WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Junior Drew Collins (Victor, N.Y./Victor) reached 100 career points and senior Cole Masterson (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) reached 100 groundballs to lead the Lycoming College men's lacrosse team, which used a nine-goal second quarter to outpace Hood College, 21-13, in MAC Commonwealth action on Saturday, April 24.
 
The Warriors (8-8 overall, 6-2 MAC Commonwealth) finished in a tie for second in the MAC Commonwealth, the team's best finish in conference play since 2010. The team will enter the MAC Commonwealth Championship as the No. 3 seed, visiting No. 2 Messiah College (9-7 overall, 6-2 MAC Commonwealth) on Wednesday, May 1, for the conference semifinals at a time to be determined.
 
Collins used four goals and two assists to become the 18^th player in school history to reach 100 career points with his first point, a goal three minutes into the second quarter, and Masterson, a defender, picked up three groundballs to give him 102 in his career.
 
After not reaching 20 goals in the past 11 seasons, the Warriors did so for the second time in as many games, thanks to an efficient attack that took 56 shots and a hard-playing defense that scooped up 43 groundballs. The faceoff crew was also effective, winning 25-of-36 at the 'x', led by a 22-for-31 effort from freshman Justin Joseph (Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area), who picked up 13 groundballs.
 
The Blazers (10-5 overall, 3-5 MAC Commonwealth), who could have earned a No. 5 seed in the conference tournament with a win, closed within five goals with five minutes left, but Collins found sophomore Dominic Massaro (Centereach, N.Y./Sachem North) twice in a span of 48 seconds and freshman Aydan Knight (Kingston, Ontario/Frontenac) scored off a Blazers' turnover to close out the scoring.
 
Hood scored the first two goals in the game before Massaro scored twice on a run of three straight goals to give Lycoming a 3-2 lead. Hood scored once more before the end of the first quarter to tie it heading into the second quarter, when Lycoming went on a 9-2 run to make it 12-5 at the half. Freshmen Owen Zummerman (Stevens, Pa./Cocalico) and Blake Premo (Massena, N.Y./Massena) and juniors Collins and Shain Quigley (Lincoln University, Pa./Oxford Area) each had two goals in the run.
 
Hood drew within six points three times in the third quarter and closed within five twice in the fourth, but Lycoming's high-flying offense answered each time.
 
Senior Andy Ream (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) led the Warriors with seven points off two goals and five assists and Massaro finished with five goals and an assist. Zimmerman also added three goals and two assists, senior Travis Rode (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) added two goals and an assist and both Quigley and Premo had two goals.
 
Three defensemen also factored into the scoring with assists in seniors Eric Schutta (Frenchtown, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional), Austin Arroyo (Shillington, Pa./Governor Mifflin) and Collin Bitsko (Farmingdale, N.J./Freehold Township).
 
Zimmerman posted five groundballs, Rode had seven and senior goalkeeper Michael Tenant (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) had four to go with nine saves to give him 224 on the season, just six shy of the school record of 230 set by Jared Jankowski in 2001.
 
Grayson Zubradt and Patrick Hurley led the Blazers with three goals each. Zak Kooser added two goals and three assists and Bentley LeBarron had two goals and two assists. Ben Gilbert led the team with five groundballs and Hurley added two caused turnovers.