Men's Lacrosse Defeats Merrimack to Advance to NE-10 Championship
RODRIGUEZ SCORES GAME WINNER IN DOUBLE OVERTIME FOR
BRYANT
Box Score
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (May 4, 2005) – Senior
defenseman Ryan Rodriguez (Fairfield, Conn.) picked up a ground
ball in his own end of the field, broke all the way down the field
and scored on a low shot with nine seconds remaining in the second
overtime to lift the Bryant University men’s lacrosse team to
a 10-9 double overtime over Merrimack College in the semifinal
round of the Northeast-10 Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at
Warrior Field.
The Bulldogs, ranked 10th nationally, improved to
11-5 and will face top-seeded Le Moyne in the tournament
championship on Saturday 1 p.m. in Syracuse, N.Y. The ninth-ranked
Warriors finish the season 11-5.
Bryant scored the first two goals of the second half to build a 7-4
lead, but the Warriors responded with a 5-0 run to take a 9-7 lead
less than a minute into the fourth quarter.
Freshman Craig Buckhout (South Salem, N.Y.) scored man-up goal to
trim the lead to one early in the fourth quarter, and freshman Zach
Rosenow (Oyster Bay, N.Y) tied the game with just 2:03 left in
regulation.
Buckhout led the Bulldogs with three goals, while sophomore Bryan
Molk (Peabody, Mass.) added a pair of goals. Senior Andrew Serge
(Albany, N.Y.) scored a goal and added two assists for
Bryant.
Senior Kurt Carlson (Lynn, Mass.) led Merrimack with four goals,
while senior Mike Fidler (Billerica, Mass.) added two goals and an
assist. Senior Nolan Godfrey (Haverhill, Mass.) won 21-of-23
faceoffs and picked up 12 ground balls for the Warriors.
Freshman Michael Kennedy (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) made eight saves to
earn the win for Bryant, while freshman Eric Tompkins (Newington,
Conn.) stopped 14 shots for the Warriors.
Merrimack played in six overtime games in 2005, winning four,
including a 7-6 overtime win over Bryant during the regular season.