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| | | |  |  | | Navy | 10 | | Massachusetts | 13 | | | | Scoring: | Scoring: | Eddy Holton
Greg Conklin
Dave Pittard
Ben Bailey
Kelly Nash
Eddie Mckinnon
| (1, 1)
(2, 0)
(2, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
(1, 0)
| Kevin Leveille
Marc Morley
Dan Paccione
Gene Tundo
Jeff Zywicki
Chris Fiore
Dusty Smith
Don Little
| (3, 2)
(2, 3)
(4, 0)
(1, 3)
(1, 1)
(1, 1)
(1, 1)
(0, 1)
| | | | Saves: | Saves: | Jon Higdon
| 11 (0.458)
| Rob Schneider
| 5 (0.333)
| | | | Current Record : (2-2) | Current Record : (2-1) | | | | Team Page For 2002 | Team Page For 2002 | | | | | | The Game Story: | ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Despite out-scoring 13th-ranked Massachusetts 8-4 in
the second half of Saturday's lacrosse game, No. 12 Navy was out-dueled by the
Minutemen, 13-10, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. With
the win, UMass is in the driver's seat in the ECAC with a 1-0 conference
record, while the Mids are 1-1 in league action.
UMass' Dan Paccione scored the game's first goal at 13:52 in the first
period - the first of his game-high four goals. Navy answered a minute later,
as sophomore middie Ben Bailey (Memphis, Tenn.) found the net to knot it up at
one apiece. UMass, however, reclaimed the momentum as Paccione struck again on
a Kevin Leveille assist to give the Minutemen a 2-1 lead after the first
stanza.
Navy rookie Graham Gill (Medford, N.J.) scored his first-career goal at
13:10 in the second period to again tie the game at two goals apiece. That
would be the Mids' last goal until the 14:09 mark in the third period, as UMass
scored seven-unanswered goals in the second to post a 9-2 halftime advantage.
Among the flurry of goals by the Minutemen were a pair by Marc Morley, a pair
by Kevin Leveille and Paccione scored his third of the afternoon. The first
Leveille goal, scored at 1:31, was an extra-man target, while his second goal,
the last of the period, was a man-down goal.
With a comfortable lead going into the second half, it appeared Greg
Cannella's Minutemen let down their guard. A mistake which proved costly as
Navy's Greg Conklin (Syracuse, N.Y.) scored a goal less than a minute into the
half - one of six third-period goals for the Mids. While Navy scored two in a
row, followed by a pair by UMass, the Mids took control of the third when
Conklin scored his second goal of the period and sparked four-consecutive goals
by the Mids.
With the lead narrowed to 11-8 going into the fourth period, UMass'
Jeff Zywicki gave the Minutemen a four-goal lead with his goal at the 9:37
mark. Navy, though, fought back, as Eddy Holton (Northport, N.Y.) and Dave
Pittard (Skaneateles, N.Y.) netted back-to-back goals to get the Mids to within
two. But it was Paccione who squelched Navy's comeback bid, scoring a goal
with 5:11 to go in the game, sealing the victory for UMass.
A big reason for Navy's success in the second half was its domination
of face-offs. The Mids, led by junior long pole Chris Dingman (Deferiet,
N.Y.), won 9 of the 14 face-offs in the second half. The Mids also cleared the
ball well in the second half (7-of-10), while UMass struggled getting the ball
into the offensive box (4-of-9).
Navy goalkeeper Jon Higdon (Edgewater, Md.) posted 12 saves, while
giving up all 13 goals, while UMass keeper Rob Schneider warded off five shots
and gave up 10 goals.
The Mids return to action next Saturday when they travel to Piscataway,
N.J., to face Rutgers in another ECAC battle.
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