Franklin & Marshall jumps out to early lead, downs McDaniel
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Mark Hild notched four goals and three assists – all in the first half – to lead Franklin & Marshall to an 11-6 win over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s lacrosse action on Wednesday. Bill Warner (Yardley, Pa./LaSalle) paced the Green Terror (4-5, 0-3 CC) with three assists.
Noah Wilkinsky added three goals and an assist for the Diplomats (7-2, 3-1 CC), who built an 8-2 lead at halftime en route to the five-goal win.
Hild and Shane Brennan finished solo runs in the game’s first eight minutes to stake Franklin & Marshall to a 2-0 lead.
Matthew Daley (Wilmington, Del./A.I. Dupont) finished the first of Warner’s helpers at the 4:29 mark to pull McDaniel within 2-1 but Wilkinsky responded eight seconds later to push the lead back to two.
A Hild man-down goal three-and-a-half minutes into the second quarter made it a 4-1 game before Matt Buschman (Towson, Md./Calvert Hall) notched the first of his two tallies in a man-up situation to pull the hosts back within two.
Hild was a part of each goal during a 4-0 run, including finding Bobby Atkins four seconds before the intermission to give the Diplomats an 8-2 lead.
Back-to-back Evan Young (Easton, Md./Broadneck) finished back-to-back Warner assists to trim the deficit to 8-4 before Jeff Ritter and Buschman exchanged tallied over the final 3:03 of the third quarter.
Mike Hatton (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) sandwiched a pair of Wilkinsky goals in the fourth quarter to set the final margin.
Sean Murphy won 11 of 17 faceoffs for Franklin & Marshall.
The Green Terror returns to action at home against Swarthmore on Saturday. Game time is 3 p.m.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 - F
Franklin & Marshall (7-2, 3-1 CC) 3 5 1 2 - 11
McDaniel (4-5, 0-3 CC) 1 1 3 1 - 6
Goals
Franklin & Marshall: Mark Hild 4, Noah Wilkinsky 3, Shane Brennan 2, Bobby Atkins, Jeff Ritter.
McDaniel: Matt Buschman 2, Evan Young 2, Mike Hatton, Matthew Daley.
Assists
Franklin & Marshall: Hild 3, Peter Moon 2, Wilkinsky.
McDaniel: Bill Warner 3, Gibbs Preston 2.
Shots: F 30, M 27. Ground Balls: F 34, M 30. Goalies: F (Chris Marcozzi 60:00 – 11 saves, 6 GA), M (Kenny McHugh 60:00 – 11 saves, 11 GA). Extra-Man: F 0 of 7, M 2 of 9. Face-Offs: F 12, M 8. Clearing: F 11 of 12, M 15 of 23. Penalties: F 9 for 7:00, M 8 for 7:00.
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