Box Score

FREDERICK, Md. – A two-goal lead at halftime ballooned to 11, as the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team scored the first nine goals in the second half to secure its sixth straight win, 13-4, over Hood College in Commonwealth Conference action on Saturday afternoon, April 5, at Thomas Athletic Field.
 
The Warriors (6-5 overall, 4-0 Commonwealth) maintained a perfect conference record and became the first conference team to reach four wins, as Lycoming began to create some separation with the Blazers (3-8 overall, 0-3 Commonwealth) early in the third quarter, with junior Sean Reilly (Corning, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post West) finding junior Steve Troup (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) for a man-up goal 3:06 into the period.
 
Sophomore Trevor Williams (Rockaway, N.J./Morris Catholic) followed with an unassisted goal and sophomore Mike Cooper (Riva, Md./Archbishop Spalding) and sophomore Lee Pappas (New Windsor, Md./Glenelg Country School)  also scored in the period, giving Lycoming an 8-2 lead.
 
Lycoming kept the pressure on in the fourth quarter, with freshman Marcus Winn (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove Area) scoring his first career goal before sophomore Jake Wanamaker (Waldwick, N.J./Waldwick) put the Warriors in double digits. Senior Matt McCaffer (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) added two goals and Reilly rounded out Lycoming's scoring before Hood scored twice in the final 2:30.
 
Lycoming got on the board just 2:06 into the game, as Cooper found the back of the net and Reilly gave Lycoming a 2-0 lead midway through the quarter. However, a goal by Hood's Sean Murphy pulled it within one. In the second quarter, McCaffer scored twice before Hood countered with a goal with 1:08 left to make it 4-2 heading into the break.
 
The Warriors dominated in most facets of the game, firing 48 shots while allowing just 28, and also held a 31-27 advantage in ground balls. They also forced nine turnovers before Hood could clear the ball and 28 in total.
 
McCaffer led the team with four goals and senior Jason Breau (Lima, N.Y./Honeyoye Falls-Lima) added a career-high three assists. Reilly added two goals and an assist and Cooper posted two goals and five ground balls. Williams added a goal, an assist and a career-high four caused turnovers. Pappas also added a goal, an assist and three ground balls. Senior Thomas Hanson (Tucson, Ariz./Catalina Foothills) posted four ground balls and senior Ben Adrian (Dallas, Pa./Wyoming Seminary) also scooped up three ground balls.

Both McCaffer and Reilly crossed the 100-career point mark in the game, with McCaffer finishing the game 14th in school history with 102 points and Reilly 15th with 102.
 
Brett Humphreys led Hood with two goals and Patrick O'Brien added a goal and two assists. Randolph Clark posted seven ground balls and both Jared Bileski and James Weger added four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
In net, junior Alex Wylly (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) (6-5) continued his outstanding play, as he notched seven stops and allowed just two goals in 57 minutes. Senior Sean Brown (Baltimore, Md./Lansdowne) stopped five shots in the last three minutes for the Warriors. Joseph McCulloh stopped 14 shots in the loss for Hood.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Wednesday, April 9, when they host Commonwealth Conference foe Elizabethtown in their Ground balls for CAPPA game, with donations for each ground ball that Lycoming picks up during the game going to the Williamsport-based Community Alliance for Progressive Positive Action. Face-off is set for 3:30 p.m. at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.