LANCASTER, Pa. – Mark Hild (Denver, CO/Denver East) led seven different players in scoring with a hat trick, and Colin McKew (Glen Arm, MD/Loyola-Blakefield) handed out a game-high five assists to help Franklin & Marshall defeat Scranton 10-5 in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday.

McKew recorded four of his five assists during a 6-0 run by the Diplomats (2-2) over two quarters to take a five-goal lead heading into the final 15 minutes. F&M held on to hand the Royals (1-3) their third loss of the season.

Chris Marcozzi (Springfield, PA/Malvern Prep) finished with 10 saves in the net and anchored the defense that only allowed two goals on 17 shots in the second half.

Robby Napp registered the first three goals for Scranton, while Mike Rufo and Nick Youngstrom added a goal apiece.

Napp helped the Royals take a 2-1 lead after the first quarter, wrapping two goals around Scott Hahn's (Ellicott City, MD/Loyola-Blakefield) first goal of the season. Hahn made it 1-all at the 4:20 mark, taking a shot from the right side and finding the left corner of the cage.

Hahn then found Hild for his first goal of the day to start the second quarter to bring it back to a tied game, but Napp completed a solo run to help Scranton regain the lead at 3-2. Hild made it even one more time and scored his second goal off a pass from McKew to start run to give F&M the lead for good.

McKew went on to assist Jay Ridinger (Lititz, PA/Maheim), Sean Oliver (Wilton, CT/Wilton) and Hild one more time, while Jeff Ritter (Watchung, NJ/Watchung Hills) and Ryan Whooley (Newton, MA/Roxbury Latin) tallied goals to give the Diplomats an 8-3 lead.

Whooley collected his second goal off a feed from McKew and Brett Leppert (Baltimore, MD/John Carroll) was the seventh player to score on a diving shot just outside the crease for a 10-4 advantage.

Scranton scored its lone goals of the half in the fourth quarter. Youngstrom posted the lone extra-man goal of the day with 4:01 remaining.

The Diplomats won 12 of the 19 face-offs led by Sean Murphy (Towson, MD/Gilman) with a 7-for-10 performance and Andrew Setian (Williamsburg, VA/Walshingham Academy) grabbed five out of seven attempts.

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LANCASTER, Pa.-Franklin and Marshall held The University of Scranton to two goals in the second half en route to a 10-5 victory in non-conference action Saturday afternoon.

Senior attacker Mark Hild (Denver, Colo./Denver East) led the Diplomats, now 2-2, with three goals, freshman attacker Ryan Whooley (Newton, Mass./Roxbury Latin) added a pair, and freshman attacker Colin McKew (Glen Arm, Md./Loyola-Blakefield) finished with five assists.

Freshman attacker Robby Napp (Spring Lake, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) led the Royals, now 3-1, with three goals, including two in the first period to give Scranton a 2-1 lead after the opening 15 minutes of play and another with 13 minutes remaining in the second period to give the Royals their last lead, 3-2.

The Diplomats then scored six unanswered goals to take an 8-3 lead before freshman midfielder Mike Rufo (Broomall, Pa./Haverford School) ended the Scranton draught with a goal on a play set up by freshman attacker Brett Greer (Morton, Pa./Ridley) with 11:27 left in the fourth period.

The Royals had their opportunities to cash in on the foul-prone Diplomats, but Scranton was unable to convert on six straight extra-man chances heading into the final period, including three in the third stanza. The Royals finally broke through when senior attacker Nick Youngstrom (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) tallied his fourth goal of the season off of the second of two assists from senior midfielder Thomas Kornobis (Merrick, N.Y./W.C. Mepham) on a man-up situation with 4:20 left in the fourth period.

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