Shoremen Score First Four Goals, Never Trail in Win

CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Host Washington College scored the first four goals of the game and never trailed en route to a 9-7 Centennial Conference men's lacrosse victory over Haverford tonight on Kibler Field at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium.

Washington College 9, Haverford 7

How It Happened
- The Shoremen came out of the gates strong, scoring their first four goals before the Fords even took a shot. Matty Allen's goal with 3:59 left in the first gave Washington its four-goal cushion.
- The Fords scored twice in the final 75 seconds of the quarter; Isaac Krier found Rob McLellan for a goal with just seven seconds left in the first to trim the lead to 4-2. McLallen scored again, this time in during an extra-man situation off an assist from Stephen DeLeo, with 13:22 left in the second quarter to trim the lead to one.
- Charles Walker stopped the Fords' run with an impressive goal for the Shoremen, spinning and dodging to beat a defender and slice to the crease for a shot that found the back of the net with 9:53 remaining in the second to make the score 5-3.  
- The Fords countered with a highlight-reel goal of their own as Krier deflected in an off-target pass from Andrew Dalke with 7:30 to play before halftime, but the Shoremen got that goal back with 4:59 on the clock on an extra-man goal by Tanner Barbieri off an assist from Zachary Gorrasi. Washington took that 6-4 lead into halftime.
- DeLeo opened the third quarter scoring, netting a goal off an assist from Garret Trucksess with 7:52 on the clock to cut the lead back to a single goal at 6-5. The Shoremen again countered as Austin Hepburn III scored off a Kevin Trapp assist just 68 seconds later. Those were the only two goals of the third quarter. 
- Haverford got back to within a goal to start the fourth quarter as Krier scored off a Tav Hafner assist with 13:15 remaining to make the score 7-6, but the Shoremen answered yet again as Allen found the back of the net just 59 seconds later.
- Tyler Powers gave the Shoremen their first three-goal lead since the opening period when he scooped up a ground ball in an unsettled situation and fired it back into the net with 11:11 remaining.
- The Fords picked up their seventh goal in a six-on-three extra-man situation as Krier scored off a Patrick Girard assist with 2:00 left. Haverford had the ball late in the contest but turned it over with 10 seconds to go as Washington held on for the win. 

For the Shoremen (6-3, 2-0 Centennial Conference)
- Scorers: Allen (2 goals), Walker (2 goals), Barbieri (2 goals), Trapp (2 assists), Hepburn (1 goal), Pat McManus (1 goal), Powers (1 goal), Nick Boyles (1 assist), Gorrasi (1 assist)
- Goalie: Ben Flood (10 saves, 7 goals allowed, 60:00)
- The Shoremen held a 28-19 advantage in shots and won 12 of the game's 18 face-offs, including all four in the fourth quarter. Kyle Gangemi went 12-for-16 on face-offs for Washington.
- Tim Hickey had three caused turnovers and four ground balls on the defensive end for the Shoremen.

For Haverford (4-5, 0-2 Centennial Conference
- Scorers: Krier (3 goals, 1 assist), McLallen (2 goals, 1 assist), Trucksess (1 goal, 1 assist), DeLeo (1 goal, 1 assist), Dalke (1 assist), Girard (1 assist), Hafner (1 assist)
- Goalie: Eric Caliendo (6 saves, 9 goals allowed, 60:00)
- Chandler Todd (six ground balls) and Sommer Stein each had three caused turnovers for the Fords.

Notes
- With the win, the Shoremen have matched their victory total from all of last season.

Up Next for the Shoremen
4/2 v. Franklin & Marshall - 1:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference game)
- The game against the Diplomats will take place on the Shoremen's Senior Day.