2008 Woodie Awards
Mules Split Week
Men's Lacrosse
David Lowe
Issue date: 4/16/08 Section: Sports
The men's lacrosse team went 1-1 last week, earning a 10-5 victory over the University of Southern Maine and losing 13-12 in a tight contest against a 13th nationally ranked Wesleyan University team. Wesleyan is one of many tough New England Small College Athletic Conference opponents this year. All of the Mules' losses this year have come against NESCAC rivals. Colby enters this week with a 6-4 record overall and a 2-4 record in the NESCAC. Two more big NESCAC games are coming up for Colby, with a Tuesday match at Bowdoin College and a home game this Saturday against Connecticut College. With only four games left, Colby is gearing up for a late season push in the next two weeks.
The midweek game was held at USM's Fitzpatrick Stadium. The Mules came into the match trying to break a three game skid after a strong start. USM (2-6) looked to rebound from last weekend's loss to Western Connecticut State University. The first quarter saw the Mules trailing 3-2. Caddy Brooks '09 and Whit McCarthy '10 scored in the opening quarter for Colby. Brooks performed well, recording six goals. The second quarter was a whole different game, with Colby outscoring USM 3-1 to take a 5-4 lead into halftime. Again Brooks and McCarthy supplied the firepower, with the second of McCarthy's two goals that quarter coming with just under three minutes left to go.
USM tied the game early in the third quarter, but then did not score a goal for the rest of the game. Colby scored the last five goals of the game to win 10-5. Brooks netted two more shots in the third quarter, including one just seconds before the end of the quarter. Dana McNally '08 had four assists to lead the Mules. Russell Clark '10 put the icing on the cake with Colby's tenth and final goal. Brooks handled the first two goals in the fourth. Tom Gianakos '10 and Tim Patch '08 split time in net, each recording three saves in their thirty respective minutes.
The Mules then traveled down to Middletown, Conn. to face the Cardinals. Wesleyan (7-3 overall, 5-1 NESCAC) rallied from a deficit and held on in the fourth to edge out Colby 13-12. The first quarter was all Cardinals, who went up 3-0. In the second quarter, there was an incident involving Chris Healy '11, who was covering Wesleyan's best offensive threat. After a brief on-field disagreement, Healy and three Cardinals were ejected from the game. Playing with a two man advantage for three minutes, the Mules tacked on seven straight goals, including six from man up situations, making it 7-3. Piekarski, who had four goals, scored three of them in 41 seconds during the man up advantage. Wesleyan closed out the half with two goals making the score 7-5.
The Cardinals owned the third quarter, scoring five straight goals, and winning the quarter 6-1 overall, and leaving the Mules trailing 11-8 going into the final quarter. Two players kept Colby's chances alive. Goalie Alex Farmer '09 kept Colby in the game with some huge saves and nine overall. McCarthy, whose "four goal performance against Wesleyan was huge," as described by Todd Boertzel '09, also contributed significantly. "It came at a crucial part of the game and was a much needed spark for the offense," Boertzel said. Colby battled back and came within one goal with more than five minutes left. Wesleyan sat back and ran out the clock to finish the game on top 13-12.
McNally had a great game and had four assists in back to back games. Adding goals for the Mules were Boertzel and Zach Goodnough '08 with one and Brooks with two. Brooks and Boertzel each had two assists with JoseLuis Mendoza '08 adding one. The Mules will play Bowdoin on April 16.
The midweek game was held at USM's Fitzpatrick Stadium. The Mules came into the match trying to break a three game skid after a strong start. USM (2-6) looked to rebound from last weekend's loss to Western Connecticut State University. The first quarter saw the Mules trailing 3-2. Caddy Brooks '09 and Whit McCarthy '10 scored in the opening quarter for Colby. Brooks performed well, recording six goals. The second quarter was a whole different game, with Colby outscoring USM 3-1 to take a 5-4 lead into halftime. Again Brooks and McCarthy supplied the firepower, with the second of McCarthy's two goals that quarter coming with just under three minutes left to go.
USM tied the game early in the third quarter, but then did not score a goal for the rest of the game. Colby scored the last five goals of the game to win 10-5. Brooks netted two more shots in the third quarter, including one just seconds before the end of the quarter. Dana McNally '08 had four assists to lead the Mules. Russell Clark '10 put the icing on the cake with Colby's tenth and final goal. Brooks handled the first two goals in the fourth. Tom Gianakos '10 and Tim Patch '08 split time in net, each recording three saves in their thirty respective minutes.
The Mules then traveled down to Middletown, Conn. to face the Cardinals. Wesleyan (7-3 overall, 5-1 NESCAC) rallied from a deficit and held on in the fourth to edge out Colby 13-12. The first quarter was all Cardinals, who went up 3-0. In the second quarter, there was an incident involving Chris Healy '11, who was covering Wesleyan's best offensive threat. After a brief on-field disagreement, Healy and three Cardinals were ejected from the game. Playing with a two man advantage for three minutes, the Mules tacked on seven straight goals, including six from man up situations, making it 7-3. Piekarski, who had four goals, scored three of them in 41 seconds during the man up advantage. Wesleyan closed out the half with two goals making the score 7-5.
The Cardinals owned the third quarter, scoring five straight goals, and winning the quarter 6-1 overall, and leaving the Mules trailing 11-8 going into the final quarter. Two players kept Colby's chances alive. Goalie Alex Farmer '09 kept Colby in the game with some huge saves and nine overall. McCarthy, whose "four goal performance against Wesleyan was huge," as described by Todd Boertzel '09, also contributed significantly. "It came at a crucial part of the game and was a much needed spark for the offense," Boertzel said. Colby battled back and came within one goal with more than five minutes left. Wesleyan sat back and ran out the clock to finish the game on top 13-12.
McNally had a great game and had four assists in back to back games. Adding goals for the Mules were Boertzel and Zach Goodnough '08 with one and Brooks with two. Brooks and Boertzel each had two assists with JoseLuis Mendoza '08 adding one. The Mules will play Bowdoin on April 16.
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