Providence College Athletics

Saturday, February 18
Providence, R.I.
12:00 PM

Providence College

18
vs
11

Siena College

Pierce Gregory plays against Siena defender
Photo by: DSPics

Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Uses Dominant Fourth Quarter To Defeat Siena, 18-11

2/18/2023 3:31:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Michael Chabra, Ty Thureson and Jack Horrigan each recorded hat tricks.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Providence College men's lacrosse earned an 18-11 victory over Siena on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Friars used a 7-0 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter to earn the victory. Providence improved to 2-1 on the season, while Siena dropped to 1-1.
 
1st Quarter:
  • The Friars got out to a 2-0 lead through the first 4:22 of the game.
  • Ty Thureson tallied his first goal of the season at the 12:32 mark to open the scoring.
  • Dean Metzger followed with his first career-goal, at 10:58.
  • Siena tied the game with back-to-back goals (2-2).
  • Michael Chabra closed out the quarter with two goals in the last four minutes of play, at 3:47 and 1:31, respectively.
  • Siena led the Providence in shots (12-8), groundballs (10-9) and won 7-8 face-offs of the period.
  • Providence took a 4-3 lead into the break.
 
2nd Quarter:
  • The two teams traded goals for the first 10:40 of the quarter, before John Hoffman scored consecutive goals at 4:20 and 3:05 of the quarter and provided an 8-6 lead for Providence.
  • During the opening stretch, freshman Richie Joseph netted his first goal at the 10:53 mark, and Chabra followed to complete his second hat trick of the season at 9:55.
  • Siena closed scoring in the second quarter at the 2:10 mark, to cut Providence's lead to one going into halftime (8-7).
  • In the first half, Siena outshot Providence 23-16 and held a 19-16 edge in groundballs. The Saints won 13-17 face-offs in the first half.

3rd Quarter:
  • Ryan Bell opened the second half with a man-up goal, assisted by Joseph at the 13:54 mark to give Provience a 9-7 lead.
  • Jack Horrigan scored his first of the day at 11:51, with the assist from Will Ferraro (10-8).
  • Ty Thureson notched his second of the day with 7:18 left in the quarter off an assist from Ryan Bell (11-9).
  • The Friars could not mount more than a two-goal lead before Siena ended the quarter with two-straight goals to tie Providence, 11-11.
 
4th Quarter
  • Providence outscored Siena 7-0 in the fourth quarter to claim the 18-11 victory.
  • Jack Horrigan earned his third-straight hat trick with two goals in the fourth quarter. He scored at 10:33 off an assist from Chabra, and 8:37 with the assist from Patrick McAleavey, respectively.
  • Pierce Gregory scored his first goal as a Friar in between Horrigan's two goals at the 9:40 mark.
  • Bell continued the scoring run for Providence as he landed one on goal at the 7:41 mark.
  • Thureson earned his first career-hat trick just two minutes later off an assist from Ferraro, his second of the day.
  • McAleavey scored his first goal of the season as time wound down on the clock with just 2:18 left to play.
  • Freshman Tyler Flynn closed out scoring with 1:16 left in regulation with his first career tally.
  • Providence finished the quarter with 11 shots, 6 groundballs and won 4-7 face-off match-ups.
 
Notes:
  • Chabra, Horrigan and Thureson each recorded a hat trick in the victory.
  • Providence had seven additional players score goals during the game.
  • Scorers consisted of four newcomers: Metzger, Joseph, Gregory and Flynn.
  • Goalkeeper James Corasaniti finished the day with 17 saves and a .607 save percentage.

What's Next:
Providence will return to action on Tuesday, Feb. 21 as they travel cross-city to face Brown University in the second and final game of the Ocean State Cup.
 

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