Published: February 24, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
Sophomore Bobby Fitton (Oak Hill,
Va.) and junior Trevor Michaelsen
(Bethpage, N.Y.) combined for nine points as the St. John’s men’s
lacrosse team fell just short of their first win at Bellarmine,
Saturday afternoon.
Michaelsen’s goals were his first in his collegiate career as he
sat on the sidelines for the past two years, once as a medical
redshirt and once due to NCAA transfer regulations.
Bellarmine continued their undefeated run in home openers (3-0),
scoring a dramatic 12-11 victory as junior Ray Finnegan netted the
game winner with just two minutes left in the game.
With the loss, the Red Storm falls to 0-2 on the season and the
Knights even their record at 1-1.
The Red Storm led 10-8 late in the third, before Bellarmine
rallied back with a late second goal by Justin Norbraten.
The Knights then scored twice to open the fourth creating a 11-10
Bellarmine lead, with 11:41 left in regulation.
St. John’s scored an equalizer at the nine minute mark when as a
Bellarmine attacker sent a pass too high and the ball rolled out to
midfield. From there, Fitton scooped up the loose ball and rushed
all the way to the cage to deposit the game-tying goal. The score
remained deadlocked until the final two minutes.
Fitton finished the game with four goals, Michaelsen also added
four goals and one assist, his brother Tom
Michaelsen (Bethpage, N.Y.) also netted a goal and added
three assists for four points. Also scoring for the Red Storm was
junior Felix Forbes (Corning East,
N.Y.) with one goal and one assist and junior Jack Rosson (Serverna Park, Md.) with one
goal.
Rosson led the Red Storm in face-offs, going 8-16.
The Red Storm out cleared and outshot the Knights, going 20-22
in clear attempts, with 33 shots while the Knights went 18-25 in
clears and added 32 shots.
Red Storm goalkeeper Dave Saccente
(Lake Grove, N.Y.) marked nine saves while Bellarmine keeper J.C.
Hutchens had 12 saves on the day.
Next up, the Red Storm will face nationally ranked Georgetown
University in their season home-opener and ECAC Lacrosse League
opener. Face off is scheduled for 1 p.m. on March 3.
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