Manning Leads Daniel Webster to Victory Over Mitchell Lacrosse
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Ryan Manning (Newport, N.H.) scored 10 goals
and led the Eagles of Daniel Webster College to their first win of
the season and a 20-16 win over Mitchell College this
afternoon. Zach Ledvina (New Bedford, Mass.) led the Mariners
with six goals and two assists in the loss.
The Eagles got on the scoreboard first with an early first quarter
goal by Manning, but Mitchell answered within 20 seconds to even
the score at one. Mitchell got another quick goal by Adam
Grillo (Waterford, Conn.) to take a 2-1 lead, but that would be the
last time that the Mariners were in the lead. Daniel Webster
would score six unanswered goals to take a 7-2 lead into the
beginning of the second quarter.
Mitchell was down 10-7 at the half, and 16-11 at the end of the
third period, but the Mariners would rally in the fourth quarter to
cut the lead to 16-15 at the 12:11 mark. Ledvina and Ian
Gosselin (Uncasville, Conn.) each scored two goals apiece in the
last quarter, but DWC would score three of the last five goals of
the game to notch their first victory of the 2009 season.
Grillo scored four goals and added an assist, while Gosselin
finished with three goals and three assists on the day.
Mike Jordan (Wakefield, Mass.) and Michael Tremblay
(Worcester, Mass.) each chipped in with three goals for the
visiting team.
In goal, Gregory Jameson (Newington, Conn.) made 10 saves for the
home team, while his counterpart, Tom Driscoll (South Boston,
Mass.) stopped six shots for Daniel Webster.
The Mariners, 0-8, are back in action on Monday, April
20th when they travel to Nichols College.