Molk Powers Men's Lacrosse Into NE-10 Semifinals
Northeast-10 Conference Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals
Box Score
SMITHFIELD, RI -- Sophomore midfielder Bryan Molk
(Peabody,
Mass.) - pictured below - scored
five goals to help lead the Bryant University men's lacrosse team
past Southern New Hampshrie, 16-11 in quarterfinal action of the
2005 Northeast-10 Men's Lacrosse tournament here before 320 fans at
Bulldog Stadium Saturday. With the win, third-seeded Bryant
(10-5) will advance to the semifinals next Wednesday when the
Bulldogs travel to second-seeded Merrimack for a 4 p.m. game in
Andover, Mass.
Southern N.H. (4-9), the sixth-seed of the tournament, took an 8-7
lead into the locker room at the half but the Bulldogs exploded for
seven goals in the third to pull out the win. Bryant led 4-3
after one quarter of play, but the Penmen came roaring back in the
second. Three straight goals in the first three minutes of
play helped give the visitors a 7-4 lead, but Molk cut the deficit
to 7-5 with an unassisted goal at the 12:05 mark of the
quarter.
The Penmen bounced back as Josh Law
(Liverpool, NY) tallied a goal with five seconds left in
the first half to give SNHU an 8-6 lead. However, on the
ensuing face-off which was won by Molk, the speedy midfielder
managed to beat the clock with a brilliant goal to make it 8-7 SNHU
at the half.
The momentum from Molk's goal gave the Bulldogs new life in the
second half as Molk would tally three more scores while
Andrew Serge (Albany, NY) got into the scoring act
as the Bulldogs closed out the quarter with five-straight
goals.
Serge finished the day with two goals and three assists. Law
had three goals and a pair of assists to lead Southern N.H. while
teammate Mike Hart (South
Hadley,
Mass.) added three goals while
Joe Young
(Derry,
NH) tallied two for the
Penmen.
Apr 30, 2005 at Smithfield, RI
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2
3 4 Tot
Southern
N.H........ 3
5 2 1 - 11
Bryant.............. 4
3 7 2 - 16
Southern N.H. GOALS: Josh Law 3; Mike
Hart 3; Joe Young 2; Ben Lanman 1; Howell Smith 1; Jon Habel 1.
ASSISTS: Josh Law 2; Ben Lanman 1.
Bryant GOALS: Bryan Molk 5; Adam Smith 3; Jason Zilewicz
3; Andrew Serge 2; Craig Buckhout 1; William Palcino 1; John
Papayani 1. ASSISTS: Andrew Serge 3; Craig
Buckhout 1; Jesse Rose 1.
GOALIES - SNH: Greg Palladino (60:00 minutes, 27
shots-11 saves, 16
GA); BRY: Michael Kennedy 3-0 (28:58, 12-9, 3) , Matt Lovejoy
(31:02,
12-4, 8).
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