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Date: March 8, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Men's lacrosse opens season with victory

BRUNSWICK, Maine --

The 20th-ranked Colby College men's lacrosse team got the season off to a good start with a 13-3 non-conference victory over Plymouth State College on Saturday at Bowdoin College.

Colby senior midfielder Trenholm Boggs (Potomac/Arlington, Va.) had four goals and one assist and first-year attacker Troy Lieberman (Andover/Andover, Mass.) also had four goals.

The Mules only led 1-0 after the first quarter, but had six goals in the second period to take control and had a 7-0 lead at intermission.

Junior attacker Joshua Cleaver (Unionville/Kennett Square, Pa.) added three goals and one assist, while sophomore midfielder Eric Seidel (Choate Rosemary/Durham, N.H.) had a goal and two assists. Barron Butler (Middlesex/Marblehead, Mass.) had a goal and an assist and first-year attacker Pete Lagos (Bow/Bow, N.H.) had two assists.

Colby had three goalies combine for 13 saves.

Colby 13, Plymouth State 3

PS 0-0-1-2----3

Colby 1-6-2-4----13

Goals-Assists: Plymouth State: Sam Harding 1-0, Kevin Finnerty 1-0, Jason Biedrzycki 1-0, Pat O'Malley 0-1. Colby: Trenholm Boggs 4-1, Troy Lieberman 4-0, Joshua Cleaver 3-1, Eric Seidel 1-2, Barron Butler 1-1, Pete Lagos 0-2.

Goalies: Plymouth State: Michael Rodrick 8 saves; Colby: Matthew LaPaglia 3 saves (first half), Jeff Miller 2 saves (3rd quarter), Hugh Murphy 8 saves (4th quarter).