Lehigh University
No. 2 Navy
No. 2 Navy too much for Mountain Hawks
4/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Navy came out of the gates and jumped all over the Mountain Hawks, racing out to an eight goal advantage in the first 13 minutes of play, led by Joe Bossi’s hat trick. Lehigh finally got on the board at the
The second quarter started a little differently than the first, as Marino and Andrew Mastromonaco bought scored in a matter of three minutes and the Navy lead was down to five at 8-3. Marino’s goal came off of an assist from Hoof, and Marino then turned around and assisted on Mastromonaco’s score at the
Marino scored goal number two on the day at the 10:31 mark of the third quarter off of an assist from sophomore Connor McCarthy and Lehigh had some momentum early in the half as it trailed 10-4 at that point. But that momentum was short lived as the Midshipmen reeled off five consecutive scores to surge in front 15-4 and put the game in hand. Bossi scored once again during the decisive run, and Ian Dingman added goal number 26 on the season as well.
Houk scored a goal at the
Moran notched two assists on the day for Lehigh, while Hoof totaled three points, with two goals and one assist. Tom Weiss won seven faceoffs for Lehigh and goalie Tom Ellis scooped up a team high five groundballs and also made 12 saves for the game. The Mountain Hawks were out shot by the Midshipmen 48-22 and Navy amassed an astounding total of 62 groundballs, compared to Lehigh’s 27.
Lehigh returns to action on Tuesday when the Mountain Hawks travel to
