Salem, Va. -- The Roanoke men's lacrosse team got a big win against Dickinson, 14-8, at Donald J. Kerr Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The win propelled the Maroons to 3-2 on the season, while the Red Devils dropped their first game of the season (4-1).

The Maroons, who are ranked #12 in the country, won the ground ball battle 44-35 and out-shot Dickinson 32-27. The Red Devils won 16-of-24 face-offs on the afternoon. The Maroons are now 3-1 all-time against the Red Devils and avenged an overtime loss, 11-10, last season.

Down 4-5 late in the second period, the Maroons scored nine of the next 11 goals to pull away late to win their third game of the season.

Roanoke was led by Chas Carlson, who had two goals and four assists. He moved into a three-way tie for 21st on the all-time scoring list. He also tied fellow teammate Zach Thomas with 70 career assists which is 10th all-time.

Ashton Hotchkiss finished with three goals and two assists to pace the Maroons. Pat March, Matt Quinton and Billy Cameron added two goals for Roanoke. Cameron led the Maroons with seven groundballs on the afternoon.

Jake Dorsey had 13 saves and six groundballs for Roanoke while Russell Matthews finished with five for Dickinson.

The Maroons are back at home on Tuesday, March 18, when they host #10 Tufts University. The series is tied at 1-1, with Tufts taking a 13-12 decision last season. Game time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Dickinson...........  2  3  1  2 -  8
RCMLAX08............  3  2  5  4 - 14
 
Attendance: 450
 
Dickinson SCORING:
GOALS: Kevin Murray 3; Derek Still 2; Charlie Gorman 2; Casey Finkelstein 1.
ASSISTS: Chris Dodson 2; Charlie Gorman 1; John Haire 1; Jeff Hartman 1;
         Kevin Murray 1; Derek Still 1.
 
RCMLAX08 SCORING:
GOALS: Ashton Hotchkiss 3; Chas Carlson 2; Pat March 2; Matt Quinton 2;
       Billy Cameron 2; Steve Furdock 1; Stephen Simmons 1; Jay Troja 1.
ASSISTS: Chas Carlson 4; Ashton Hotchkiss 2; Drew Bowers 1; Tim Hammernick 1;
         Justin Tuma 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Dickinson...........  9  8  8  7 - 32
RCMLAX08............  6  5  9  7 - 27
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Dickinson...........  9  9  6 11 - 35
RCMLAX08............  9 13 10 12 - 44
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Dickinson...........  5-6   2-5   3-6   6-7  - 16-24
RCMLAX08............  1-6   3-5   3-6   1-7  -  8-24
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Dickinson...........  3-3   2-3   2-2   1-1  -  8-9
RCMLAX08............  1-1   2-2   1-1   2-2  -  6-6
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Dickinson...........  1-0   0-1   0-1   0-0  -  1-2
RCMLAX08............  0-0   0-1   0-0   1-2  -  1-3
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Dickinson...........  1  1  1  2 -  5
RCMLAX08............  5  1  5  2 - 13
 
PENALTIES - Dickinson 3/2:00; RCMLAX08 2/2:00.

2008-03-15