ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Moravian Comes Away With 13-12 Overtime Win

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Jason Tosches scored five goals, including the game-winner 1:45 into overtime, as Moravian College defeated Elizabethtown College 13-12 in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Thursday afternoon.

Sophomore Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) led the Blue Jays (2-4 overall) with four goals while first-year student Kurt Deschner (Kelowna, BC/Kelowna Secondary) netted two goals and two assists for Elizabethtown.

Robert Devine finished with four goals for the Greyhounds (4-3 overall), including the tying tally with 3:52 left in regulation as Moravian rallied from an 11-8 deficit after squandering an 8-4 first-half lead.

Elizabethtown led 2-0 after four minutes of action, but the Greyhounds scored five unanswered goals to take a 5-2 lead early in the second period. Moravian led 8-6 at intermission behind three goals from Tosches and two tallies from Devine.

The Blue Jays tied the game at 9-9 with 3:41 left in the third quarter on a man-down goal from first-year student Brian Schaaf (West Chester, PA/West Chester East), and went ahead 10-9 with 7:41 remaining in the fourth quarter on a goal from junior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone).

After Deschner gave the Blue Jays an 11-9 lead with 6:36 to go, Tosches and Devine scored twice in a span of 30 seconds to knot the game at 11-11 with 5:52 remaining.

Day answered with his fourth goal of the afternoon just seven seconds after Devine's tally to restore Elizabethtown's lead at 12-11, but Devine forced overtime on a goal with 3:52 left.

McCafferty finished with two goals for the Blue Jays, while adding single goals were sophomores Josh Dougherty (Ocean City, MD/Worcester Academy) and Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) along with junior Jeff Long (West Chester, PA/Henderson).

Schaaf and first-year student Greg Kenneally (Lutherville, MD/Loyola Blakefield) each posted three assists for the Blue Jays, while Keith Danner led the Greyhounds with three helpers.

Day led the Blue Jays with 14 ground balls and finished 16-for-23 on faceoffs, while senior Eric Peifer (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) picked up 11 ground balls. Devine led the Greyhounds with 12 ground balls.

Senior Chris Schuch (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) played just over 15 minutes in goal for the Blue Jays and made one save, with jjunior Austin Hayes (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) coming on in relief and adding 11 stops. Benjamin Leavy tallied six saves in goal for Moravian.

Score by period 1 2 3 4 OT Tot
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 2 4 3 3 0 - 12
Moravian College.... 4 4 1 3 1 - 13

Elizabethtown Coll. GOALS: Jon Day 4; Kurt Deschner 2; Ryan
McCafferty 2; Brian Schaaf 1; Josh Dougherty 1; Aaron Weber 1; Jeff Long 1.
ASSISTS: Greg Kenneally 3; Brian Schaaf 3; Kurt Deschner 2; Josh Dougherty 1.

Moravian College GOALS: Jason Tosches 5; Robert Devine 4; Christopher Mohapp 1; David Bennett 1; Brian Cleaver 1; David Forte 1.
ASSISTS: Keith Danner 3; Christopher Mohapp 2; David Bennett 1; Steven Carroll 1; Jason Tosches 1.

SHOTS - ETOWN 33; MOR 36

MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 0-3; MOR 1-2.

GOALIES - ETOWN: Chris Schuch (1 save), Austin Hayes (11 saves); MOR: Benjamin Leavy (6 saves)