FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(April 22, 2000)
Contact: Jamie Joss at (315) 228-7566

COLGATE FALLS IN SEASON FINALE 11-9 AGAINST LEHIGH

Hamilton, N.Y. - The Lehigh University men's lacrosse team remained in the hunt for the Patriot League title withstanding a late fourth-quarter run by third-place Colgate to prevail 11-9 in action Saturday afternoon.

Colgate honored its seven seniors Jay Menton, Trevor O'Reilly, Nate Morse, Antone Morreale, Jim Gallagher, Dan Dowd, and Conor Tracy all playing in their final collegiate games.

Colgate (4-9, 3-3 in Patriot League) took the early advantage with unassisted markers by Danny Grady and Parker Gibson at 14:17 and 5:52, respectively. Grady intercepted a Lehigh clearing attempt and found the empty-net from 25 yards out. Gibson broke in alone on his goal and fired from 15 yards out to put Colgate ahead 2-0.

Christian Castellani scored the first of three goals on the day at 2:37 to put Lehigh on the board. Then with just two ticks on the clock in the first quarter O'Reilly scored the first of his three goals to put Colgate ahead 3-1.

Lehigh (7-4, 2-2 in PL) began to pick up its offensive intensity at the start of the second quarter with a five-goal run to open up the quarter with two goals from Doug McKerns and single markers by Tim McWilliams, David Cohen and Tom Richardson to build a 6-3 lead with 3:30 remaining in the first half.

Colgate cut the lead to 6-5 in the final minutes of the second quarter with a goal from Gibson at 1:39 and Nick Gerken's marker with 40 seconds remaining. It was Gerken's first collegiate goal in just his second appearance of the year after missing the majority of his rookie campaign with a torn ACL.

However, the Mountain Hawks applied the early pressure once again in the third with the first two goals to take an 8-5 lead. Gabe Osario recorded a man-up goal from Castellani at 11:09 and Scott Reynolds added another man-up marker from Cohen at 8:27. Lehigh was strong with its man-up opportunities all day converting five of its seven chances (.714).

Colgate cut the lead to 8-6 with Gibson's third goal of the game, but Lehigh mounted another early fourth quarter surge to build an 11-6 lead with 13:12 remaining. The Red Raiders mounted a late comeback scoring the final three goals of the game two from O'Reilly and one from Grady, but time ran out on Colgate and its season.

Todd Schreiner recorded 16 saves for Lehigh which was outshot 42-25 and Paul Abrahimzadeh made six saves for Colgate.

LEHIGH SCORING: Castellani (3-1-4), Cohen (1-2-3), McKerns (2-1-3), Reynolds (2-0-2), McWilliams (1-0-1) , Richardson (1-0-1), Osario (1-0-1)

COLGATE SCORING: Grady (2-3-5), Gibson (3-0-3), O'Reilly (3-0-3), DePeter (0-1-1), Gerken (1-0-1)

 

LEHIGH 11, COLGATE 9            
Saturday, April 22, 2000            
(Colgate University -- Tyler's Field) Hamilton, N.Y.            
             
SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 Total  
Lehigh 1 5 2 3 11  
COLGATE 3 2 1 3 9  
             
TOTAL SHOTS 1 2 3 4 Total  
Lehigh 6 7 6 6 25  
COLGATE 12 10 7 13 42  
             
SHOTS ON GOAL 1 2 3 4 Total  
Lehigh 2 5 3 4 14  
COLGATE 6 5 3 11 25  
             
GROUNDBALLS 1 2 3 4 Total  
Lehigh 7 15 14 12 48  
COLGATE 11 10 11 9 41  
             
SAVES 1 2 3 4 Total  
LU-Todd Schreiner 3 3 2 8 16  
CU-Paul Abrahimzadeh 1 3 1 1 6  
             
EXTRA-MAN OPPORTUNITIES            
TEAM Good Fail Pct.      
Lehigh 5 2 0.714      
COLGATE 2 3 0.400      
             
PENALTY-KILL            
TEAM Good Fail Pct.      
Lehigh 3 2 0.600      
COLGATE 2 5 0.286      
             
FACE-OFFS            
TEAM W L Total      
Lehigh 8 15 23      
COLGATE 15 8 23      
             
CLEARS 1 2 3 4 Total  
Lehigh 2-6 4-7 10-13 5-7 21-33  
COLGATE 1-2 4-6 8-9 8-12 21-29  
             
