Photo: Megan White
The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team won against the University of Scranton Royals with a score of 12-6. The Royals had three more shots than the Blue Jays along with four more faceoffs won.
Etown and Scranton tied when it came to turnovers and came close to tying when it came to ground balls and extra-man opportunities. It was an overall great game and a true team effort.
Some stand out players include sophomore Mike Scrafano along with junior Ben Hiltebeitel, who each had three goals against the Royals.
Another stand out player in the game was the Blue Jays’ goalie, sophomore Tom Mahoney, who had 13 total saves throughout the game.
The defense also held up well, especially against Scranton sophomore Connor Kirkwood, who is the second leading scorer in the Landmark Conference.
To prepare for this, the team “identified what we thought they were going to try to do against our defense and identified ways to defend it,” senior Kyle Coats said.
This added to their success and made it a point to pay attention to details within the defense to hold the opponents.
The men’s team also went up against Colorado College Friday, April 20 in their last home game.
The Blue Jays ultimately fell a point short of the win with 57 seconds left in overtime.
Scrafano had two goals in this game as well, followed by sophomore Mike DiGenova, junior Austin Dews, first-year Cameron Goodling and senior Christian Neelon, who each had one goal against the Tigers.
The women’s lacrosse team faced Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, April 18, but fell 11-18 by the end of the match.
Moravian took about ten more shots and draw controls than the Blue Jays, but Etown held about even when it came to ground balls and turnovers.
Junior Madelyn Baker had six goals this game for the second time this season, along with one assist, taking her over the fifty goal mark.
To prepare for the match, the team “practice[d] some of the offenses and defenses they run so we knew how to play certain situations,” Baker said.
In addition to Baker’s success, first-year Kate Ziegler earned a hat trick and senior Carly Thompson had one goal.
The Blue Jays also faced Juniata College Saturday, April 21 and found success.
They took the win with a score of 16-1 and many players had personal accomplishments along the way.
Ziegler and Baker both totaled five goals.
First-year Lexie Sharp scored a pair of goals, sophomore Mirthe Berends had one goal and Thompson had one goal on a free-position attempt.
Thompson also had six assists, putting her just three behind of the single season school record for Etown’s women’s lacrosse.
While the Blue Jays outplayed Juniata, they are still dependent on Drew University losing to Susquehanna University and having success against Catholic University themselves to qualify for playoffs.
