Manchester, N.H. (April 21) -- On Saturday afternoon, the Saint Anselm men's lacrosse team fell by an 11-5 final to No. 4 ranked Bryant at Grappone Stadium.

Saint Anselm jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first quarter on goals from Matt Surrette (Wakefield, Mass.) and Chris Murphy (Winchester, Mass.). Bryant tied it up though with a pair of goals in a 28-second span before junior Steve Trocki (Braintree, Mass.) gave the Hawks the lead again with 2:33 left in the quarter. Bryant tied the game again with 1:01 left and pushed to a 5-3 halftime lead with a pair of man-up goals in the second quarter by Kevin Hoagland and Bryan Kaufman.

The Bulldogs took advantage of a number of Hawk penalties in the third and led by a pair of man-up scores by Kaufman, the visitors put up five goals in the quarter and led 10-3 after three periods. Saint Anselm scored twice in the fourth quarter on goals by Mike McClain (Milton, Mass.) and Murphy, but couldn't find the back of the net again against a tough Bulldog defense.

Murphy led the Hawks with a pair of goals, while Kaufman led the Bryant offense with four scores.

Senior goalie Andrew Roy (Westford, Mass.) made 13 saves in the loss, while Michael Kennedy turned aside 10 shots in the win for the Bulldogs.

With the loss, the Hawks falls to 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Northeast-10. Bryant improves to 8-2 overall and remains perfect in the NE-10 at 7-0. Saint Anselm is back in action on Sunday when the team travels to Franklin Pierce for a 2:00 p.m. start.

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MANCHESTER, NH - Sophomore Bryan Kaufmann (Putnam Valley, NY) scored four goals while classmate Kevin Hoagland (Glastonbury, Conn.) added two scores to help lead the Bryant University men's lacrosse team to an 11-5 Northeast-10 Conference win at Saint Anselm Saturday afternoon. The win, Bryant's eighth-straight, improves the Bulldogs record to 8-2 on the season (7-0 in NE-10) play heading into Tuesday's game at Merrimack College.

Against Saint Anselm on Saturday, the Bulldogs fell behind 2-0 midway through the first quarter, but goals by Corey Crosbie (Salem, Mass.) and Brad Burton (Hauppauge, NY) helped pull the Bulldogs even with the Hawks with under four minutes left to play in the quarter.

Saint Anselm (4-7, 2-5 NE-10) would got back up by one thanks to a Steve Trocki unassisted goal a minute later, but Kaufmann was there to answer, scoring with 1:01 left in the quarter on an assist from Bryan Molk (Peabody, Mass.).

Bryant would score the only two goals of the second, one by Kaufmann and one from Hoagland to take a 5-3 lead into halftime, but in the second half, the Bulldogs would score five unanswered goals, two on the man advantage, to put the game away. Kaufmann would tally a pair in the quarter while Jim Long (Durham, NH) and Zach Rosenow (Oyster Bay, NY) would add goals to help propel the offense.

Michael Kennedy (Port Jefferson Station, NY) finished with 10 saves in the game as Bryant out-shot the Hawks 46 to 26 in the game. Tuesday's game at Merrimack is a makeup from two earlier postponements due to rain. Face-off Tuesday in North Andover, Mass. is at 7:00 p.m.

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Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Bryant..............  3  2  5  1 - 11
Saint Anselm........  3  0  0  2 -  5
 
Attendance: 275
 
Bryant SCORING:
GOALS: Bryan Kaufmann 4; Kevin Hoagland 2; Matt McKeefrey 1;
       Corey Crosbie 1; Zach Rosenow 1; Brad Burton 1; Jim Long 1.
ASSISTS: Bryan Molk 3; Kevin Hoagland 2; Corey Crosbie 1; Matt
         McKeefrey 1; Zach Rosenow 1.
 
Saint Anselm SCORING:
GOALS: Chris Murphy 2; Matt Surette 1; Steve Trocki 1; Mike McClain 1.
ASSISTS: Mike Humphreys 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Bryant..............  8 10 17 11 - 46
Saint Anselm........  8  5  3 10 - 26
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Bryant..............  2  4  4  2 - 12
Saint Anselm........  4  3  3  1 - 11
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Bryant..............  4-7   2-3   4-5   0-4  - 10-19
Saint Anselm........  3-7   1-3   1-5   4-4  -  9-19
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Bryant..............  2-3   6-7   3-4   3-4  - 14-18
Saint Anselm........  2-2   3-3   2-4   3-3  - 10-12
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Bryant..............  0-0   2-3   2-2   0-1  -  4-6
Saint Anselm........  0-0   0-1   0-1   0-2  -  0-4
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Bryant..............  3  1  2  4 - 10
Saint Anselm........  3  3  4  3 - 13
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Bryant..............  3  2  2  0 -  7
Saint Anselm........  1  5  2  2 - 10
 
PENALTIES - Bryant 5/4:00; Saint Anselm 7/5:00.

2007-04-21