April 12, 2008
NO. 6 BRYANT MEN'S LACROSSE DEFEATS PACE 17-7 SATURDAY
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| The Bryant defense led by Corey MacDougall, Matt Murnane
(above), and Joe Rauchut helped hold Pace under their scoring
average of 9.1 goals per game Saturday. www.dspics.com
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PLEASANTVILLE, NY - Bryant University junior
Bryan Kaufmann (Putnam Valley, NY) scored four
times as the sixth-ranked Bryant men's lacrosse team won their
fifth-straight defeating Pace University, 17-7 in Northeast-10
Conference action Saturday at Pace Field. Teammate
Kevin Hoagland (Glastonbury, CT) also added four
goals while freshman Gary Crowley (Scituate, MA)
picked up four assists for the Bulldogs who travel to Franklin
Pierce Sunday.
Bryant (8-3, 5-1 NE-10) got on the board quickly as Kaufmann
picked up an unassisted goal at 13:27 of the first. The
Setters would get the equalizer moments later as James Hammel fired
home an unassisted goal to make it 1-1. But it was all Bryant
from that point on as Hoagland helped start a six-goal spurt with a
tally at 11:17 as the Bulldogs quickly led 7-1 and took a 7-2 lead
into the second quarter.
Two more goals in the second helped send the Bulldogs into the
halftime break up 9-3. In the second half, it was all Bryant
as Kaufmann scored three more goals and Hoagland added a pair as
the Bulldogs put the game away out-scoring the Setters 4 to 1 in
the third.
Senior goalie Michael Kennedy (Port Jefferson Station,
NY) made seven stops in the net before giving way to
backup Brad Burkhardt (Branford, CT) - 2 saves -
in the fourth.
(Pace (6-4, 3-2 NE-10), which saw it's three-game win streak
snapped, got two goals from Justin Page. Bryant out-shot the
hosts 50 to 18 in the game while sophomore Andrew Hennessey
(Wading River, NY), a preseason all-American, continued
his dominance in the face-off circle, winning 20 of 25 on the day.
