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Providence College Athletics
Saturday, February 28
Providence, R.I.
1:00 PM
Providence College
6
vs
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Hobart
Men's Lacrosse Drops Home Opener To Hobart, 8-6
2/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
Feb. 28, 2009
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College men's lacrosse team (0-2) lost its home opener to Hobart College (3-0) on Saturday, February 28 at the Friar Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex in Providence, R.I. Junior attack Colin Tigh (Garden City, N.Y.) led the Friars with two goals and an assist and picked up four ground balls.
After a 13 minute defensive struggle to open the contest, Hobart midfielder Mike Suits found the back of the net off a pass by attack Kevin Curtin to give the Statesmen a 1-0 lead. Two minutes later, senior Jeff Colburn posted another goal for the Statesmen and gave the squad a 2-0 advantage with 34 seconds left in the quarter.
The Friars quickly answered with a heads-up play by Tigh. The 5-7 attack found a wide-open Chris Donato (Laytonsville, Md.) in front of the net and Donato used a quick shot fake to beat Hobart goaltender Matt Silberlicht for his first career score. The goal moved the Friars within one with 0:19 remaining in the opening quarter.
Junior midfield Jackson Fallon (Arlington, Mass.) rifled a shot past Silberlicht tied the score, 2-2, halfway through the second quarter. Hobart midfielder Tyler Cassell responded with two goals in the last five minutes of the half to give the Statesmen a 4-2 advantage at intermission.
Hobart outshot the Friars 15-to-7 in the first half and was 1-for-1 on man-up opportunities. Providence owned a 14-to-13 advantage in ground balls in the stanza.
Cassell continued his hot shooting early in the second half, posting two more goals to move the Hobart lead to 6-2 with 6:15 to play in the third quarter. The Statesmen were unable to extend their lead any further, as Tigh found the back of the net off a good feed from senior Bobby Labadini (Westford, Mass.) to pull the Friars within three (6-3) with 2:22 to go in the third.
Senior goaltender Robert Bryan (Apex, N.C.) was stellar in the third quarter for the Friars, recording eight of his 10 saves in the quarter.
Tigh added another score 1:15 into fourth quarter, moving Providence within two at 6-4 with 10:45 to go. After a Colburn score put Hobart back up three goals, Fallon posted his second goal of the game for the Friars and the Hobart lead was back to two at 7-5 with 4:36 left.
A Hobart score with 3:52 remaining moved Hobart up 8-5 and a late goal by Providence sophomore Mike Feldberg (Voorhees, N.J.) gave the Friars their sixth and final goal of the game.
Freshman midfielder Jake Nolan (Westport, Conn.) posted the first two assists of his career for Providence. Cassell led Hobart with four goals and Colburn added four points on two goals and two assists for the Statesmen.
After Providence won five of the game's first eight faceoffs, Hobart took control in the second half to win the battle at the "X" with 10 victories in 18 opportunities.
Next up, Providence is back on the road for a 7:00 p.m. contest on Thursday, March 5 against Yale at Reese Stadium in New Haven, Conn.
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