ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S LACROSSE
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Blue Jays Win 17-9 at King's, But Eliminated from Playoff Race

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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- With their Middle Atlantic Conference playoff hopes on the line, the Elizabethtown College men's lacrosse team defeated King's College 17-9 on Saturday afternoon.

However, the Blue Jays were eliminated from the postseason as Lycoming College defeated FDU-Florham, giving FDU the fourth and final playoff spot via tiebreaker over the Blue Jays.

Junior Ryan McCafferty (Orlando, FL/Boone) and sophomore Aaron Weber (Lititz, PA/Manheim Township) each finished with five goals in the win for the Blue Jays (6-8 overall, 4-3 MAC), who set a season high for goals in the victory.

Sophomore Jon Day (Thornton, PA/Bishop Shanahan) had three goals and first-year student Kurt Deschner (Kelowna, BC/Kelowna Secondary) added two goals and two assists.

Elizabethtown trailed 5-4 after one quarter, but scored six straight goals in the second period to take a 10-5 lead to intermission. The Blue Jays held an 11-8 lead after three quarters, but fired home six more goals in the final quarter.

The Blue Jays peppered 62 shots at the Monarch goal, and finished with a 50-27 edge in ground balls. Day led the Blue Jays with eight ground balls while senior Eric Peifer (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) added seven ground balls.

Chris Landry led the Monarchs (4-9 overall, 0-7 MAC) with four goals and an assist, as King's finished the season with seven losses in its final eight games.

Senior Chris Schuch (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) made two saves in his final appearance in a Blue Jay uniform, departing as the program's career leader in saves with 460. First-year student Hunter Malick (Center Valley, PA/Moravian Academy) relieved in the third quarter and added four saves for Elizabethtown, while Andrew Bartle finished with 22 saves in goal for the Monarchs.

Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 4 6 1 6 - 17
King's College...... 5 0 3 1 - 9

Elizabethtown Coll. GOALS: Aaron Weber 5; Ryan McCafferty 5; Jon Day 3; Kurt Deschner 2; Chris Senese 1; Josh Dougherty 1.
ASSISTS: Kurt Deschner 2; Brian Schaaf 1; Chris Senese 1; Keith Staulters 1; Andrew Wagner 1; Aaron Weber 1.

King's College GOALS: Chris Landry 4; Keith Hoerburger 1; Rusty Booth 1; Curtis Reinard 1; Phil Gakos 1; John Doran 1.
ASSISTS: Daniel Carducci 1; Keith Hoerburger 1; Ryan Lachner 1; Chris Landry 1.

SHOTS - ETOWN 62; KINGS 26.

MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - ETOWN 1-3; KINGS 0-3.

FACEOFFS - ETOWN 16-29; KINGS 13-29.

GOALIES - ETOWN: Chris Schuch (2 saves), Hunter Malick (4 saves); KINGS: Andrew Bartle (22 saves).