Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College men's lacrosse team used a balanced attack with 11 players getting points in a 16-2 win over Lasell College, Saturday at Wachenheim Field. The Thoroughbreds are 4-1, while Lasell falls to 1-5.

Senior attackman Nick Coppola (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) became the Thoroughbred all-time career assist leader with his assist on Rob Lutin's (Port Washington, N.Y./Schreiber) goal at 13:16 of the first quarter. Coppola has 100 assists, breaking the career mark of 95 set by Chris Bivona in 2003. He finished with a goal and five assists.

Skidmore put the game away early, outscoring the Lasers 8-1 in the first quarter and 12-1 in the first half. Coppola had a goal and four assists in the first half. Lutin had all three of his goals in the first half, while Matt Levesque (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) had two goals and an assist in the first half.

Matt Levesque finished with three goals and three assists. Also for Skidmore, Ben Cornell (Natick, Mass./Middlesex) scored three goals and had an assist and Cory Barkoff (Woodbury, N.Y./Syosset) had two assists, seven ground balls, and won 10 of 11 faceoffs.

Brandon Keith (Marston Mills, Mass./Barnstable) had both Lasell goals.

Skidmore outshot Lasell 56-13 and had a 47-27 ground ball advantage.

Thoroughbred goalies Flip Bongaerts, Vivek Huded, and Connor Dowling combined for five saves. Mike Kelliher had 20 saves for Lasell.

Skidmore is back in action on March 24 at 7:00 p.m. against Amherst.

2009-03-21