
For Immediate Release - 4/2/08 - #290
Lynchburg Men’s Lacrosse Breezes Past Whittier 16-6
LYNCHBURG, VA – The 7th ranked Lynchburg College men’s lacrosse team breezed past the visiting Poets of Whittier College 16-6 Wednesday night from Shellenberger Field.
Lynchburg led 2-1 after Anthony Lackey from Whittier scored a goal with 10:51 left in the first quarter, but LC would reel off seven straight unanswered goals to pull away. Stephen Weis (St. Louis, MO/Christian Brothers) and Tyler Tolson (Luthervile, MD/Loyola Blakefield) each posted four goals while Ryan Cranston (West Chester, PA/Henderson) had two goals and two assists and Michael Mundorf (Catonsville,
Colt Adams and Anthony Lackey each scored twice for Whittier (6-5) while netminder Ben Brown stopped 13 shots. Lynchburg outshot the Poets 44-29, held a 36-24 advantage in groundballs, and won 21 of 26 face-offs.
Lynchburg (7-2) returns to the field on Saturday to battle the Quakers of Guilford College at 2 p.m. to open the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) schedule. The 2003 ODAC Championship squad will also be honored at half-time.
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