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April 2, 2003
Hamilton, NY — The Colgate men’s lacrosse team dropped a 10-8 heartbreaker to Hobart on Wednesday evening under the lights on Tyler’s Field. With the loss, the Raiders fall to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the Patriot League while the Statesmen improve to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the conference.
Hobart got out to a quick start, scoring four unanswered goals before sophomore Jason Vasas (Fairport, N.Y.) converted a pass from junior Jeffrey Vander Meulen (Liverpool, N.Y.) with 2:58 left in the first period.
Back-to-back goals by Hobart’s Kris Shore to end the first and begin the second period gave the Statesmen a 6-1 lead.
The Raiders held Hobart scoreless for the remainder of the half while senior Nick Gerken (Wilton, Conn.) and senior Scott Herbst (Short Hills, N.J.) scored unassisted goals to cut the lead to 6-3.
Senior Peter Watts (Wayland, Mass.) scored the first goal of the third period at the 14:49 mark off a pass by sophomore Adam Hershman (Holden, Mass.) but Hobart answered back one minute later to keep the three goal lead. Vasas and Watts scored the final two goals of the third quarter to pull the Raiders within one, 7-6.
Hobart’s Mike Conklin scored 26 seconds into the final period to give the Statesmen an 8-6 advantage but Vander Meulen and Gerken both scored unassisted goals to bring the game to its first tie, 8-8 with 4:17 left to play.
Hobart’s Tim Booth won the ensuing face off and went the distance, scoring what would prove to be the game winner from point-blank range to give the Statesmen the 9-8 lead. Thirty seconds later, Chris Scanlon sealed the 10-8 victory for Hobart on an unassisted goal.
Colgate played an all-around solid game, out shooting Hobart 43-30 and holding the advantage in groundballs with 33 to the Statesmen’s 31. The Raiders also forced 36 Hobart turnovers while committing only 26. The Statesmen committed seven penalties for five minutes while Colgate was penalized four times for a total of three minutes.
Goaltending proved to be the difference as Hobart’s Mike Borsz made 16 saves while freshman goalie Andrew Jarolimek (Silverthorne, Colo.) tallied nine.
The Raiders are on the road this weekend as they travel to Worcester, Mass., to face Holy Cross at 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, April 5.
HC 10, CU 8
Hobart 5 1 1 3 – 10
Colgate 1 2 3 2 – 8
Hobart SCORING: GOALS: Tim Booth 3; Kris Shore 2; Mark Williamson 1; Mike Conklin 1; Chris Scanlon 1; Sean Kent 1; John Bogosian 1.
ASSISTS: Mark Williamson 2; Tim Booth 1; Mike Conklin 1; Nate Hill 1; Kris Shore 1.
Colgate SCORING: GOALS: GERKEN, Nick 2; VASAS, Jason 2; WATTS, Peter 2; VANDER MEULEN, Jeff 1; HERBST, Scott 1.
ASSISTS: DEVENS, Chris 1; HERSHMAN, Adam 1; VANDER MEULEN, Jeff 1.
Hobart GROUND BALLS: Nate Hill 5; Tim Booth 4; Brad Neuberth 4; Mike Borsz 3; Sean Kent 3; John Bogosian 2; Matt Murphy 2; Shawn Powers 2; Mark Williamson 2; Bryan Bome 1; Chet Braun 1; Mike Conklin 1; Andrew Narog 1.
Colgate GROUND BALLS: JAROLIMEK, Andrew 6; DIAMOND, Reid 4; GOODWIN, Andrew 4; WATTS, Peter 4; HERBST, Scott 2; HERSHMAN, Adam 2; HOUSTON, Andrew 2; TRASOLINI, Robert 2; VANDER MEULEN, Jeff 2; BERUBE, Greg 1; DUSSICH, Jeff 1; GERKEN, Nick 1; PICO, Jonathan 1; VASAS, Jason 1.
GOALIES – HOBART: Mike Borsz 5-3, 4-1 (59:57 minutes, 24 shots-16 saves, 8 GA); COLGATE: JAROLIMEK, Andrew 3-5, 1-1 (59:57, 19-9, 10).
SHOTS – HOBART 30; COLGATE 43.
SHOTS ON GOAL – HOBART 19; COLGATE 24.
PENALTIES – HOBART 7/5:00; COLGATE 4/3:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – HOBART 1-4; COLGATE 2-7.
TURNOVERS – HOBART 36; COLGATE 26.
FACEOFFS – HOBART 14-22; COLGATE 8-22.
CLEARS – HOBART 17-25; COLGATE 23-25.