Dan Fisher

Assistant Director, NESCAC

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Hadley, MA 01035
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MEN’S LACROSSE Weekly Release #7 - April 26, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Recent Results 2010 Standings NESCAC Overall

Monday, April 19 W L W% GF GA W L W% GF GA
Wheaton 4 at Conn. College 15 1 Connecticut College 7 1 .875 73 58 13 1 .929 152 99
Tufts 7 1 .875 89 61 12 1 .923 166 98
Tuesday, April 20 3 Bowdoin 5 3 .625 74 64 8 5 .615 123 109
Middlebury 9 at Rensselaer 6
4 Amherst 4 4 .500 75 83 6 6 .500 118 120
Mount Ida 3 at Amherst 11
Colby 4 4 .500 65 68 9 5 .643 135 107
Williams 15 at Plattsburgh St. 17
Maine Maritime 3 at Colby 19
Middlebury 4 4 .500 70 57 8 4 .667 107 86
Endicott 9 at Tufts 14 Williams 4 4 .500 55 58 5 8 .385 101 111
8 Wesleyan 3 5 .375 63 66 7 6 .538 127 91
Wednesday, April 21 9 Trinity 2 6 .250 44 64 8 6 .571 119 89
Bates 5 at Bowdoin 6 * 10 Bates 0 8 .000 50 79 4 8 .333 112 106

Saturday, April 24
Men’s Lacrosse Co-Players of the Week
Amherst 8 at Wesleyan 16 *
Conn. College 9 at Colby 12 * Whit McCarthy, Colby Lonny Blumenthal, Wesleyan
Williams 5 at Bowdoin 12 * (Senior, Attacker - Darien, Conn.) (Senior, Attacker/Midfielder - Ballwin, Mo.)
Bates 5 at Trinity 9 * McCarthy had nine goals and an assist for 10 Blumenthal led the defending NESCAC
Middlebury 5 at Tufts 10 * points during a 2-0 week for the Mules. On champion Cardinals to their 13th consecu-
Tuesday in a 19-3 win over Maine Maritime, tive victory over Amherst and a berth in the
Upcoming Games McCarthy tallied three times and assisted on upcoming 2010 NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse
a fourth score. He followed on Saturday dur- Championship, scoring a career-high seven
Monday, April 26
ing a 12-9 victory over previously-unbeaten goals in a 16-8 win on Saturday. Filling in at
Trinity at Wheaton 4:00
Connecticut College with a career-high six attack in Wesleyan’s lone game last week,
goals, scoring three times during a five-goal Blumenthal scored three of his goals on man-
Friday, April 30 run in the fourth quarter that put the game up situations. He entered the contest with nine
Wesleyan at Conn. College 4:00 * away. tallies this season.
Amherst at Trinity 4:00 *
Colby at Bates 4:30 * Notes: Friday is the final game before the start of the 2010 NESCAC Men’s Lacrosse Cham-
Middlebury at Williams 6:00 * pionship. Bowdoin, Connecticut College, and Tufts have all secured a home quarterfinal contest
Bowdoin at Tufts 7:00 * on Sunday, May 2, leaving the final home first round contest up for grabs between Amherst,
Colby, Middlebury, and Williams. A win by the Camels on Friday afternoon will give them the top
seed in the tournament for the first time ever. Defending NESCAC champ Wesleyan guaranteed
Sunday, May 2
itself a spot in this year’s championship thanks to Saturday’s 16-8 win over Amherst. Winners of
2010 NESCAC MEN’S LACROSSE Sunday’s quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals at the highest remaining seed on Saturday,
CHAMPIONSHIP - Quarterfinals May 8...Amherst senior attacker Thomas McDonnell (Manhasset, N.Y.) had eight goals during
TBA at Conn. College 1:00 a 1-1 week for the Lord Jeffs, bringing his team-leading total to 27 so far this season. During a
TBA at Bowdoin 1:00 mid-week 11-3 victory over Mount Ida, McDonnell netted five goals...Bates junior midfielder Cody
TBA at Tufts TBA Newman (Montclair, N.J.) won 16-of-31 face-offs (.516) during an 0-2 week for the Bobcats. He
has won 91-of-175 face-offs this season, a .520 percentage...Bowdoin sophomore goalkeeper
TBA at TBA TBA
Christopher Williamson (Winnetka, Ill.) led the Polar Bears to a pair of key conference victories
last week, stopping .706 of the shots he faced (24-of-34) and allowing 5.00 goals per game. On
* - NESCAC Wednesday in a 6-5 win over Bowdoin, Williamson made 11 saves. He followed on Saturday
with 13 stops, including nine in the second half, of a 12-5 victory against Williams...Connecticut
College sophomore midfielder Michael O’Donnell (Winchester, Mass.) had six ground balls in
the Camels’ 12-9 setback at Colby on Saturday...Middlebury goalkeeper Ryan Deane (Grosse
Pointe, Mich.) made 26 saves, as he allowed 8.0 goals per game over two outings last week...
Trinity junior attacker Greg Brennan (East Setauket, N.Y.) scored three times in a 9-5 win over
Bates on Saturday...Tufts sophomore attacker Sean Kirwan (Boonton Township, N.J.) tallied
eight goals and an assist in victories over Endicott and Middlebury last week. He had four goals
in both games...Williams sophomore attacker Sam Hargrove (Wallingford, Pa.) recorded five
goals and three assists during an 0-2 week for the Ephs. He leads his team with 32 points on
18 goals and 14 assists.
AMHERST · BATES · BOWDOIN · COLBY · CONNECTICUT COLLEGE · HAMILTON · MIDDLEBURY · TRINITY · TUFTS · WESLEYAN · WILLIAMS
New England Small College Athletic Conference MEN’S LACROSSE Weekly Release #7 - April 26, 2010

