Posted on 05/03/2010
It is onward and upward for the Endicott College lacrosse team.
Not only for this season, but probably for years to come. The Endicott College men's lacrosse team has won its first game in The Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament, beating University of New England, 16-4, in the quarterfinals.
The victory came in large part to the play of Brien McMahon grad Connor McCormack, who scored three goals.
The freshman attacker scored the first goal of the first period and the first goal of the second period. He struck at the 12:56 mark of the first and the 14:10 mark of the second. It gave the Endicott Gulls respective leads of 1-0 and 8-1. He finished his hat trick with a goal at the 9:26 mark of the third period to give Endicott a 12-3 lead.
Fellow Endicott lacrosse player Connor Prescott, a Norwalk grad, scored his only goal at the 4:50 mark of the contest. The goal gave Endicott a 5-0 lead.
Will Lomas, an Endicott freshman goal keeper, played 4:39 in goal. The Weston resident and Fairfield Prep grad made one save.
Colin Prescott, a Norwalk grad, subbed into the contest. Endicott will advance to the semifinal round with a 11-7 mark. They were 9-1 in the league.
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Former Brien McMahon lacrosse player Jessica Majeski has scored a goal in three of Western Connecticut State University's last four games.
In the most recent one contest, a 19-4 WCSU win over University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Majeski had one goal and one assist. Majeski struck the back of the net at the 15:38 mark of the second half giving WCSU a 15-3 lead.
She also had an assist and a ground ball. It was the regular season final for WCSU. They will enter the Little East Conference Tournament with a 10-5 overall record. They were 3-3 in the LEC.
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Corey Toby, a Brien McMahon grad, scored Elizabethtown College's second goal of their 8-6 win over Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham.
Toby, who hit the back of the net at the 11:57 mark of the second period. Toby started at midfielder and cut FDU-Florham's lead to 3-2 at the time. Elizabethtown is 10-3 overall and 8-1 in the Middle Atlantic Conference.
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Brien McMahon grads Ben Mullaney and Peter NcNichols, both Quinnipiac University lacrosse players, have helped Quinnipiac post a 7-6 mark thus far.
Mullaney, a senior midfielder, has played in nine games. He has won 23 faceoffs and has 11 ground balls.
McNichols, a sophomore attacker, has five goals, three assists and two ground balls.
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David Raleigh, a Brien McMahon grad and Binghamton University junior midfielder, has played in all 13 games this year. Raleigh has four goals and three assists as well as 20 ground balls. Binghamton is 4-9 overall and 1-3 in the American East Conference.
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Amherst College's Matt Kellman, a Deerfield Academy grad and Wilton resident, won 4-of-6 faceoffs and had two ground balls in Amherst's 16-8 loss to Wesleyan University. Amherst is 6-6 overall and 4-4 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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Lafayette College is 8-5 overall and 3-3 in the Patriot League. Former Brien McMahon lacrosse player Paul Hammer has started all 13 games and has 21 ground balls.
Weston grad Rob Glascott, also a Lafayette sophomore defensive player, has played in two games and has one ground ball.
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Brien McMahon grad Jim Murphy had one ground ball as his college team, Western New England College, defeated Curry College 20-5.
The contest was one of the quarterfinal games in the TCCC Tournament. Western New England College will move to the semifinal round.
They are 12-5 overall. They finished the TCCC season with a 9-1 mark.
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University of Hartford freshman Nick Ceme, a Brien McMahon grad, has played in eight games and made four starts. He has no stats. Hartford is 4-10 overall and 1-4 in the American East.
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Forbes Fuller, a Babson College junior and Wilton grad, has played in seven games this year. He has one ground ball. Babson College is 10-6 overall and 5-2 in the Pilgrim League.
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Names, names, names. Not only are we looking for names of seniors for the upcoming senior articles, but names for the 2010-11 school year, as well.
If you know of a senior that has is currently in their final year of eligibility, they are eligible to be included in a series of articles that will salute the seniors that have completed their careers this year.
If you know any athletes, please e-mail their name to dan62801@aol.com, and include the words "Norwalk Hour" in the subject line.
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