Exeter 15  Andover 10
Andover, MA - Exeter defeated Andover for the 4th year in a row by the convincing score of 15-10 and notched the team's school record 16th victory of the season. Led by game ball winner Gavin Nurick (2 goals, 2 assists), offensive stars Casey D'Annolfo (5 goals, 3 assists) and Peter Monroe (4 goals, 1 assist), and defensive standouts Seth Coburn and goalie Jeff Miller (14 saves), the Big Red dominated the Blue after a slow first quarter. Once the jitters were over after the 1st quarter, Exeter reeled off 5 unanswered goals to take a commanding 7-2 halftime lead. Andover made an attempt at a comeback in the 3rd quarter when they narrowed the lead to 8-5. After trading goals to start the 4th, Exeter scored 6 unanswered goals in a span of 4 minutes to make it a 15-7 contest with 5 minutes remaining in the game. Liberal substitutions ensued, and Andover scored 3 meanigless goals in the last few minutes to make it a 15-10 final. Seth Coburn manhandled Andover's star attackman most of the game and held him without a goal or an assist. Not until Seth was subbed out in the 4th quarter did Andover's star score his first goal. Peter Monroe picked up where he left off last year when he won the Andover game ball. His two 1st quarter goals amounted to the only Exeter offensive production of the quarter, and he was all over the field gobbling up ground balls. Gavin Nurick was key to settling the offense down as he took his short stick defender behind the goal and directed traffic. He also helped kill Andover's attempts at zone defense with his effective cuts that led to his 2 goals. Casey owed Andover a little something from the football loss in the Fall, and he sure came through big time. His 5 goal, 3 point effort is among the most productive offensive performances in the long history of this great rivalry. While Andover concentrated their defensive efforts on stopping Exeter's offensive leader Alan Eberstein, they witnessed Exeter's ability to score from his teammates. Despite their concentrated efforts to shut down Alan, he managed to still score 2 goals and assist twice to finish up the 2nd most productive offensive season in Exeter history. Alan's 67 goals and 34 assists make him only the 2nd player to ever break the 100 point barrier, and places him 4th on Exeter's all-time scoring list. He had an incredible year. Meanwhile, Jeff Miller effectively shut down the Blue whenever they penetrated the defense of Coburn, Ben Gage, Matt Perdoni, Tom Rubel, and long pole . It was a great win, and it marks the first time since 1956 that Exeter has won four straight games against Andover. Four year players Ryan Voccola and Peter Monroe along with all the other seniors finish their careers having never lost a lacrosse game to Andover. Congratulations. See Game Pics   See Rookie Haircut Pics
Exeter Alumni defeat the Andover alumni 11-5 prior to the varsity contest

Team	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Game Total
Exeter	2	5	1	7	15
Andover	2	0	3	5	10

Game Ball Winner - Gavin Nurick

Game Scoring - Goals - D'Annolfo (5), Monroe (4), Eberstein (2), Nurick (2), Jones, Petty

                           Assists - Eberstein (2), D'Annolfo (3), Nurick (2), Monroe

Saves/Shots on Goal - Miller 14/24, Prudden 1/1