Lycoming College Hands Men's Lacrosse Third Loss of the Year

WILLIAMSPORT, PA - Lycoming’s men’s lacrosse team (2-3) defeated Elmira College (1-3) by a score of 14-8 on Tuesday afternoon at Shangraw Athletic Complex. 

Lycoming’s Dan Cannon led all scorers with four goals, while Jim Cusick netted three goals and added two assists.

Lycoming jumped out to a 4-0 lead by 10:45 in the first period on quick goals by Andrew Stoner, Cannon, Jeff DeLong and Ed Williams. From that point, there was no looking back as Brad Schaeffer and Cusick scored before the opening quarter ended.

Cusick scored again 18 seconds into the second period before Elmira’s Dan Frost '10 (Bow, NH -- Bow) found the net at 13:24. Soaring Eagle Mike Szpiech '08 (Hamilton, ONT -- Albany Academy) and Mike Bialick '10 (Lebanon, NJ -- Westfield) scored before halftime, but Lyco’s Shea Conway also netted a goal to make the tally 8-3 at the break.

Cannon notched the Warriors’ only third quarter goal at 12:35, as Elmira cut into Lycoming’s lead with four-straight scores by Frost, Ian Morgan-Janes '10 (South Berwick, ME -- Marshwood), Szpiech and Bialick before the end of the third period.

With the Soaring Eagles within two, Lycoming reeled off three consecutive goals by Cusick, Cannon and Ricky DeNenno, the last coming with 10:01 remaining in the game to re-establish a comfortable difference.

Brandon Brennan '08 (Manassas, VA -- Osbourn Park) scored for Elmira before DeNenno took his second straight assist from Cusick to score at 3:23 and then Cannon scored unassisted with 2:36 remaining.

Men's Lacrosse returns to action this Saturday when they face No. 15 Nazareth College in their first Empire 8 conference game of the season at Corning East Memorial Stadium in Corning, NY.  Face-off is scheduled for 1 p.m.

Information for this press release provided by Lycoming College Sports Information Department