Published: March 04, 2006
Washington, DC
Goalkeeper Dave Saccente ties personal best
with 18 saves in contest.
Box Score
The St. John's lacrosse team dropped to No. 10 Georgetown in the
ECAC Lacrosse League opener, 9-5, Saturday in the nation's capital.
Red Storm goalkeeper
Dave Saccente (Lake Grove, N.Y.) tied his personal best with 18
saves in the game.
The Hoyas struck first almost halfway through the first quarter
when senior midfielder Pete Cannon put the ball by Saccente on the
lower left side of the cage. Saccente made four saves on the
doorstep before allowing this goal.
GU ended the first quarter with an offensive flurry, connecting
on four goals over the final six minutes to widen the lead to 5-0
at the first intermission.
St. John's responded early in the second quarter. Just thirty
seconds into the second period, midfielder
Bobby Fitton (Oak Hill, Va.) took advantage of a one-on-one
opportunity with Hoyas goalie Miles Kass to put the Red Storm on
the scoreboard.
St. John's scored two more times to make the score 5-3. The
first goal came at the hands of sophomore
Robert Gannon (Port Washington, N.Y) off an assist by freshman
Thomas Manes (Philadelphia, Pa.) and then sophomore
Tom Michaelsen (Bethpage, N.Y.) connected on an unassisted goal
one minute later.
The Hoyas ended St. John's three-goal run when Cannon picked up
his fourth assist on the day when he found junior attackman Trevor
Casey for the goal.
Red Storm sophomore
Jack Rosson (Severna Park, Md.) made the score 6-4 when he
fired the ball from ten feet out, but Hoyas sophomore Mike McBride
responded right away to make it 7-4, which was the score at
halftime.
After a scoreless third, Rosson scored off a feed by Michaelsen
on a man-up situation to inch closer to the Hoya lead. The three
goal deficit was as close as St. John's would get as GU made it 9-5
a few minutes later.
Despite the loss, the Red Storm battled Georgetown all afternoon
on both the offense and defensive fronts. The two schools split the
battles from the X, each winning eight of 16. The Hoyas outshot St.
John's by just nine and collected only 10 more groundballs. The Red
Storm took advantage of the extra man opportunities, converting two
of six.
The Red Storm returns to action next Saturday, March 11 for its
home opener at DaSilva Memorial Field when the team collides with
the Dragons from Drexel. Face-off is set for 1 p.m. To order
tickets, you can either log on to www.redstormsports.com or
call the hotline at 1-888-GO-STORM.
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