WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Freshman Owen Zimmerman (Stevens, Pa./Cocalico) will remember his first career start at the Shangraw Athletic Complex, as the rookie attackman took over in the final 7:07, scoring four times to lead the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team from down four to a 9-8 MAC Commonwealth win over Widener University on Saturday afternoon, March 30.
 
Zimmerman helped the Warriors (3-7 overall, 1-1 MAC Commonwealth) comeback from an 8-4 deficit midway through the fourth quarter, scoring his first goal with 7:07 left in transition on a give from sophomore Jake Davis (Honeoye, N.Y./Honeoye). He followed that with an unassisted score with 4:59 left and scored again 23 seconds later after an out-of-bounds restart on a give from junior Shain Quigley (Lincoln University, Pa./Oxford).
 
Lycoming kept the pressure on, with Quigley dunking a close-range goal in off a give from junior Drew Collins (Victor, N.Y./Victor) with 3:07 left. The Warriors got the ball back after a huge save from senior Michael Tenant (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) with 1:51 left and after a solid clear, sophomore Dominick Massaro (Centereach, N.Y./Sachem North) took a bounce shot that flew behind the net where Zimmerman picked it up. He passed to senior Travis Rode (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon), who waited for Zimmerman to circle in front of the net before passing to Zimmerman. Zimmerman took two strides, leapt and delivered a sidewinder into the right corner.
 
Lycoming won the faceoff, but Widener caused a turnover behind the net with less than a minute remaining. The Pride (2-8 overall, 1-1 MAC Commonwealth) couldn't get a solid look in the final seconds, though, taking two shots wide of the net, as Lycoming secured its first win over the Pride since a 7-6 double-overtime win in 2015.
 
With 25 shots in the second half, the Warriors posted a 43-41 advantage in the category, also holding a slim advantage of winning 11-of-21 faceoffs and they turned the ball over two fewer times.
 
Quigley, Massaro, Collins and Rode each had a goal and an assist, while Zimmerman finished with four goals and three groundballs. Senior Austin Arroyo (Shillington, Pa./Governor Mifflin) led the Warriors with four groundballs and a caused turnover and freshman Justin Joseph (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area) won 10-of-19 faceoffs.
 
Freshman Blake Premo (Massena, N.Y./Massena) had an assist and three groundballs and Rode also added three of the team's 39 groundballs.
 
Tenant (3-7) finished with 15 saves to earn the win for the Warriors, as he became the second player in program history to reach 600 career stops, joining Jared Jankowski (1998-01), who holds the school record with 655 saves. Carter Landry (2-8 overall) stopped 17 shots for the Pride.
 
Massaro scored the first goal of the game, but Widener scored the next five to take a 5-1 lead into halftime. In the third quarter, each team scored three goals, with Widener taking a 7-2 lead with 12:24 left before a pair of goals from Lycoming made it 7-4. Widener's Gavin Kirkwood scored a man-up goal with 5:44 left in the third to make it a four-goal lead before the Warriors started their comeback.
 
Brady Franks had two goals and an assist to lead the Pride and John Dunbar posted a goal and three assists. Tim Irvine picked up six groundballs and Kenneth Watts won 10-of-20 faceoffs, posting five groundballs. Jason Higgins finished with four groundballs and caused three turnovers.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Wednesday, April 3, when they head to Albright College for a 4 p.m. MAC Commonwealth game.