Box Score
The Albright College men's lacrosse team used lethal outside shooting to beat visiting Immaculata, 20-9 on Thursday night in Shirk Stadium.
Sophomore
Ryan Turner had four goals and two assists, while classmate Phil Potter added three goals and two assists. Also adding a hat trick was
T.J. Holston, while
Darian Meador,
Matthew Lomady and
Nicholas Pisko scored twice each.
The Lions scored 16 times before halftime to take a 16-3 lead into the break. Turner opened the scoring 73 seconds in, after winning a ground ball in the offensive zone on a man advantage.
Holston made a nice move from behind the net to make it 2-1, and Lomady found Turner for a 3-1 lead.
The Lions brought their long-range shooting skills late in the first quarter. Holston was back on the field after serving a penalty and ripped a lefty shot from deep for a 5-1 lead. Meador won the ensuing faceoff and scored from far out for a 6-1 scoreline.
Turner hit the crossbar, but the Red and White kept firing, with Lomady hitting a nice rising shot for a 7-2 lead.
Albright goalie
Andrew Torak got into the action, stopping Immaculata 3 with just 10 seconds left in the first quarter.
Bhelly Bagbonon scored for Immaculata early in the second half to cut the lead to 7-3. With 11:50 left in the second quarter, Turner hit the crossbar, the third pipe for the Lions already in the contest.
Potter soon finished from behind the goal for a 10-3 lead. Just 65 seconds later it was 12-3, after some nice team passing by Albright led to
Dan Foote's goal off Potter's assist.
Pisko pushed the gap to double digits with 5:34 left in the second quarter, off a pass from
Johnny Moore. Turner then brought it in all alone for a 14-3 Lion advantage.
Meador scored right off the faceoff, seven seconds into the third quarter. Freshman
Mike Maxwell then snuck one inside the post from deep right for an 18-3 lead.
Meador won 16-of-18 faceoffs (88.9%) and picked up 14 ground balls, both of which are school records. He held both single game marks from last season.
The Lions are 2-1 on the season and face Medaille next week, during spring break.
