean Millham 1; Matt Moreton 1; Andrew Ostrusky 1; Kyle van Oostendorp 1.

SHOTS - ETOWN 26; WC 39.
SHOTS ON GOAL - ETOWN 19; WC 27.
PENALTIES - ETOWN 2/2:00; WC 4/3:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 0-4; WC 2-2.
FACEOFFS - ETOWN 9-22; WC 13-22.
CLEARS - ETOWN 14-27; WC 16-20.