             
Q TM TIME   Goal (Assist) Penalties in italics   SCORE  
1 COL 14:17   Danny Grady (unassisted)   H, 1-0  
        (Marsh turnover; Grady stole pass 25 yards empty-net)      
1 COL 5:52   Parker Gibson (unassisted)   H, 2-0  
        (Broke in alone and shot from 15 yards out)      
1 COL 3:12   Antone Morreale (holding - 0:30)     LU (0-for-1 man-up opps)
        (Sandel down behind the net on the right side and found Dobbins 8 yards out)      
1 LU 2:37   Christian Castellani (David Cohen)     V, 1-2
        (high slot bounced to goalie five-hole)      
1 COL 0:02   Trevor O'Reilly (unassisted)   H, 3-1  
        (picked up GB and turned around and fired from five yards out)      
2 LU 11:18   Doug McKerns (unassisted)     V, 2-3
        (well-in right on circle to left of goalie)      
2 LU 8:08   Tim McWilliams (Doug McKerns)     V, 3-3
        (McKerns straight pass from the side to McWilliams in front of net, checked after goal)      
2 LU 6:56   David Cohen (unassisted)     V, 4-3
        (ran into box and ripped from 15 yards out)      
2 COL 6:24   Nate Morse (slashing - 1:00)     LU (1-for-2 man-up opps)
2 LU 5:58   Doug McKerns (unassisted)     V, 5-3 (man-up goal)
        (grabbed loose ball to right of circle; shot to right side)      
2 LU 3:30   Tom Richardson (unassisted)     V, 6-3
        (carried into the box and right to goal shot from just outside crease on left side to right of goalie)      
2 COL 1:39   Parker Gibson (Danny Grady)   H, 4-6  
        (Gibson left side shot from 12 out)      
2 LU 1:08   Trevor Twist (slashing - 1:00)     COL (1-for-1 man-up opps)
2 COL 0:40   Nick Gerken (Danny Grady)   H, 5-6 (man-up goal)  
        (Received pass and scored from six yards out)      
3 COL 11:32   Nate Morse (slashing - 1:00)     LU (2-for-3 man-up opps)
        (Santoro found Groom on the right pipe and quick-sticked it in)      
3 LU 11:09   Gabe Osario (Christian Castellani)     V, 7-5 (man-up goal)
        (Shot from left high slot about 12 yards out)      
3 COL 8:47   Conor Tracy (pushing - 0:30)     LU (3-for-4 man-up opps)
3 LU 8:27   Scott Reynolds (David Cohen)     V, 8-5 (man-up goal)
        (Shot from left high slot about 12 yards out)      
3 LU 8:15   Mark Okrent (illegal body-check - 1:00)     COL (1-for-2 man-up opps)
3 COL 3:29   Parker Gibson (unassisted)   H, 6-8  
3 LU 3:08   Tim Gosser (holding - 0:30)      
4 LU 14:23   Christian Castellani (unassisted)     V, 9-6
        (Came from behind the net and scored on right side)      
4 COL 14:23   Nate Morse (slashing - 1:00)     LU (4-for-5 man-up opps)
4 LU 13:46   Christian Castellani (unassisted)     V, 10-6 (man-up goal)
        (same goal as the last at 14:23)      
4 COL 13:33   Trevor O'Reilly (unsportsmanlike conduct - 1:00)     LU (5-for-6 man-up opps)
4 COL 13:33   Trevor O'Reilly (unsportsmanlike conduct - 1:00)     LU (5-for-7 man-up opps)
4 LU 13:12   Scott Reynolds (unassisted)     V, 11-6 (man-up)
4 LU 12:08   Brandon Wenk (technical offsides - 0:30)     COL (1-for-3 man-up opps)
4 COL 7:07   Trevor O'Reilly (unassisted)   H, 7-11  
4 LU 3:05   Mark Okrent (illegal block - 1:00)     COL (1-for-4 man-up opps)
4 LU 3:05   Mark Okrent (unsportsmanlike conduct - 1:00)     COL (2-for-5 man-up opps)
4 COL 1:42   Trevor O'Reilly (Danny Grady)   H, 8-11 (man-up goal)  
4 COL 1:01   Danny Grady (Eamon DePeter)   H, 9-11