2010 NESCAC MEN’S LACROSSE STATISTICS

Through games of April 25, 2010 (All games)
TEAM STATISTICS
GOALS PER GAME GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE
## Team GP No. Avg/G ## Team GP GA Minutes GAA
1. Tufts 13 166 12.77 1. Trinity 14 89 843:50 6.33
2. Connecticut College 14 152 10.86 2. Wesleyan 13 91 783:53 6.97
3. Amherst 12 118 9.83 3. Connecticut College 14 99 841:51 7.06
4. Wesleyan 13 127 9.77 4. Middlebury 12 86 720:00 7.17
5. Colby 14 135 9.64 5. Tufts 13 98 780:00 7.54
6. Bowdoin 13 123 9.46 6. Colby 14 107 843:50 7.61
7. Bates 12 112 9.33 7. Bowdoin 13 109 787:13 8.31
8. Middlebury 12 107 8.92 8. Williams 13 111 783:53 8.50
9. Trinity 14 119 8.50 9. Bates 12 106 720:26 8.83
10. Williams 13 101 7.77 10. Amherst 12 120 721:46 9.98

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS GOALTENDER STATISTICS

POINTS PER GAME GOALS AGAINST AVG (Max. 20.00)
## Player-Team CL GP G A Pts. Avg/G ## Player-Team CL GP GA Min. GAA
1. D.J. Hessler-TUF JR 13 25 30 55 4.23 1. Peter Johnson-TRI SO 13 69 677:28 6.11
2. Steve Dachille-CONN SR 14 41 4 45 3.21 2. Ryan Deane-MID JR 12 84 710:44 7.09
3. Ryan Molloy-TUF JR 13 25 16 41 3.15 3. Chris Williamson-BOW SO 8 54 451:32 7.18
4. Russell Halliday-BOW JR 13 26 12 38 2.92 4. Rob Moccia-CONN SO 14 88 727:23 7.26
Jon Killeen-WES SR 13 17 21 38 2.92 5. Mark Simmons-WES FR 11 49 403:23 7.29
6. Adam Tracy-BOW SR 13 17 16 33 2.54 6. Thomas Gianakos-COL SR 14 99 792:48 7.49
7. Whit McCarthy-COL SR 14 27 8 35 2.50 7. Steven Foglietta-TUF SO 10 65 517:53 7.53
8. Pete Smith-MID SR 12 12 18 30 2.50 8. Adam Scharff-BAT SO 11 82 601:15 8.18
Evan Redwood-AMH SO 12 16 14 30 2.50 9. Stephen Vrla-WIL SR 13 109 763:54 8.56
Thomas McDonnell-AMH SR 12 27 3 30 2.50 10. Sam Jakimo-AMH SO 9 78 538:19 8.69

GOALS PER GAME SAVE PERCENTAGE

## Player-Team CL GP No. Avg/G ## Player-Team CL GP GA Saves SavePct
1. Steve Dachille-CONN SR 14 41 2.93 1. Chris Williamson-BOW SO 8 54 94 .635
2. Thomas McDonnell-AMH SR 12 27 2.25 2. Mark Simmons-WES FR 11 49 82 .626
3. Russell Halliday-BOW JR 13 26 2.00 3. Ryan Deane-MID JR 12 84 139 .623
Sean Kirwan-TUF SO 13 26 2.00 4. Rob Moccia-CONN SO 14 88 142 .617
5. Mark Flibotte-BOW SO 2 4 2.00 5. Peter Johnson-TRI SO 13 69 102 .596
6. Whit McCarthy-COL SR 14 27 1.93 6. Stephen Vrla-WIL SR 13 109 158 .592
7. Ryan Molloy-TUF JR 13 25 1.92 7. Thomas Gianakos-COL SR 14 99 141 .587
D.J. Hessler-TUF JR 13 25 1.92 8. Steven Foglietta-TUF SO 10 65 83 .561
9. Harper Cullen-TRI SR 13 23 1.77 9. Sam Jakimo-AMH SO 9 78 95 .549
Matt Witko-TUF JR 13 23 1.77 10. Adam Scharff-BAT SO 11 82 95 .537

ASSISTS PER GAME SAVES PER GAME

## Player-Team CL GP No. Avg/G ## Player-Team CL GP No. Avg/G
1. D.J. Hessler-TUF JR 13 30 2.31 1. Stephen Vrla-WIL SR 13 158 12.15
2. Jon Killeen-WES SR 13 21 1.62 2. Chris Williamson-BOW SO 8 94 11.75
3. Pete Smith-MID SR 12 18 1.50 3. Ryan Deane-MID JR 12 139 11.58
Luke Charest-BAT JR 12 18 1.50 4. Sam Jakimo-AMH SO 9 95 10.56
5. Ian Deveau-COL FR 14 20 1.43 5. Rob Moccia-CONN SO 14 142 10.14
6. Ryan Molloy-TUF JR 13 16 1.23 6. Thomas Gianakos-COL SR 14 141 10.07
Adam Tracy-BOW SR 13 16 1.23 7. Adam Scharff-BAT SO 11 95 8.64
8. Evan Redwood-AMH SO 12 14 1.17 8. Steven Foglietta-TUF SO 10 83 8.30
9. Matt Cranshaw-WIL JR 10 11 1.10 9. Peter Johnson-TRI SO 13 102 7.85
10. Sam Hargrove-WIL SO 13 14 1.08 10. Mark Simmons-WES FR 11 82 7.45
Mark Mangano-CONN JR 14 14 1.00

Abbreviation Code
Amherst AMH Middlebury MID
Bates BAT Trinity TRI
Bowdoin BOW Tufts TUF
Colby COL Wesleyan WES
Connecticut College CONN Williams WIL