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Date: April 26, 2003
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Wesleyan men's lacrosse beats Colby in overtime

WATERVILLE, Maine --

Glen Adams (Norwalk/Norwalk, Conn.) had two goals, two assists and had the game-winning goal in overtime to lift Wesleyan University to an 11-10 victory over Colby College in New England Small College Athletic Conference men's lacrosse Saturday.

Wesleyan clinched a home NESCAC Tournament game with the victory and improved to 10-4 overall and 6-3 in the league. Colby ended the season at 4-8 overall and 1-8 in the conference.

Colby forced overtime when Joshua Cleaver (Unionville/Kennett Square, Pa.) scored of an assist from Ryan Tyler (Holderness/Wolfeboro, N.H.) with just one second left in regulation.

Sam Fleischner (Tabor Academy/Providence, R.I.) added three goals and Jordan Funt (Ward Melville/Setauket, N.Y.) had two goals and one assist for the Cardinals.

Cleaver, Matt Roland (Somers/Somers, Conn.), Conor Cooper (Phillips Academy/Reading, Mass.), Trenholm Boggs (Potomac/Arlington, Va.) and Ben Winston (East/Golden, Colo.) all had two goals for Colby.

Wesleyan 11, Colby 10, OT

Wesleyan 2-3-2-3-1----11

Colby 4-2-2-2-0----10

Goals-Assists: Wesleyan: Glen Adams 2-2, Sam Fleischner 3-0, Jordan Funt 2-1, Ian Applegate 2-0, Chris Walsh 1-1, Chris Knacke 0-2, Sandy Cole 1-0. Colby: Ben Winston 2-0, Matt Roland 2-0, Trenholm Boggs 2-0, Joshua Cleaver 2-0, Conor Cooper 2-0, Sam Burke 0-1, Barron Butler 0-1, Eric Seidel 0-1, Ryan Tyler 0-1.

Goalies: Wesleyan: Matt Wheeler (10 saves), Colby: Matthew LaPaglia (20 saves).