PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College men's lacrosse team dropped a, 7-6, overtime decision to Fairfield in the 2008 season opener on February 23 at the Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in Providence, R.I.

After holding a 4-3 advantage at halftime, the Friars gave up two, unanswered goals in the third quarter and trailed 5-4 going into the fourth quarter.

Senior Devin McBride (Marblehead, Mass.) tied the game, 5-5, at the 13:28 mark on an unassisted tally. It marked his second goal of the afternoon. The Friars then took a 6-5 lead as senior Colin Reposa (East Falmouth, Mass.) netted his first goal of the year with 7:14 remaining in the game. Reposa's goal was assisted by sophomore Colin Tigh (Garden City, N.Y.).

Providence maintained the one-goal lead until Fairfield's Dan Boudreau notched the equalizer with 51 seconds remaining in regulation. Boudreau's goal was assisted by Brian Stanton, and set up the Stag's game-winner in overtime by Doug Kuring with 2:02 left in the four-minute extra session.

Junior goalkeeper Robert Bryan (Apex, N.C.) played all 61:58 minutes between the pipes and registered 10 saves. Joe Marra took the win in 59:14 minutes of action on five saves. Fairfield held the advantage in shots (37-19) and groundballs (38-27). Neither team was able to capitalize during extra-man opportunities. Fairfield was 0-4 with a man-advantage, while Providence was 0-3.

Providence (0-1) returns to action on Tuesday, February 26 against Air Force. The game will be played in Colorado Springs, Colo. and is scheduled to face-off at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

Score by Period       1  2  3  4 OT  Tot
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Fairfield...........  1  2  2  1  1 -  7
Providence..........  1  3  0  2  0 -  6
 
Attendance: 231
 
Fairfield SCORING:
GOALS: Brendan Finnerty 2; Travis Nelson 2; Doug Kuring 1;
       Ryan Mulford 1; Dan Boudreau 1.
ASSISTS: Doug Kuring 2; Brian Stanton 1.
 
Providence SCORING:
GOALS: McBRIDE, Devin 2; LABADINI, Bobby 1; PYNCHON, Henry 1;
       LAMONTAGNE, Robert 1; REPOSA, Colin 1.
ASSISTS: LABADINI, Bobby 1; TIGH, Colin 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4 OT  Tot
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Fairfield...........  7 12 13  4  1 - 37
Providence..........  3  7  4  5  0 - 19
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4 OT  Tot
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Fairfield........... 12  9 10  6  1 - 38
Providence..........  7 10  9  1  0 - 27
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     OT    Total
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Fairfield...........  2-3   4-6   2-3   1-3   0-0  -  9-15
Providence..........  1-3   2-6   1-3   2-3   0-0  -  6-15
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     OT    Total
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Fairfield...........  5-5   4-5   4-4   3-4   0-0  - 16-18
Providence..........  4-6   4-8   3-6   3-4   0-0  - 14-24
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     OT    Total
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Fairfield...........  0-1   0-0   0-2   0-1   0-0  -  0-4
Providence..........  0-0   0-1   0-1   0-1   0-0  -  0-3
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4 OT  Tot
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Fairfield...........  1  3  1  0  0 -  5
Providence..........  4  1  4  1  0 - 10
 
PENALTIES - Fairfield 4/2:30; Providence 4/3:00.
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
    Prd  Time Team  Type Goal Scorer          Assists            H-V
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1.  1st 10:54 FAIR  EVEN Travis Nelson....... Doug Kuring......  0-1
2.       2:32 PC    EVEN LABADINI, Bobby..... Unassisted.......  1-1
3.  2nd 14:36 FAIR  EVEN Brendan Finnerty.... Unassisted.......  1-2
4.      13:42 FAIR  EVEN Ryan Mulford........ Unassisted.......  1-3
5.       7:04 PC    EVEN PYNCHON, Henry...... Unassisted.......  2-3
6.       5:12 PC    EVEN McBRIDE, Devin...... LABADINI, Bobby..  3-3
7.       0:24 PC    EVEN LAMONTAGNE, Robert.. Unassisted.......  4-3
8.  3rd  3:49 FAIR  EVEN Travis Nelson....... Doug Kuring......  4-4
9.       3:19 FAIR  EVEN Brendan Finnerty.... Unassisted.......  4-5
10. 4th 13:28 PC    EVEN McBRIDE, Devin...... Unassisted.......  5-5
11.      7:14 PC    EVEN REPOSA, Colin....... TIGH, Colin......  6-5
12.      0:51 FAIR  EVEN Dan Boudreau........ Brian Stanton....  6-6
13. OT   2:02 FAIR  EVEN Doug Kuring......... Unassisted.......  6-7

2008-02-23