Photo: Megan White

Saturday, April 7, Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team took a win 7-5 against Drew University. Sophomore Mike DiGenova assisted five of Etown’s goals, and sophomore Tom Mahoney made 11 goal saves.

The first goal was made quickly in the game by the Blue Jays.

Sophomore Kyle Pienik and DiGenova worked together to get it to first-year Brandon Sankey near the goal in the first seven seconds.

Sankey is now tied with Ryan McCafferty as the fastest to score a goal in a game. Drew tied the game a couple minutes later.

Etown brought its lead back with a goal from sophomore Scott Nizolak. Sankey picked up another assist.

At halftime, the Blue Jays were up 5-3 thanks to Junior Andrew Watts and sophomore Mike Scrafano scoring in the second quarter.

Scrafano’s goal early in the third quarter gave Etown their biggest lead of the game.

DiGenova finished the game scoring on the rebound of first-year Alec Leslie with only a few minutes left in the game.

The two teams played well; both attempted 16 shots on goal. Etown picked up one more ground ball and Drew committed one less turnover.

Sophomore Griffin Liebsch forced three turnovers. Mahoney, during the second half of the game, blocked six shots.

Saturday, the women’s lacrosse team also took on Drew. The team took a loss but walked off with personal achievements.

During the 19-16 Landmark Conference event, Senior Katie Thompson scored seven assist points and nine points overall, making her the team’s all-time assists leader.

Currently, she is only three points away from reaching 200 career points, a feat only achieved eight times before at Etown.

Senior Carly Thompson made seven points. Junior Madelyn Baker was also a big scorer in the game. K. Thompson also set up Baker’s goal early in the game for a tie of 1-1.

C. Thompson assisted goals by Baker and K. Thompson as the Blue Jays took a 3-1 lead.

C. Thompson scored a second goal in the first quarter, starting a series of six goals.

Goals were made by K. Thompson, Baker and first-years Emily Garvin and Lexie Sharp. The largest lead of the game was 9-2 with a few minutes until halftime.

After Drew scored seven more points in the first half, Etown players Sharp, Baker, C. Thompson, and first-year Kate Ziegler all came back to score more goals. However, the Blue Jays had a hard time keeping up as Drew’s athletes scored their four final goals.

During the game, the Blue Jays goalie junior Abby Kopytko made 11 saves. In total there were eight ground balls and five caused turnovers.

Some of the goals made by K. Thompson, C. Thompson and Baker were pivotal points in their overall careers. As the season winds down for the Thompson sisters they can look back and see all the hard work they put in to help their team in their four years here.

The women’s team will play next Saturday, April 14 on the road against the University of Scranton starting at 1 p.m.

The men’s team will play at Wolf Field, also against Scranton, starting at 2 p.m. This will be senior day for the men’s team.