DAVENPORT, Fla. – Senior
Andrew Ream (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) completed his first hat trick of the season, posting three goals to lead the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team, but Keene State used 10 first-half goals to post a 17-7 win at the Northeast Regional Park on Wednesday, March 13.
Senior
Travis Rode (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) added a goal and two assists and senior
Michael Tenant (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) made 19 saves and allowed 16 goals in 56 minutes of action for the Warriors (1-5 overall). Freshman
Justin Joseph (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) won half of his faceoffs, going 10-of-20 at the x.
Sophomore
Jason Chappell (Ellicott City, Md./Boys' Latin) got the Warriors on the board with 2:40 left in the first quarter after the Owls (1-3 overall) opened the scoring with four goals. Freshman
Owen Zimmerman (Stevens, Pa./Cocalico) added another score with 1:06 left to make it 5-2.
In the second quarter, freshman
Max Hanson (Prattville, Ala. / Bishop Machebeuf (Colo.)) found Rode for a score with 12:06 left, freshman
Blake Premo (Massena, N.Y./Massena) found Ream for his first goal with 8:48 left and junior
Drew Collins (Victor, N.Y./Victor) scored with 1:44 left, as Lycoming headed into the break down, 10-5.
In the second half, Rode found Ream for a pair of goals, but Keene State scored three more times in the third quarter and four in the fourth.
Dave Wiedenfield led the Owls with four goals and an assist and Joe Nutting scored twice. In net, J.J. Tinney stopped five shots to earn the win.
The Warriors wrap up their trip in Florida on Friday, March 15, when they face UMass-Boston at 2 p.m. at Northeast Regional Park.