Rindge, N.H. – Junior midfielder
Brian Rogers (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) scored four goals to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 10-5 win at Franklin Pierce University on Saturday afternoon at Sodexo Field.
Franklin Pierce opened the game with three of the first four goals in the first quarter. After picking up a loose ball in the defensive end, Robert Meyers raced up field to tally his second goal of the season in a man-down situation just 1:29 into the game. The Dolphins answered back 33 seconds later as sophomore midfielder
Bailey Wilkinson (Black River, N.Y./Carthage) registered his third goal of the season off a pass from senior attackman
Logan Thomas (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool/Onondaga C.C.). The Ravens regained the lead with 9:44 left in the quarter on Jake Castorf's sixth goal of the year. He added his seventh with 1:07 remaining for a 3-1 lead.
Graduate student midfielder
Matt Taylor (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Cornell) pulled the Dolphins within 3-2 at the end of the quarter by netting his 13th goal of the season with five second left off a pass from senior attackman
Mike Jenkins (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa).
Franklin Pierce regained its two-goal lead 2:58 into the second quarter on Sean Delea's fifth goal of the year.
Thomas trimmed the margin back to one with 6:22 left with his 18th goal of the season after collecting a pass from Taylor. Rogers netted his first goal of the contest with 3:15 to even the score at four apiece.
Le Moyne took its first lead of the game 1:43 into the third quarter as Taylor registered his 14th goal of the campaign.
Luke Tracy tied the score for the final time with his third goal of the year with 6:55 remaining in the third.
Le Moyne scored five times in the fourth quarter to take control of the game. Senior attackman
Andrew Jackson (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) gave the Dolphins the lead for good by finishing off a pass from Jenkins in an extra-man situation 1:04 into the stanza. Just 49 seconds later, Rogers put the Dolphins up 7-5 with his 14th goal of the season. He extended the lead to three by finishing off a feed from Jackson with 9:33 remaining. Rogers tallied his fourth goal of the game with 4:54 remaining for a 9-5 advantage. Jackson completed the game's scoring with 22 seconds left after receiving a pass from freshman midfielder
Dan Entenmann (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn).
Redshirt senior goalkeeper
Alex Krawec (Kirkville, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa/Onondaga C.C.) registered nine saves to earn his 25th career victory between the pipes. Connor Wacksman recorded 12 saves in the loss for the Ravens.
Le Moyne (9-0, 5-0 NE-10), which is the final undefeated NE-10 team following fifth-ranked Adelphi's loss at fourth-ranked Merrimack on Saturday, returns home to face Pace University on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m.