FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(April 8, 2000)
Contact: Jamie Joss at (315) 228-7566

COLGATE KEEPS PACE WITH PATRIOT LEAGUE LEADERS WITH 13-7 VICTORY AGAINST HOLY CROSS

HAMILTON, N.Y.-- Trevor O'Reilly, David Dobbins and Parker Gibson combined for 10 of Colgate's 13 goals in the Red Raiders' 13-7 victory against Holy Cross in Patriot League men's lacrosse action Saturday afternoon.

The victory kept Colgate (4-7, 3-1 in PL) in a tie for the Patriot League lead with Hobart, Bucknell and Lehigh -- each with one league loss. The Red Raiders rebounded from a 20-5 loss earlier in the week against 18th-ranked Hobart.

O'Reilly scored two of his four goals on the afternoon in the first quarter to give Colgate a 4-1 advantage at the end of the first. After O'Reilly evened the score at 1-1 with 9:25 remaining, Dobbins registered the first of his three markers on the day from Brendan Sandel. Sandel was down behind the net on the right side and found Dobbins on the left eight yards out.

Eamon DePeter made the score 3-1 with 4:01 remaining intercepting a clearing attempt by a defenseman and went one-on-one with the goalie scoring from just outside the crease. O'Reilly closed out the scoring with a man-up marker from Gibson at 3:17.

Colgate expanded its lead to 6-1 after two goals at 12:58 and 10:08 of the second quarter by Gibson and Grady, respectively.

However, Holy Cross (2-7, 0-3) caught fire scoring five of the next six goals to close the gap to 7-6 with 4:29 remaining in the first half. James Groom scored all three of his goals in the Crusader run, while John Price and Marc Wilson each added goals.

Colgate regained a two-goal cushion with a man-up goal by O'Reilly at 2:47 in the second. Gibson won the draw and O'Reilly picked up the groundball and found the five-hole on Holy Cross goalie John Lilly. Lilly finished with 27 saves for the Crusaders.

After a defensive third quarter with each team trading goals, the Red Raiders scored three goals in the opening 5:30 of the fourth from Dobbins, Gibson, and Cihon to build a commanding five-goal lead, 12-7.

Dobbins closed out the scoring with Colgate's fourth man-up goal of the day off a Grady feed. Grady closed out the day with five points with a goal and four helpers.

Colgate goalie Paul Abrahimzadeh recorded just nine saves on the day, but at least five of the shots on goal were point-balnk attempts by Holy Cross.

Colgate Scoring

Goals: Trevor O'Reilly (4), David Dobbins (3), Parker Gibson (3), Matt Cihon, Eamon DePeter, Danny Grady.

Assists: Danny Grady (4), Parker Gibson, Brendan Sandel, Peter Watts.

Holy Cross Scoring

Goals: James Groom (3), John Price (2), Derek Towle, Marc Wilson.

Assists: Rich Santoro (4), Derek Towle.

SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 Total
Holy Cross (2-7, 0-3 in PL) 1 5 1 0 7
COLGATE (4-7, 3-1 in PL) 4 4 1 4 13
           
TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 3 4 Total
Holy Cross 7 9 5 4 25
COLGATE 10 15 11 14 50
           
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 3 4 Total
Holy Cross 3 6 3 4 16
COLGATE 10 11 8 11 40
           
GROUNDBALLS 1 2 3 4 Total
Holy Cross 4 4 5 5 18
COLGATE 9 8 6 6 29
           
SAVES 1 2 3 4 Total
HC-John Lilly 6 7 7 7 27
CU-Paul Abrahimzadeh 2 1 2 4 9
           
EXTRA-MAN OPPORTUNITIES          
TEAM Good Fail Pct.    
Holy Cross 0 7 0.000    
COLGATE 4 8 0.333    
           
PENALTY-KILL          
TEAM Good Fail Pct.    
Holy Cross 8 4 0.667    
COLGATE 7 0 1.000    
           
FACE-OFFS          
TEAM W L Total    
Holy Cross 8 15 23    
COLGATE 15 8 23    
           
CLEARS 1 2 3 4 Total
Holy Cross 3-9 3-8 5-7 4-6 15-30
COLGATE 3-4 4-5 6-7 5-7 18-23
                 
