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Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Hobart, 14-10

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April 3, 2002

Geneva, N.Y.- Hobart freshman Nate Hill scored seven points on two goals and five assists to lead the Statesmen, 14-10, over 51³Ô¹ÏÍø  in the first night game ever played on the Hobart campus.  The Raiders fall to 4-4 on the season and even out at 1-1 in Patriot League play.

The Raiders picked up an early 2-1 lead in the first period on a pair of goals from junior Nick Gerken (Wilton, Conn.) but the Statesmen answered back with six straight goals to build their own lead of 7-2 at the half.

But 51³Ô¹ÏÍø came out firing after the halftime break with a 6-2 run, including the first four of the third period.  The Raiders scored on back-to-back efforts by sophomore Chris Michaels (Pennington, N.J.) and junior Peter Watts (Wayland, Mass.).  Michaels finished with two goals and an assist.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø rallied for three more goals, the last two by junior midfielder Joe Parker (Crofton, Md.) to tie the game at nine-all with 13:31 left to play.  Parker finished with a team best two goals and two assists.  

The teams traded goals to 10-all and the game stayed that way until the Raiders were penalized for an illegal body check with 4:44 remaining.  Hobart senior David Spratlen converted he extra-man opportunity to give the Statesmen a one-goal lead at the 4:21 mark.  

Hobart added three insurance goals, the last two by Hill in the final minute, to finish the game on top, 14-10.

Senior keeper Chris Hettler (Liverpool, N.Y.) stopped 10 shots for the Raiders.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø returns to Hamilton, for a Patriot League show down with Holy Cross, Saturday April 6.  Face-off is set for 1:00.

HOBART 14, COLGATE 10
HOBART         3   4   2   5  –  14
COLGATE       2   0   6   2  –  10

GOALS:  HOBART: Bogosian 3, Hill 2, Harvey 2, Molinari 2, Spratlen 2, Kent, Booth, Occhialini   COLGATE: Gerken 2, Michaels 2, Parker 2, Watts 2, Herbst 1, Franke 1
ASSISTS: HOBART: Hill 5, Bogosian, Harvey, Spratlen, Kent  COLGATE: Herbst 2, Parker, Michaels, Franke
SAVES: HOBART:Chris Hettler 10 saves  COLGATE: Borsz 10 saves
SHOTS: COLGATE 29, HOBART 37
GROUNDBALLS: COLGATE 34, HOBART 60
FACEOFFS: COLGATE 12, HOBART 15