SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Senior co-captain Bryan Molk (Peabody, Mass.) and sophomore Jim Long (Durham, NH) scored three goals each to lead the Bryant University men's lacrosse team to a 13-7 win over visiting Pace University.

Bryant (2-2, 1-0 Northeast-10), ranked No. 9 entering the week, will bring a two-game win streak into this Saturday's showdown with top-ranked and defending national champion Le Moyne at the Bryant Turf Field (1 p.m.).

On Tuesday against Pace (3-2, 0-2 NE-10), the Bulldogs raced out to a quick 4-0 lead early as four different players found the back of the net in the first eight minutes of the game. The Setters would finally get on the board with four minutes left as Dan Abberton beat goalie Michael Kennedy (Port Jefferson Station, NY) with a goal on the Setters first shot of the game with 4:17 left in the quarter.

But Kevin Hoagland (Glastonbury, Conn.) followed with his second goal of the quarter to make it 5-1 with 32 seconds left in the first.

The Bulldogs would take a 6-3 lead into the locker room at the half, but Pace would trim the Bryant lead down to 6-4 with a quick goal 51 seconds into the second half. But two goals by Long sandwiched around a goal by Stoothoff pushed the Bryant lead to 9-5 and the Bulldogs would roll from there.

Stoothoff's goal was set up nicely by teammate Matt McKeefrey (Melville, NY) who picked up a loose ball in front of the Setter net and found a waiting Stoothoff alone for a one-timer.

Bryant out-shot the visitors 41 to 14 in the game and won 17 of 23 face-offs.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Pace................  1  2  3  1 -  7
Bryant..............  5  1  4  3 - 13
 
Pace SCORING:
GOALS: Robert Cornetta 1; James Hammel 1; 32 1; T.J. Urban 1;
       Jake Sheppard 1; Joseph Streany 1; Dan Abberton 1.
ASSISTS: 32 1; Robert Cornetta 1; James Hammel 1; T.J. Urban 1.
 
Bryant SCORING:
GOALS: Jim Long 3; Bryan Molk 3; Bryan Kaufmann 2; Kevin Hoagland 2;
       Brent Stoothoff 2; Zach Rosenow 1.
ASSISTS: Bryan Kaufmann 3; Matt McAllister 1; Matt McKeefrey 1;
         Jesse Rose 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Pace................  4  3  4  3 - 14
Bryant.............. 10  6 14 11 - 41
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Pace................  6  3  4  4 - 17
Bryant.............. 11  6  8 12 - 37
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Pace................  2-7   2-4   1-7   1-5  -  6-23
Bryant..............  5-7   2-4   6-7   4-5  - 17-23
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Pace................  3-5   2-4   5-8   5-5  - 15-22
Bryant..............  5-5   3-4   5-5   5-6  - 18-20
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Pace................  1-0   2-0   3-1   1-0  -  7-1
Bryant..............  4-1   1-2   3-0   3-0  - 11-3
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Pace................  3  2  4  4 - 13
Bryant..............  2  1  1  2 -  6
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Pace................  7  8  5  5 - 25
Bryant..............  3  4  2  5 - 14
 
PENALTIES - Pace 3/2:00; Bryant 1/0:30.

2007-03-20