Velasquez Scores Twice for His First Two Career Goals

LANCASTER, Pa. – Host #16 Franklin & Marshall got game-bests of five assists and nine points along with four goals, tying for contest-high, from A.J. Rigsby in a 16-8 win over visiting Washington College in Centennial Conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Shadek Stadium. Stadium.  The Diplomats improve to 11-4 overall and 4-3 in the Centennial, while the Shoremen are now 4-9 and 3-4 respectively. 

#16 Franklin & Marshall 16 Washington College 8

How It Happened
- The host Diplomats scored all three goals in the first quarter to take a 3-0 lead after one as Rigsby scored the final goal of the quarter from Will Mollihan with 6:30 left.
- Washington would net two of the first three goals of the second quarter to cut the lead to 4-2 with 8:33 remaining in the second on a Ewan Temple goal from Ben Dickinson.
- Franklin & Marshall would score the next two goals to push the lead to 6-2 with 6:01 left on a Rigsby unassisted score.
- The Shoremen would score the next two to reduce the deficit to 6-4 with 2:52 remaining on a Mac Hale goal from Dickinson.  However, F&M would score the final two goals of the second to take an 8-4 lead into halftime with Rigsby netting a goal with one second left from Mollihan.
- Gabe Velasquez won the face-off and scored eight seconds into the third quarter for his first career goal to cut the lead to 8-5, but F&M would score the final three goals of the third to take an 11-5 lead heading into the fourth.
- Velasquez would opening the scoring in the fourth as he won the face-off and scored again, this time seven ticks into the fourth to trim the advantage to 11-6, but the Diplomats would respond by scoring five of the final seven goals of the game to provide the final margin.

For The Shoremen (4-9, 3-4 CC)
- Scoring: Temple (two goals and two assists), Velasquez (two goals), Dickinson (two assists)
- In Goal: Ryan Leahy (60:00, 16 goals allowed, 20 saves)
- Tyler Bishop (five ground balls), Trevor Ivatts (two caused turnovers)
- The Shoremen were 20-for-26 in clears in the contest and 1-for-1 on the man-up.
- Washington had 20 turnovers, while causing 12 Franklin & Marshall miscues.

For #16 Franklin & Marshall (11-4, 4-3 CC)
- Scoring: Rigsby (five assists and nine points to lead all players and four goals to tie for game-high), Target (four goals and one assist), Mollihan  (goal and two helpers), James Moroney (goal and assist)
- In Goal: Sage Garito (60:00, eight goals allowed, 12 saves)  
- Connor Helm (9-for-16 at the X and game-high seven ground balls)
- The Diplomats were 24-for-27 in clears, 0-for-0 in man-up situations and turned it over 18 times, while notching 11 caused turnovers.
- Franklin & Marshall held a 47-35 advantage in shots and held a 50-29 edge in ground balls.
- The hosts went 15-for-27 at the X for the contest.

Notes
- Leahy had his fourth performance of 20 saves this season.

Up Next
4/30 v. #8 Dickinson – 1:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference Game)
- Senior Day