FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(March 25, 2000)
Contact: Jamie Joss at (315) 228-7566

RED RAIDERS EARN FIRST VICTORY
OF THE SEASON AGAINST ALBANY 16-4

Hamilton, N.Y. - The Colgate University men's lacrosse team got the confidence boost they needed on Saturday as the squad knotched its first victory of the season in a convincing 16-4 win over Albany.

Colgate (1-5) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead as four different Red Raiders scored in the first 10 minutes. Albany (0-3) would remain scoreless going into the second quarter until Sal Massa tallied his team's first goal at 13:29. Colgate retaliated as Parker Gibson netted his second goal and Matthew Cihon netted his first of three goals to give the Red Raiders an 8-1 halftime lead.

At the start of the third, Jim Lindsay converted on a pass by Matt Duball to give the Great Danes their second goal. But Colgate would come back to tally three more goals in less than five minutes to make it 11-2 with 7:35 remaining in the third quarter. The Red Raiders had momentum on their side as Danny Grady scored his first goal of the game, while Gibson and Cihon eached tallied their third before the fourth quarter.

Jeremy Smith made it 15-4 for Albany with his goal, before Steve Grzelka found the back of the net for Colgate as the Red Raiders hung on for the win.

Gibson and Cihon each had a hat trick for Colgate, while Trevor O'Reilly added a pair.

Paul Abrahimzadeh allowed three goals and recorded 10 saves in 37:30 of action, while Chris Hettler relieved him stopping three shots and allowing just one goal.

The Red Raiders travel to Army on Tuesday, March 28 at 7 p.m.

Colgate 16, Albany 4

Quarter Team Time Goal (Assist) Score

1 CU 14:26 Trevor O’Reilly H, 1-0
1 CU 11:42 Parker Gibson H, 2-0
1 CU 11:31 Jordan Angell H, 3-0
1 CU 10:26 Ian Franke H, 4-0
1 CU 5:57        Brendan Sandel (Peter Watts) H, 5-0
1 CU :09        Parker Gibson H, 6-0
2 UA 13:29 Sal Massa (Sean McConaghy) V, 1-6
2 CU 11:47 Parker Gibson (Danny Grady) H, 7-1
2 CU 6:57        Matthew Cihon (Danny Grady) H, 8-1
3 UA 14:05 Jim Lindsay (Matt Duball) V, 2-8|
3 CU 13:50 John Frekko H, 9-2
3 CU 9:14    Matthew Cihon (Danny Grady) H, 10-2
3 CU 8:34        Trevor O’Reilly H, 11-2
3 UA 7:35       Jon Smith (Dan Small, Sherry Saeed) V, 3-11
3 CU 7:15       Parker Gibson H, 12-3
3 CU 6:42       Danny Grady H, 13-3
3 CU :01       Matthew Cihon H, 14-3
4 CU 12:55      Obie Bate (Matthew Cihon) H, 15-3
4 UA 11:55      Jeremy Smith V, 4-15
4 CU 1:37       Steve Grzelka H, 16-4

Penalties
Quarter Team Time Player Penalty

1 UA 12:36 Mike Shelli 30 sec.
1 UA 12:08 Matthew Calabro 1 min.
1 UA 7:17 Dan Small 1 min.
3 CU 12:29 John Frekko 1 min.
3 CU 10:49 Josh Kleyman 1 min
3 UA 9:30 Luke Smith 1 min.
4 CU 2:59 Chris Sheuerman 1 min.

Shots
CU 12-4-8-4=28
UA 6-9-10-3=28

Clears
CU 1-1-11-1=14
UA 2-2-2-2=8

Ground Balls
CU 8-7-5-4=24
UA 8-12-18-7=45

Face-offs
CU 6-3-8-2=21
UA 1-0-0-1=2

Saves
CU Paul Abrahimzadeh (37:30) 3-3-4-x=10/Chris Hettler (22:30) x-x-x-3=3
UA Mike Shelli/Mike Arnone 6-7-2-4=19