Men's lacrosse trounces New England College for 3-0 start
March 14, 2006

Game Statistics

LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates College men's lacrosse team is off to a 3-0 start after downing New England College 13-1 Tuesday night at Campus Avenue Field.

The Bobcats allowed their fewest goals since an 18-1 victory over Plymouth State on March 13, 2003.

The Pilgrims dropped to 1-1.

Senior midfielder Brenton Pitt (Duxbury, Mass.), junior John Kinnane (Little Compton, R.I.), and sophomore Justin Simon (Canaan, N.H.) all scored twice for Bates, with Kinnane and Pitt adding assists. Sophomore Pressly McCance (Houston, Texas) had a goal and two assists.

Junior Matt Erisman (Nantucket, Mass.) and senior David Pritchard each registered a goal and an assist. Sophomores Jeremy Grant (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Bryan Frates (Woodstock, Vt.) each scored goals, and junior Amadi Cisse contributed an assist.

New England College sophomore Dillon Lantz (Woodstock, Vt.) scored the Pilgrims' lone goal on an assist from classmate Carlos Gutierrez (Guayanabo, Puerto Rico) with 12:05 left in the third quarter, making the score 7-1.

Bates outshot New England 42 to 18, and recorded 44 ground balls to the Pilgrims' 25.

Four Bates goalkeepers saw playing time, combining for seven saves. Paul Kazarian (Providence, R.I.) made four saves in a shutout first half.

New England College sophomore Billy Brooks (Lewiston, Maine) made 14 saves for the Pilgrims.

Bates hosts Mt. Ida College Wednesday at 4 p.m. New England College plays Plymouth State in Orlando, Fla., on March 21.

SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2 Tot
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New England College.  0 1 -  1
Bates College.......  5 8 - 13

New England College SCORING: GOALS: Dillion Lantz 1. ASSISTS: Carlos Gutierrez 1.

Bates College SCORING: GOALS: Brenton Pitt 2; Jon Kinnane 2; Justin Simon 2; Pressly McCance 1; Matt Erisman 1; David Pritchard 1; Wes Couture 1; Bryan Frates 1; Jeremy Grant 1; Will Akie 1.
ASSISTS: Pressly McCance 2; Amadi Cisse 1; Matt Erisman 1; Jon Kinnane
1; Brenton Pitt 1; David Pritchard 1.

New England College GROUND BALLS: Steve Cobb 6; Chris Conklin 4; Delayon Morris 3; Billy Brooks 2; Matt Cotter 2; Kyle Dennett 2; Neil Gundry 2; Carlos Gutierrez 2; Dillion Lantz 2; Derek Paquet 2; Dan
Foster 1; Josh Glass 1.

Bates College GROUND BALLS: Brenton Pitt 6; Mike Medeiros 4; Ryan O'Connor 4; B.J. Majeski 3; Matt Knortz 3; Amadi Cisse 2; James Halsch 2; Nathan Kellogg 2; Brent Morin 2; Gregory Nelson 2; Sean O'Brien 2; David Pritchard 2; John Adams 1; Rory Baldini 1; Gabriel Belsky 1; Wes Couture 1; Max Cutchin 1; Matt Erisman 1; Josh Goldfarb 1; Jeremy Grant 1; Jon Kinnane 1; Tom Lucey 1; Peter Webber 1; Ned Wellbourn 1.

New England College TURNOVERS CAUSED: None.
Bates College TURNOVERS CAUSED: None.

SHOTS - New England College 18; Bates College 42.
SHOTS ON GOAL - New England College 8; Bates College 27.

PENALTIES - New England College 10/9:30; Bates College 7/6:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - New England College 1-6; Bates College 2-8.

TURNOVERS - New England College 0; Bates College 0.

FACEOFFS - New England College 6-17; Bates College 11-17.

CLEARS - New England College 11-18; Bates College 16-3.

GOALIES - NEC: Billy Brooks 1-1 (60:00 minutes, 27 shots-14 saves, 13 GA); BAT: Peter Boston (15:00, 4-3, 1) , Paul Kazarian 3-0 (30:00, 4-4, 0) , Tom O'Connor (07:30, 0-0, 0) , Will Paddock (07:30, 0-0, 0).

Start time: 7:00      Finish time: 9:00      Length of game: 2:00

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