April 9, 2008
NO. 6 BRYANT MEN'S LACROSSE DEFEATS BENTLEY 12-5 FOR
FOURTH-STRAIGHT WIN
BOX SCORE
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Kevin Hoagland
(Glastonbury, CT) scored four goals while Jim Long
(Durham, NH) and Gary Crowley (Scituate,
MA) added a pair of tallies as sixth-ranked Bryant
University earned a 12-5 win over Bentley College Wednesday night
in Northeast-10 Conference men's lacrosse. The win was
Bryant's fourth-straight heading into Saturday's game at
Pace.
The Bulldogs took a 6-3 lead at the half and led 8-4 after three
quarters of play before opening the game up with a four-goal
fourth. Matt McKeefrey (Melville, NY) opened
the final quarter with a goal to make it 9-4 before Hoagland took
over.
Coming off a three-goal game in the team's win over Merrimack
Saturday, Hoagland closed out the game against the Falcons scoring
the final three goals of the game to run his season total to 23
goals for the season.
Senior goalie Michael Kennedy (Port
Jefferson Station, NY) stopped 17 shots in the game as the
Bulldogs took advantage of seven extra-man opportunities with three
man-up goals on the night.
Sophomore face-off specialist Andrew
Hennessey (Wading River, NY) stayed hot.
After an amazing 14 of 15 face-off wins Saturday against Merrimack,
the Bulldog all-American won 13 of 19 against the Falcons
Wednesday.
The Bulldogs will travel to Pace this Saturday for a 1 p.m. game
in Pleasantville, NY.
at Waltham, Mass.
BRYANT (12):Hoagland 4, Long 2, Crowley 2, Kaufmann 1, McKeefrey
1, Roberts 1, Larson 1. ; assist - Connor Hayes 1, Kaufmann
1, Long 1, McKeefrey 1, Tyburski 1.
BENTLEY (5): Goule 2, Scavone 2, Van Hatcher 1; assist - Curtis
1, Gould 1, Murray 1, Tunis 1.
Halftime - Bryant 6-3.
Saves - Kennedy, BRY, 17 ;Dambach, BEN, 7
Records - Bryant 7-3, 4-1 NE-10; Bentley 5-4, 3-3 NE-10
