St. Mary's Men's Lacrosse Doubled Up by Elizabethtown, 10-5

St. Mary's (Md.)

Elizabethtown

Final	1	2	3	4	T
St. Mary's (Md.) (1-2)	2	1	1	1	5
Elizabethtown (2-0)	4	2	1	3	10

Cristian Quiroa '20 - Photo Credit: Bill Wood

Game Leaders

Elizabethtown

G: Scott Nizolak - 4

A: Mike DiGenova - 2

Sv: Jack Myers - 12

GB: 2 Players (#8, #25) - 5

St. Mary's (Md.)

G: Ben Claffee - 2

A: 4 Players (#3, #12, #25, #99) - 1

Sv: Ross Snodderly - 9

GB: Cristian Quiroa - 5

Team Stats

St. Mary's (Md.)

Elizabethtown

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

17-20

Turnovers

Face Offs Won

Man Up

1-6

0-2

full stats

Posted: Feb 24, 2018

For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu

Elizabethtown, Pa. – The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team dropped a 10-5 non-conference decision to Elizabethtown College on Saturday afternoon despite a pair of career performances on defense by senior captain Conner Campbell (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) and sophomore defenseman Cristian Quiroa (Simi Valley, Calif./Thousand Oaks).

The Basics

Records: St. Mary's (1-2), Elizabethtown (2-0)
Location: Elizabethtown, Pa. – Wolf Field

How It Happened

After St. Mary's drew first blood with a man-up goal by junior midfielder Ray LaPlaca (Owings, Md./Calverton) at 12:12, the Blue Jays rattled off three straight to lead 3-1 at 3:20. First-year attackman Ben Claffee (Forest Hill, Md./Fallston) cut the deficit to one over a minute later but E-town got it back with under a minute left in the first quarter.
A pair of Blue Jay goals in the second period sandwiched junior midfielder Marshall Rhodes' (Potomac, Md./Churchill) third tally of the season and gave E-town a 6-3 advantage at halftime.
Each team had a goal in the third stanza, including Claffee's team-best second score of the day at 9:34.
The Blue Jays opened up the final quarter of play with three in a row for a six-goal cushion with less than eight minutes to go.

Inside the Box Score

Claffee paced the Seahawks with season-bests of two goals and three points while junior midfielder Michael Bucci (Davidsonville, Md./Severn) put up season-bests of seven face-off wins and four ground balls.
Campbell forced a career- and game-best seven Blue Jay turnovers with four ground balls while Quiroa grabbed career-highs of five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
In goal, junior goalkeeper Ross Snodderly (Reisterstown, Md./Franklin) picked up nine saves, including eight in the first quarter.
Scott Nizolak, who tallied a first-half hat trick, finished with four goals while Mike DiGenova chipped in two and two. Jack Myers collected a dozen stops, including seven over the final 15 minutes of play.