Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Sacred Heart, 9-6
Gerken and Vander Meulen lead Raiders with two goals each.

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March 13, 2003

Game Statistics

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Sacred Heart’s six goal outburst in the third period proved too much for the Colgate men’s lacrosse team to overcome as the Raiders fell to the Pioneers, 9-6, in a non-conference match up on Wednesday afternoon. With the loss, Colgate falls to 1-3-0 overall as Sacred Heart improves to 2-2-0.

The Raiders got on the board first, taking a 2-0 lead off a goal by senior Peter Watts (Wayland, Mass.), assisted by sophomore Jason Vasas (Fairport, N.Y.) and a goal by senior Nick Gerken (Wilton, Conn.), assisted by senior Scott Herbst (Short Hills, N.J.).

Sacred Heart scored five unanswered goals, including three by Erick Perez, to take the 5-2 advantage with 7:25 remaining in the third period. Colgate used a man-up opportunity as freshman Chris Devens (Sewickley, Pa.) fed junior Jeff Vander Muelen (Liverpool, N.Y.) to bring the score to 5-3 with 5:38 remaining in the third. The Pioneers closed out the quarter with three goals to take an 8-3 lead.

The fourth period started with an unassisted goal by Vasas at the 13:05 mark but Perez answered with an unassisted goal to give Sacred Heart the 9-4 lead. Colgate ended the fourth period with goals by Gerken and Vander Meulen but fell short of the win, 9-6. 

Both goalies put in solid performances as Pioneer Thomas Hind collected 16 saves and Raider freshman Andrew Jarolimek (Silverthorne, Colo.) stopped 14 shots.

The Raiders are back in action on Tuesday, March 18 when they face Vermont in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Face off is set for 7:00 p.m.

SHU 9, CU 6
SHU              0  2  6  1 - 9
Colgate         2  0  1  3 - 6 

GOALS: SACRED HEART – Perez 4; DeVoe 2; Lynch 2; Robideau. COLGATE – Gerken 2, Vander Muelen 2; Vasas; Watts;.

ASSISTS: SACRED HEART – Delmonico; DeVoe; Hutmacher; Perez; Platt. COLGATE - Devens; Gerken; Herbst; Trasolini; Vasas.

SAVES: SACRED HEART - Hind 16; COLGATE - Jarolimek 14.

GROUND BALLS: SACRED HEART - Walsh 3; Bravo 2; Hind 2; Lyons 2; Perez 2; Pettit 2; Delmonico; DeVoe; Giamichael; Godbout; Hunter; Killeen; Lewis; Monaco; Platt; Schurott; White. COLAGATE - Berube 6; Diamond 4; Houston 4; Pico 4; Gerken 2; Herbst 2; Hershman 2; Jarolimek 2; Trasolini 2; Brennan; Goodwin; Robinson; Watts.

Shots – Sacred Heart 30; Colgate 38.
Shots On Goal - Sacred Heart 23; Colgate 22.
Turnovers - Sacred Heart 27; Colgate 20.
Face offs - Sacred Heart 8-19; Colgate 11-19.