PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men's lacrosse team (0-5, 0-1 BIG EAST) fell to No. 9 Georgetown University in its home opener by the score of 14-4 on Sunday, March 21 at the Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. The contest marked the Friars first ever BIG EAST conference game. With the win, the Hoyas improve to 4-2 and 2-1 in BIG EAST play.

Senior attackman Garrett Kanter (Marblehead, Mass.) led the Friar offense with his first goal of the season and added three ground balls. Senior defenseman Ryan Riedl (Winchester, Mass.) anchored the Providence defensive unit with four ground balls and two caused turnovers.

The Hoyas posted the first eight goals of the contest and took an 8-0 lead into halftime. The Friars opened the scoring in the third quarter, as junior midfielder Evan Helda (Charlotte, N.C.) found an opening in the Georgetown defense and surged through the attack box for a score at the 10:52 mark. After a goal by the Hoyas' Francis McDonough, the Friars found the back of the net again, this time on a goal by Kanter off a good feed from senior attackman Colin Tigh (Garden City, N.Y.) with 6:09 to play in the period. The goal cut the Georgetown lead to 9-2.

The Hoyas posted the next two scores of the game to extend their advantage to 11-2 with 3:57 remaining in the third quarter. Less than two minutes later, the Friars struck back, as freshman midfielder Kyle Dexter (Victoria, British Columbia) made a nice move and passed a number of Hoya defenders to move PC back within eight at 11-3. From there, Craig Dowd responded with a goal with 1:37 to play in the third to give Georgetown a 12-3 advantage. The Friars added a score in the final quarter, as junior midfielder Mike Feldberg (Voorhees, N.J.) found the back of the net to make the score 12-4 Hoyas. Georgetown posted the final two goals of the game.

After sophomore Tim Finnegan (Lowell, Mass.) took the loss for the Friars in net, allowing two goals in 1:59 minutes of action, senior Frank Cicero (Venetia, Pa.) played the final 58:01 in the cage for PC. Cicero allowed 12 goals while making 12 saves in the contest.

C.T. Fisher got the win for Georgetown, making eight saves while allowing four goals in 60:00 minutes. Travis Comeau and Andrew Brancaccio led the Hoya offense with three goals each.

PC returns to action on Sunday, March 21 with a noon contest against No. 10/9 Georgetown at the Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex. The game is the Friars' 2010 home opener and the team's first BIG EAST Conference game in school history.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Andrew Brancaccio (Chevy Chase, Md./Georgetown Prep) and freshman Travis Comeau (Alberta, Canada/The Hill Academy) scored three goals apiece and No. 9 Georgetown opened up an 8-0 lead at the half en route to a 14-4 BIG EAST Conference win over Providence at the Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex Sunday afternoon. It was the fourth win in the last five games for the Hoyas, who improve to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in league play. Providence falls to 0-5 overall and 0-1 in the BIG EAST Conference.

Nine different players scored goals and 14 players scored at least one point and it was the 26th time since the 2000 season that Georgetown has limited an opponent to five goals or fewer in a game and the 53rd time under Head Coach Dave Urick.

Brancaccio and Comeau scored a goal apiece in the first quarter as the Hoyas took a 3-0 lead and then each added two goals in the second quarter as GU extended its lead to 8-0. Freshman Zac Guy (Tully, N.Y./Tully) scored two goals and senior Craig Dowd (East Northport, N.Y./Northport) added a goal and two assists. Junior Brian Tabb (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) won 12 of 16 face-off attempts and had eight ground balls while sophomore goalie C.T. Fisher (Chevy Chase, Md./Landon) played the full 60 minutes and made eight saves.

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