APRIL 25, 2007
MEN'S LAXERS FALL LATE TO SUSQUEHANNA
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College men's lacrosse
team was unable to make a 4-3 fourth quarter lead stand up as visiting
Susquehanna University score the final four goals to post a 7-4 victory
Wednesday at Betzler Fields.
With the win, Susquehanna improved to 3-10 overall and 3-6 in the Middle
Atlantic Conference. The Monarchs, meanwhile, slipped to 2-12 and 2-8 in
the MAC.
King's took a 1-0 first quarter lead when Curtis Reinard scored just
1:25 into the game. Susquehanna tied the score at 1-1 when John Pillion
struck net off a Greg Morris assist at 9:22 of the second quarter. The
Crusaders used back-to-back goals by Greg Norris to take a 3-1 lead with
1:08 left in the half. King's would come up big when John Booth scored
unassisted with just 0:36 on the clock as the Monarchs closed to within
3-2 at the break.
In the third quarter, King's tied the score at 3-3 when Brendan Novotny
scored off a Reinard assist with 3:43 remaining. The Monarchs would take
a 4-3 lead when John Doran struck net off a pass from Gary Morgan with
0:23 on the clock.
In the fourth quarter, however, Susquehanna would tie the game at 4-4
when Greg Burns scored just 1:28 into the final frame. The Crusaders
would take a 5-4 lead with 11:31 remaining in the contest on Norris'
second goal of the game. Susquehanna would go into a delay game to run
down the clock, but added two late goals when Norris scored fourth goal
of the game with 0:35 on the clock, followed by a Burns score just 0:06
later.
Susquehanna outshot King's 35=29 and held a 42-37 advantage in ground
balls.
King's goalie Andrew Bartle made 10 saves while Crusader keeper A.J.
Schaufler posted 12 stops.
The Monarchs will close out its season May 2 with
a 4:00 p.m. home makeup game against Keuka College at Betzler Fields.
