McDaniel tallies early and often in 21-3 season-opening win at Moravian
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Gibbs Preston (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) tallied a career-high eight points on four goals and four assists to lead McDaniel to a 21-3 victory over Moravian in non-conference men’s lacrosse action on Saturday. Matt Buschman (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) added five goals and an assist for the Green Terror (1-0), who tallied no fewer than 20 goals in its second straight season opener.
Three different players tallied for the Greyhounds (1-2), who found themselves in a 16-0 deficit late in the third quarter.
After Buschman finished a Preston feed 1:07 into the game, Preston converted the first of three extra-man goals just over two minutes later.
Preston’s second tally sandwiched between two Chris Edmonds (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti) solo runs stretched the lead to 5-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Mike Hatton (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) and Buschman found the back of the net 48 seconds apart to push the lead to 7-0 before 3:20 had elapsed in the second quarter.
Four minutes after Preston completed his hat trick, Buschman completed one of his own with back-to-back markers 13 seconds apart – both off Preston feeds – to make it 11-0 at the intermission,
Edmonds and Evan Young (Easton, Md./Broadneck) tallied unassisted markers 41 seconds apart to open the third quarter scoring.
Edmonds’ third goal of the day made it 16-0 before Christopher Mohapp broke up the shutout with an unassisted tally 22 seconds later.
Buschman re-established the 16-goal advantage with a man-up goal and Jason Tosches answered with an extra-man tally of his own with 19 seconds remaining in the stanza to make it 17-2 at the end of three quarters.
Tim Sieger (Levittown, Pa./Cornwall-Egan Catholic) made it a 21-2 game with 8:57 showing before David Forte found the back of the net with 45 seconds showing to set the final margin.
Edmonds finished with four goals while Young had a pair of goals. Jed Barnes (Severna Park, Md./Severna Park) picked up 11 ground balls and won 12 of 18 face-offs in his McDaniel debut.
The Green Terror, who got points form 11 different players, finished with a 64-18 advantage in the shot column.
McDaniel returns to action at Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 - F
McDaniel (1-0) 5 6 6 4 - 21
Moravian (1-2) 0 0 2 1 - 3
Goals
McDaniel: Matt Buschman 5, Gibbs Preston 4, Chris Edmonds 4, Evan Young 2, Mike Hatton, Bill Warner, TJ Willoughby, Deane Mellor, Jed Barnes, Tim Sieger.
Moravian: Jason Tosches, Christopher Mohapp, David Forte.
Assists
McDaniel: Preston 4, Buschman, Hatton, Mellor, Warner, Willoughby, Nicholas DiBernardo.
Moravian: none.
Shots: Mc 64, Mo 18. Ground Balls: Mc 48, Mo 30. Goalies: Mc (Kenny McHugh 45:00 – 4 saves, 2 GA; KR Schultz 15:00 – 2 saves, 1 GA); Mo (Benjamin Leavy 60:00 – 21 saves, 12 GA). Extra-Man: Mc 3 of 5, Mo 1 of 6. Face-Offs: Mc 15, Mo 13. Clearing: Mc 16 of 17, Mo 12 of 27. Penalties: Mc 8 for 6:30, Mo 7 for 7:00.
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