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Will Costello
Middlebury honored the 14 seniors on the men's lacrosse team following today's victory.
12
Colby COLBY 2-9, 0-8
22
Winner Middlebury MIDML 11-1, 7-1
Colby COLBY
2-9, 0-8
12
Final
22
Middlebury MIDML
11-1, 7-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Colby COLBY 2 3 2 5 12
Middlebury MIDML 5 6 4 7 22

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

#5 Men’s Lacrosse Downs Colby 22-12

The fifth-ranked Middlebury men's lacrosse team cruised past Colby 22-12 on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers celebrated senior day and honored the team's 14 seniors following the victory.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Middlebury opened the game with four unanswered goals over the first 6:22 of action. Russell Thorndike began the run with two markers, before a solo goal from Patrick Jamin and a low shot from Jack Sheehan made the score 4-0.
  • The Mules answered with a tally from Nick Hassan at the 6:03 mark, but Billy Curtis responded only seven seconds later to keep the Panther lead at four (5-1).
  • Colby's Carson Byrd fired home a goal with 1:16 left in the first quarter to make it 5-2 heading into the second stanza. 
  • Will Zink and Logan White got Middlebury going in the second quarter, scoring markers at the 12:47 and 11:20 marks to make it 7-2. 
  • Jack Goller netted his first tally of the game to cut the Mule deficit to four (7-3), but Johnny Kantaros restored the five goal lead straight from the faceoff, running 50 yards before beating Will Rickards in the Colby goal to make it 8-3.
  • Both teams tallied a pair of markers over the next five minutes. Ben Reynolds pulled Colby back within four (8-4), before a solo effort from Finn Muldoon and a close-range marker by Zink made it 10-4. Bennett Goller roofed a shot in the top shelf to bring it to 10-5.
  • With 13 seconds remaining in the half, William Ryan received a pass from Tom Conley and slipped a bouncing shot into the bottom left corner to give the Panthers an 11-5 edge heading into the break. 
  • The teams traded goals to open the third quarter. Drew Dummer and Jake Peluso each got on the scoresheet to extend the lead to 13-5, but the Goller brothers scored goals just 30 seconds apart to make it 13-7.
  • Middlebury began to pull away with 5:18 remaining in the third quarter. Brendan Easter tallied his first goal of the season and began a string of nine-straight goals for the Panthers that spanned into the final period of play. Jackson Hanson capped the run with his first collegiate goal to give Middlebury a 22-7 lead with 9:17 left in the fourth quarter.
  • The Mules closed the game with five unanswered tallies of their own over the final 8:56 of action to move to within 10, but it was not enough, as the Panthers eased to a 22-12 triumph.
NOTES
  • Middlebury and Colby met for the 29th time this afternoon. With the win, the Panthers own a 21-8 edge in the all-time series. 
  • Easter, Garrett Hawthorne and Hanson each scored their first goals of the season during the triumph.
  • With two goals today, Thorndike has now scored two or more goals in all but two games this season. 
The Panthers will be back in action on Sunday, when they host Babson at 1:00 p.m. on Youngman Field at Alumni Stadium.
 
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