Qtr. TEAM TIME   Goal (Assist) Penalties in italics     SCORE    
1 HC 10:39   Derek Towle (Rich Santoro)       V, 1-0  
        (Santoro found Towle on the right pipe and quick-sticked it in)          
1 COL 9:25   Trevor O'Reilly (unassisted)     H, 1-1    
        (Broke in alone and shot from 10 yards out)          
1 COL 5:08   David Dobbins (Brendan Sandel)     H, 2-1    
        (Sandel down behind the net on the right side and found Dobbins 8 yards out)          
1 COL 4:01   Eamon DePeter (unassisted)     H, 3-1    
        (intercepted clearing attempt by longstick and went one-on-one with goalie)          
1 HC 4:01   Matt Sweeney (illegal check - 1:00)          
1 COL 3:17   Trevor O'Reilly (Parker Gibson)     H, 4-1 (man-up)    
        (Gibson crossing pass to O'Reilly 15 yards out left of goal)          
1 COL 2:12   Conor Tracy (illegal check - 1:00)          
2 HC 13:40   Marc Wilson (interference - 0:30)          
2 HC 13:40   John Price (pushing - 0:30)          
2 COL 12:58   Parker Gibson (Danny Grady)     H, 5-1    
        (Grady behind goal on right side found Gibson top left of goal 12 yards out)          
2 COL 10:08   Danny Grady (unassisted)     H, 6-1    
        (Grady came from behind the left side of goal and beat defender one-on-one; scored from just outside crease)          
2 HC 9:39   James Groom (Rich Santoro)       V, 2-6  
        (Santoro found Towle on the right pipe and quick-sticked it in)          
2 COL 9:30   Conor Tracy (tripping - 0:30)          
2 HC 8:48   John Price (unassisted)       V, 3-6  
        (just after man-up opportunity, Price ripped a shot from left side 10 yards out)          
2 COL 8:32   Trevor O'Reilly (unassisted)     H, 7-3    
        (Gibson won the draw and O'Reilly carried the ball in and scored 10 yards out)          
2 HC 7:02   James Groom (Derek Towle)       V, 4-7  
        (Received pass and scored from six yards out)          
2 HC 6:13   James Groom (Rich Santoro)       V, 5-7  
        (Santoro found Groom on the right pipe and quick-sticked it in)          
2 HC 4:29   Marc Wilson (Rich Santoro)       V, 6-7  
        (Santoro spun the defender and found Wilson on the left post quick-sticked it in)          
2 HC 3:04   Brian Scollard (holding - 1:00)          
2 HC 3:04   Marty Gilbert (pushing - 0:30)          
2 COL 2:47   Trevor O'Reilly (unassisted)     H, 8-6 (man-up)    
        (Gibson won the draw and O'Reilly carried the ball in and scored 10 yards out)          
2 HC 1:42   Scott Herbst (unnecessary roughness - 1:00)          
2 COL 1:42   Trevor O'Reilly (unnecessary roughness - 1:00)          
2 COL 0:03   Antone Morreale (holding - 0:30)          
3 HC 12:29   John Price (unassisted)       V, 7-8  
        (carried the ball in untouched to right of goal and five-hole)          
3 COL 9:56   Parker Gibson (unassisted)     H, 9-7    
        (Gibson bounced shot from far right side pipe)          
3 COL 9:01   Dan Dowd (pushing - 0:30)          
3 HC 2:56   Matt Sweeney (pushing - 0:30)          
4 HC 14:00   Matt Sweeney (slashing - 1:00)          
4 COL 13:38   David Dobbins (Danny Grady)     H, 10-7 (man-up)    
        (Grady from behind goal right side and passed diagonally to Dobbins on top left side 15 yards out)          
4 HC 13:38   Matt Sweeney (slashing - 1:00)          
4 COL 13:23   Parker Gibson (holding - 0:30)          
4 COL 11:05   Parker Gibson (Peter Watts)     H, 11-7    
        (Gibson shot and scored on left side from Watts)          
4 COL 9:30   Matt Cihon (Danny Grady)     H, 12-7    
        Grady on top right side of goal slid across to Cihon on left and popped from 10 yards out)          
4 HC 6:08   Matt Sweeney (pushing - 0:30)          
4 HC 6:08   David Murphy (illegal team personnel - 0:30)          
4 HC 5:04   Marty Gilbert (slashing - 1:00)          
4 COL 4:14   David Dobbins (Danny Grady)     H, 13-7 (man-up)    
        (Grady from behind goal right side and passed diagonally to Dobbins on top left side 10 yards out)          
4 COL 3:28   Austin DeRosa (unnecessary roughness - 1:00)