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Date: April 17, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby men's lacrosse rips Southern Maine, 17-7

WATERVILLE, Maine --

The Colby College men's lacrosse team scored nine goals in the second quarter on the way to a 17-7 victory over University of Southern Maine in a non-conference game Thursday.

Barron Butler (Middlesex/Marblehead, Mass.) had one goal and seven assists for the Mules (3-6). Joshua Cleaver (Unionville/Kennett Square, Pa.) and Ryan Glennon (Phillips Exeter/Exeter, N.H.) both had three goals and one assist.

Southern Maine (2-5) took a 2-1 lead after the first quarter and held the Mules without a goal for the first 14:05 of the period.

Colby, though, scored four goals in the first seven minutes of the second quarter on the way to piling up nine scores in the period.

Andrew O'Connell-Shevenell (Northfield, Portland, Maine) added three goals for Colby. Pete Lagos (Bow/Bow, N.H.) chipped in with a goal and two assists, while Conor Cooper (Phillips Academy-Andover/Reading, Mass.) had two goals.

Jonathan Gagne (Berwick Academy/Eliot, Maine) paced the Huskies with three goals and two assists. Matt Butler (Barnstable/Barnstable, Mass.) had two goals.

Colby will play at Connecticut College at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Colby 17, Southern Maine 7

USM 2-1-1-3----7

Colby 1-9-2-5----17

Goals-Assists: USM: Jonathan Gagne 3-2, Matt Butler 2-0, Dan Soule 1-0, Paul Dubiel 1-0, Jeff Donovan 0-1, Tobey Farrington 0-1. Colby: Barron Butler 1-7, Joshua Cleaver 3-1, Ryan Glennon 3-1, Andrew O'Connell-Shevenell 3-0, Pete Lagos 1-2, Conor Cooper 2-0, Matt Roland 1-1, Trenholm Boggs 1-0, Eric Seidel 1-0, Sam Burke 1-0.

Goalies: Frank Leclair, USM (7 saves, 30 minutes) and Mark Morissette (10 saves, 30 minutes). Jeff Miller, Colby (1 save, 60 minutes).