ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Saturday, April 21, 2007

Elizabethtown Blows Out Moravian 16-4

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College snapped a two-game skid by defeating Moravian College 16-4 in a Middle Atlantic Conference home game Saturday. The Blue Jays, which improve to 8-4 overall and 5-3 in the MAC with the win, out-scored Moravian 5-1 in the first quarter, 9-2 by halftime and 12-3 by the end of the third quarter. Moravian dropped to 2-12 overall and 2-7 in the conference with the loss.

Elizabethtown senior midfielder Frankie Puzzangara (Wallingford, PA/Strath Haven) scored four goals, tallied three assists, led the Blue Jays in ground balls with seven, and won eight out of 12 face-offs. Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/William R. Boone) added four goals for Etown, and Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) scored three times and had two assists. Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Prep.) scored three goals for the Blue Jays, and Brad Whitcomb (Taneytown, MD/Francis Scott Key) scored one goal and had two assists. Keith Staulters (Ballston Spa, NY/Ballston Spa) scored one goal and had one assist for Etown, and Andrew Wagner (Bel Air, MD/C. Milton Wright) had two assists. Elizabethtown defender Eric Peifer (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) had six ground balls and one assist.

T.J. Hirsch (Putnum Valley, NY/Walter Panas) led Moravian in ground balls with eight and score done goal. Cruz Sierra (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern Regional) scored one goal and one assist for the Greyhounds and had seven ground balls, and Keith Danner (Laurys Station, PA/Parkland) had one goal and one assist as well. Jason Tosches (West Windsor, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South) added one goal for Moravian.

Elizabethtown will return to action on the road Wednesday, April 25 at the University of Scranton in a 4:00 p.m. MAC game.

at Elizabethtown, Pa.
Elizabethtown 16, Moravian 4
Score by period      1 2 3 4   Tot
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Moravian............ 1 1 1 1 - 4
Elizabethtown....... 5 4 3 4 - 16

Moravian SCORING: GOALS: Cruz Sierra 1; Keith Danner 1; T.J. Hirsch 1; Jason Tosches 1. ASSISTS: Keith Danner 1; Cruz Sierra 1.

Elizabethtown SCORING: GOALS: Frankie Puzzangara 4; Ryan McCafferty 4; Aaron Weber 3; Josh Dougherty 3; Brad Whitcomb 1; Keith Staulters 1. ASSISTS: Frankie Puzzangara 3; Andrew Wagner 2; Aaron Weber 2; Brad Whitcomb 2; Eric Peifer 1; Keith Staulters 1.

Moravian GROUND BALLS: T.J. Hirsch 8; Cruz Sierra 7; Benjamin Larson 5; Steven Carroll 4; Kevin Smart 3; Joshua Chase 1; Zak Goldstein 1; Dylan Maher 1; Jason Tosches 1.

Elizabethtown GROUND BALLS: Frankie Puzzangara 7; Eric Peifer 6; Gary Senese 5; Chris Day 4; John Day 3; Ryan McCafferty 3; Aaron Weber 3; Frank Cacia 2; Dan Hinder 2; Jeff Long 2; Chris Schuch 2; Josh Dougherty 1; Zak Miller 1; Phil Robinson 1; Keith Staulters 1; Andrew Wagner 1.

SHOTS - MOR 21; ETOWN 38.
PENALTIES - MOR 5/3:30; ETOWN 3/2:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MOR 0-3; ETOWN 1-4.
FACEOFFS - MOR 10-22; ETOWN 12-22.
CLEARS - MOR 23-27; ETOWN 27-31. 

GOALIES - MOR: Benjamin Larson (45:49 minutes, 23 shots-10 saves, 13 GA), David Crawford (14:11, 5-2, 3); ETOWN: Chris Schuch (53:02, 8-5, 3), Bill Bell (00:45, 1-1, 0), Troy Machir (06:13, 2-1, 1).