Exeter 8 NMH 4
Northfield, MA, Saturday, May 13th
- Fueled by a seven goal outburst after NMH took a brief 3-1 lead in the 1st
quarter, Exeter's BIG RED went on to an 8-4 victory. Despite heavy rains in
New England, the NMH field conditions were excellent and the Hoggers came
out ready to upset the bus weary Exonians. After a sluggish first half that
ended 4-3, Exeter started to play some real lacrosse.
Game ball co-winner Chris Silberman had his best game of the
season while scoring three goals and otherwise playing error free lacrosse.
His goal near the end of the half helped set the tone for a well played 3rd
quarter. Also making significant offensive contributions were Scott
MacKenzie (2g, 1 a), Chris Duffy (1g, 2 a), and
Michael Scalise (1g, 2 a). Meanwhile, the Exeter defense
led by Brett Hughes, Colin Murphy, and Andrew Farrissey
shut down the NMH offense completely for a stretch that lasted from 2:20 of
the 1st quarter to 1:15 left in the game. The other co-game
ball winner was goalie Yuri Larrabee who played the entire 2nd
half flawlessly. He made every save but one, and he cleared the ball beautifully
with sharp passing up the field. The lone goal against him near the end of
the game was a fast break situation that resulted in a dunk from the crease.
After going up 8-4 one minute into the 4th quarter, there was liberal substitution
with the reserves playing steady the last 11 minutes of the game. Exeter still
needs to solve the mystery of their very sluggish starts for every game, but
this was a nice win on the road after a long drive.
|
Team |
1st quarter |
2nd quarter |
3rd quarter |
4th quarter |
Game Total |
|
Exeter |
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
|
NMH |
3
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
Game Ball Winners -Chris Silberman , Yuri Larrabee
Game Scoring - Goals - Silberman (3), MacKenzie (2), Duffy, Scalise, Negroponte
Assists - Duffy (2), Scalise (2), MacKenzie, Katz
Faceoffs Won/Faceoffs Attempted - Farrissey 1/1, Eberhart 6/9, Rose 3/3
Saves/Shots on Goal - Shand 6/9, Larrabee 7/8