NORTON, MA- The Wheaton College men's lacrosse team had four
players record at least two goals during a 12-9 victory over
visiting Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a Pilgrim
League opener for both teams on Saturday at Mirrione Stadium.
The Lyons, who have won nine of their last 11 meetings with the
Engineers, evened their season record at 3-3, while MIT, which
played in just its third game since March 17, fell to 2-4.
Junior Ben Cederberg (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury)
paced Wheaton goal scorers with three to go alongside one assist,
while sophomore Billy McNamara (Mansfield, MA/Northfield
Mount Hermon School) finished his six-point day with one
tally and five assists. Senior Warren Garceau
(Guilford, CT/Canterbury School) scored twice, went
19-for-23 on face-offs and picked up eight ground balls.
Senior Drew Schaffer (New Haven, CT/Loomis Chaffee
School) and sophomore Mike Harrington (Sturbridge,
MA/Bancroft School) notched two goals each, with
Harrington adding a helper, while junior Chris Landers
(Manchester, MA/Proctor Academy) added a goal and an
assist. Senior goalie Schuyler Horn (New Hartford,
CT/Kingswood-Oxford School) had three saves in the
win.
MIT junior Dan Piemont (Summit, NJ/Deerfield)
led all scorers with four markers, classmate Nick Sisler
(Waterbury Center, VT/Harwood Union) totaled three goals
and one assist, while freshman Christopher Rullan (Wexford,
PA/North Allegheny) turned aside 14 shots between the
pipes.
Five different goal scorers provided the Lyons with a 5-0
advantage by the 7:04 mark of the second period before the
Engineers mounted a comeback. MIT scored four of the
quarter's final five goals, including two on man-up chances, to
trail 6-4 at the intermission.
The visitors brought the deficit to one on three occasions in
the third, including making the score 8-7 with 18 ticks left on
Piemont's unassisted tally, but Wheaton began the fourth with three
unanswered goals in a 4:15 span for an 11-7 lead with 10:01
remaining. After the teams traded man-up tallies to make it
12-8, Sisler completed the scoring at 1:01.
Wheaton is back in action next Saturday, when the Lyons host
Pilgrim League foe Babson College at 1:00 p.m.
