WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 10, 2009) - Freshman attackman Cooper Gilman fired four shots between the pipes for Rollins, but Rollins was unable to get past Catawba as the Tars fell 10-5 on Tuesday afternoon. Despite Gilman's best efforts, the Tars move to an overall mark of 1-2, 0-1 in Deep South Conference action, while the Indians pick up their first victory of the season and sit with a record of 1-3, 1-1 in DSC play.

Joining Gilman on the scoreboard was junior midfielder Andrew Cohen, who registered his first goal of his collegiate career on a fast break clear in the third quarter. Cohen also notched an assist on the afternoon as he collected four ground balls and caused three turnovers. Also registering assists on the day were sophomore standout BJ Neller, as well as freshmen Matthew Lunnen and Andrew Vossler.

Walking away with a big game on defense was sophomore Zach Cole between the pipes. Cole made a total of 20 saves, including 10 in third-period action, and led the team with five ground balls. Meeting Cole's ground ball count was Vossler on defense, who also led the team in caused turnovers with four on the afternoon.

The Indians were headed-up by Marty Tuohy with three goals and two assists for a total of five points, while midfielder Braden Artem led the game after grabbing six ground balls.

Catawba kicked off the scoring in the first quarter as Artem put the Indians up on the board with 9:14 remaining in the first period. It wasn't until five seconds into the second period that the next score was tallied as Catawba's Stephen Shuba ended almost a ten minute scoring drought with an unassisted goal.

Gilman fired back a minute later to finally put the Tars up on the board with 13:13 to go before the half, but with two tallies from the Indians late in the quarter the Tars entered into the break with a three point deficit as the score read 4-1 in favor of Catawba.

Both teams traded off in third quarter play as Cohen kick-started the action on his fast break from one end of the field to the other to notch the Tars' second goal unassisted.

The Indians exploded into the fourth quarter with four straight goals, jumping out to a 10-3 lead before Gilman closed out the day with two quick goals at the 3:32 and 3:19 mark to close the gap to five points.

Rollins will be back in action Wednesday, March 11, for their second Deep South Conference matchup as they travel to Lakeland, Fla. to take on Florida Southern in a 7:00 p.m. showdown.

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WINTER PARK, FL -- The Catawba lacrosse team grabbed its first win of the season, topping host Rollins 10-5 in Deep South Conference action on Tuesday afternoon. Marty Tuohy (Weymouth, MA/Weymouth HS) had five points (three goals) for the Catawba Indians, who improve to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the DSC. The Tars fall to 1-2 and 0-1.

Tuohy assisted on the lone goal of the opening quarter, which was scored by Braden Artem (Acton, Ont, CANADA/Christ the King HS) at the 9:14 mark. Stephen Shuba (Orlando, FL/Olympia HS) put Catawba up 2-0 five seconds into the second quarter.

Rollins cut the lead in half with a man-up goal by Cooper Gilman with 13:13 left in the half and it stayed that way until Artem scored again with two minutes to go in the half. Tuohy scored a man down with just 31 seconds remaining in the quarter to give the Indians a 4-1 edge at the break.

The Tars got within 5-3 with 3:30 left in the third quarter, but Catawba scored the next five goals to take control midway through the final quarter. Tuohy had two of the goals, Shuba had a goal and an assist and Freddie Turcio (Guilford, CT/Guilford HS) had a pair of assists. Gilman scored twice for Rollins in the final 3:32 for the final margin.

Tuohy's three goals led Catawba with Artem and Shuba adding two each. Colin McClimans (Washington, DC/Maret School) had six saves in goal. Gilman scored four of the five goals for Rollins.

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