March 22, 2004  |
March 22, 2004 |
Warriors Battle Early Deficit And No. 11 Whittier
BROOKLANDVILLE, MD -- All-America attackman Ryder Bateman and midfielder Aaron Hopkins combined for 11 goals as No. 11 nationally-ranked Whittier College held off an Eastern Connecticut State University comeback bid to post a 20-11 men's lacrosse win Monday.
After Whittier (5-2) scored the finial six goals to take an 11-game halftime lead, Eastern (0-3) battled back to score the first five goals of the second half on its first six shots -- three in a row by senior attackman Amir Logmanieh (AMHERST, NY) in a span of two minutes, 21 seconds -- before the Poets re-gained the momentum on a goal by Brian Olson and a short-handed strike by Aaron Hoskins. The Warriors went eight minutes without scoring after Logmanieh's third straight goal had cut the gap to 14-8 five minutes into the second half.
Unbeaten last year until losing in the NCAA Division III national semifinals, Whittier has beaten Eastern all four times the teams have met since 1982. Whittier is coming off Saturday's 12-11 loss to No. 10 Lynchburg College. Earlier this year, Whittier lost by two goals to Division I Brigham Young University and beat Arizona State University by 20.
An honorable mention USILA All-America last year, Bateman led all players with six goals but was held to just one goal in the second half.
Whittier scored the first six goals of the match and final six goals of the first half to build an 11-goal, 14-3 halftime lead.Eastern outscored the Poets 8-6 in the second half, scoring twice on extra-man opportunities in the second half. Whittier was penalized 12 times for 12 minutes in the game.
Logmanieh, who had scored six goals in seven matches last year, led the Warriors with a career-high five goals and an assist after starting the game on the top attack line for the first time, with junior attackman Brian Hebron (HICKSVILLE, NY) adding a goal and three assists, senior attackman Matt Kowalski (NEWINGTON) two goals and an assist and senior midfielder Bill Morgan (WINDSOR) two goals.
First-year sophomore Will Holland (KENT) made 14 saves in 40 minutes, senior Brian Zimowski (SOMERS) stopping six shots in 20 minutes. Adam Messick was called upon for 12 saves for Whittier.
From Eastern Connecticut Press Release
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Whittier's Billy Schultz to Dax Harrison High Bandwidth Only
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Eastern's Andy Stockfisch High Bandwidth Only
Eastern's Dave Carpenter to Amir Loghmanieh High Bandwidth
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Whittier's Brian Olson to Ryder Bateman High Bandwidth
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Eastern's Matt Kowalsky High Bandwidth
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Eastern's Brian Hebron High Bandwidth
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Whittier's Aaron Hopkins again! High Bandwidth
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Whittier's Adam Kath to Billy Schultz High Bandwidth Only
Whittier's Aaron Jaffe to Billy Schultz High Bandwidth Only
Whittier's Aaron Hopkins to Ryder Bateman High Bandwidth Only
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