Exeter 8  Moses Brown 5
Providence, RI, Saturday, April 22nd - Anytime you go on the road, play a good team with an undefeated record, and come away with a victory, it is a very good day. This is exactly what the Exeter lacrosse team did against a very motivated and competitive Moses Brown team as the Big Red came away with a hard fought 8-5 victory. The game was close the entire way as neither team was able to put together an offensive spurt to pull away from the other. In fact, there was never more than two consecutive goals from either team, and Exeter did not allow Mo Brown to even score two in a row. The Mo Brown goalie had an outstanding day, but so did Alec Shand and Yuri Larrabee for Exeter. Every ground ball was a battle, and the 17 total penalties (11 for Exeter) is an indicator of just how physical the game was played. Exeter fell behind on a fast break goal in the first quarter, but came back a few minutes later to tie the score before the first quarter ended. Exeter's first goal was to become the prototypical goal for the game. After a loose ball scramble, the always alert Michael Scalise looked up, found an open Scott MacKenzie behind his defender, and made a beautiful assist to Scott. This was to be the first of Michael's four assists as well as the first of Scott's four goals. While Exeter's MacKenzie, Duprey, and Silberman each scored in the 2nd quarter, Mo Brown was able to match each of those goals with one of their own. Two of their three scores came on man-down situations for Exeter as the BIG RED was called for FIVE 2nd period penalties. The third quarter was Exeter's quarter. Eric Eberhart emerged as a key player in Exeter controlling the ball and the flow of the game with his great faceoff work. The defense, led by game ball winner Colin Murphy, completely shut down the Mo Brown offense for the entire quarter. Colin not only played great individual defense on his attackman, but he also played great team defense, and was superb at scooping ground balls and helping to clear the ball. Colin and his fellow defenders would limit Mo Brown to just one second half goal despite being man-down SIX times during the 2nd half. Meanwhile, Bruce Hallett and Scott MacKenzie scored goals off of Michael Scalise assists in the 3rd quarter, and another MacKenzie from Scalise goal in the 4th quarter gave Exeter a 2-goal cushion. A final goal by Sam Duprey on a Stephen Moulton assist came during the final minute when Mo Brown was scrambling and doubling to try and gain possession.

Team	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	Game Total
Exeter	1	3	2	2	8
Moses Brown	1	3	0	1	5

Game Ball Winners - Colin Murphy

Game Scoring - Goals - MacKenzie(4), Duprey(2), Silberman, Hallett

                           Assists - Scalise(4), Moulton(2), Clayton

Faceoffs Attempted/Faceoffs Won - Farrissey 1/3, Rose 0/4, Eberhart 7/7

Saves/Shots on Goal - Shand 6/10, Larrabee 3/4