KINGS POINT, N.Y. - Dominating the opening 30 minutes to grab a 6-1 lead at intermission, the Wesleyan University Cardinals looked in control for a comfortable fifth consecutive victory on the road at the Merchant Marine Academy Wed., March 21.

The Mariners scored five times in the third stanza and drew even, 7-7, early in the fourth period, with sophomore Brennan Dougherty coming up big, scoring the sixth goal and assisting on goals four and five. Sophomore Jason Ben-Eliyahu's fast-break goal off a feed from sophomore Spike Malangone spotted the Cards an 8-7 lead with 11:25 to go.

USMMA tied it again at the 9:54 mark courtesy of freshman Brian Flannery. Wesleyan senior Mike Hines then completed his hat trick with a long bouncer at 3:57, spotted Ben-Eliyahu with a pinpoint pass at 2:43 as he, too, completed his hat trick, and Ben-Eliyahu tacked on a fourth marker just 39 seconds later to pad the margin as Wesleyan, ranked third in the country, improved to 5-0 with the 11-8 victory.

Wesleyan opens NESCAC play Saturday, March 24, hosting #15 Tufts.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wesleyan University.  3  3  1  4 - 11
Merchant Mariners...  1  0  5  2 -  8
 
Wesleyan University SCORING:
GOALS: Jason Ben-Eliyahu 4; Mike Hines 3; Lonnie Blumenthal 2;
       Grayson Connors 1; Russ Follansbee 1.
ASSISTS: Jon Killeen 3; Grayson Connors 2; Jason Ben-Eliyahu 1;
         Mike Hines 1; Chris Jasinski 1; Alex Kaufman 1;
         Spike Malangone 1.
 
Merchant Mariners SCORING:
GOALS: Dougherty, Sean 3; Flannery, Jim 3; Dougherty; Brennan 1;
       Flannery, Brian 1.
ASSISTS: Dougherty, Brennan 2; De Pol, Robert 1; Merritt, Ryan 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wesleyan University. 13  9  6  7 - 35
Merchant Mariners...  2  7  9  5 - 23
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wesleyan University. 11  9 13 10 - 43
Merchant Mariners...  7  7 13 12 - 39
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Wesleyan University.  4-5   3-4   5-7   3-6  - 15-22
Merchant Mariners...  1-5   1-4   2-7   3-6  -  7-22
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Wesleyan University.  5-7   4-6   3-5   2-3  - 14-21
Merchant Mariners...  1-8   3-4   7-8   4-7  - 15-27
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Wesleyan University.  1-1   1-2   0-0   1-1  -  3-4
Merchant Mariners...  0-1   0-0   1-3   0-1  -  1-5
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Wesleyan University.  1  2  2  3 -  8
Merchant Mariners...  2  3  4  2 - 11
 
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Merchant Mariners         Minutes   GA   W/L   1   2   3   4 Saves
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13 Pagano, John........     60:00   11    L    2   3   4   2    11
 
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Wesleyan University       Minutes   GA   W/L   1   2   3   4 Saves
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33 Charlie Congleton...     60:00    8    W    1   2   2   3     8
2007-03-22