Over spring break, the Elizabethtown College’s men’s lacrosse team competed against Messiah College, Christopher Newport University and the University of Lynchburg.
The Blue Jays walked away 1-2 between these three opponents.
Saturday, March 2, the Blue Jays took on Messiah and won 12-11 with a strong finish. Junior Mike Scrafano scored five goals, highest amount of goals for the team.
Senior Andrew Watts followed behind with three total goals for the Blue Jays. The first goal for the Blue Jays was made by Scrafano with 9:51 left in the first quarter. First-Year Benjamin O’Connor made the second goal with 5:35 left in the first quarter.
The Blue Jays put themselves in the lead in the second quarter with a goal made by sophomore Cameron Goodling. This was followed closely by Scrafano’s second goal and an unassisted shot by Watts, which was his fourth for the season.
Etown continued to lead in the third quarter but was overtaken by Messiah with 3:45 left in the quarter, leaving them up two points before Scrafano made another goal, putting Messiah at a one-point lead.
In the beginning of the fourth quarter, the score was tied with a goal made by the Blue Jays. Etown continued taking the lead with two more goals.
With 2:41 left in the game, Messiah won a faceoff, putting the game at 12-11 with the Blue Jays in the lead.
The Blue Jays were able to continue holding Messiah off for the last two minutes, giving them the win.
For his hard work in the game against Messiah, Scrafano earned Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week Honors.
Friday, March 8, the Blue Jays played against Christopher Newport and took a loss 10-6 that came from second half play. Scrafano was again the leading goal-maker for the team, making two for Etown.
Three of Etown’s six points were made in the first quarter. Two were made by Scrafano and the third was made by Goodling; it was his second in the season. Starting the second quarter, junior Alex Filbert made his first goal of the season, which was unassisted.
A few minutes later first-year Nick Cost also made an unassisted goal. The last goal for the Blue Jays wasn’t made until there was 12:10 left in the last quarter, when Watts scored.
Christopher Newport was able to hold onto all of the third quarter and held off Etown in the last minutes of the game.
Another second half win against the Blue Jays came from Lynchburg Sunday, March 10 with a score of 13-6. Junior Scott Nizolak and sophomore Cody Richter each made two points.
This game was similar to Christopher Newport’s. Almost all of the Blue Jays’ points came in the first quarter. The first point was made by Watts and finishing up the quarter, Richter made a goal with seven seconds left.
Nizolak started off the second quarter, which put Etown up two points with a score of 5-3. Lynchburg didn’t let that stop them and they overtook the third quarter, making six goals.
Nizolak made his second goal with 13:30 left in the fourth quarter, but the game was finished up by Lynchburg with two more goals.
The Blue Jays will play away at Stockton University Saturday, Mar. 16 starting at 1 p.m.
