SALISBURY, NC -- Dennis McKenna scored three goals to lead Wheeling Jesuit to a 6-5 win over host Catawba in men's lacrosse action on Monday afternoon at Shuford Stadium and Kirkland Field. The Cardinals with their opener, while the Catawba Indians fall to 1-2.

Catawba jumped out to a 3-1 lead early in the second quarter on a man-up goal by Wayne Carbiener (Orlando, FL) at the 13:52 mark of the period. McKenna tallied his first goal of the game with 7:10 remaining before the half and John Miller scored the tying goal just 2:07 before the break.

Nick Desper (Carrboro, NC) put the Indians back on top with his second goal of the game with 1:42 to go, but Joe Idone answered just 30 seconds later to send the teams to the half tied at 4-4. McKenna would put the Cardinals on top with 2:51 left in the third quarter then gave Wheeling Jesuit a 6-4 lead on his final goal with just 16 seconds left.

Mike Dolesh (Aquasco, MD) brought the Tribe within a goal on his second tally with seven seconds remaining. Catawba won the ensuing face-off, but were unable to get off a shot. Desper added an assist to go with his two goals for Catawba.

The Cardinals held a 34-20 edge in shots. Ben Huber had 13 saves for Catawba, while Joe Sims had eight saves for WJU after entering the game early in the second quarter.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  1  3  1  1 -  6
Catawba.............  2  2  0  1 -  5
 
Wheeling Jesuit SCORING:
GOALS: Dennis McKenna 3; John Dunbar 1; John Miller 1; Joe Idone 1.
ASSISTS: John Eager 1.
 
Catawba SCORING:
GOALS: Nick Desper 2; Mike Dolesh 2; Wayne Carbiener 1.
ASSISTS: Nick Desper 1; Devin McArthur 1; Matt Puccio 1.
 
Shots by period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  9 10  8  7 - 34
Catawba.............  3  9  2  6 - 20
 
Ground balls by prd   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wheeling Jesuit..... 12  4  8  8 - 32
Catawba.............  4  9 13  7 - 33
 
Face-offs by prd       1     2     3     4     Total
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  3-4   2-5   1-2   0-3  -  6-14
Catawba.............  1-4   3-5   1-2   3-3  -  8-14
 
Clears by period       1     2     3     4     Total
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  6-7   5-6   6-7   5-10 - 22-30
Catawba.............  8-10  5-6   6-8   7-7  - 26-31
 
Extra-man opps         1     2     3     4     Total
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  0-1   0-1   0-3   0-0  -  0-5
Catawba.............  0-0   1-2   0-2   0-2  -  1-6
 
Saves by period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  0  3  1  4 -  8
Catawba.............  5  2  3  3 - 13
 
Turnovers by prd      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wheeling Jesuit.....  3  6  5  6 - 20
Catawba.............  8  4  6  5 - 23
 
PENALTIES - WJU 6/7:00; CAT 5/4:00.

2007-02-26