Trinity Men's Lacrosse Defeats Western Connecticut

Box Score

Hartford, Conn. (Mar. 12) – Sophomore attackman Harper Cullen (Rehoboth Beach, Del.) had four goals and senior midfielder Jeremy Ulan (Scarsdale, N.Y.) tallied three goals to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 13-6 victory over the Western Connecticut State University Colonials in the men’s lacrosse home opener this afternoon at Jessee/Miller Field. Trinity improves their record to 2-0 overall, while the Colonials fall to 3-1.

Trinity shut out the Colonials in the first quarter and scored five goals to take the early lead. Junior goalkeeper Alex Palma (Chappaqua, N.Y.) had 11 saves and held the Colonials to 5 goals in nearly four quarters of play. Junior goalkeeper Graham Fadden (New Canaan, Conn.) saw some minutes towards the end of the game tallying a save and allowing one goal. All six of the Colonials goals came from different players but were not enough to keep up with the Bantams. Trinity will look for its third straight win to start the season against Bates at home on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)

Western Connecticut (3-1) vs. Trinity (Conn.) (2-0)

SCORE BY PERIOD .....1 2 3 4 - Tot
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Western Connecticut. 0 2 1 3 - 6
Trinity (Conn.)..... 5 2 4 2 - 13

Western Connecticut SCORING:
GOALS: A. J. Barbieri 1; George Tsirigotis 1; Joseph Aitken 1; Mike Barnao 1; Mat Castelot 1; Kirk Zachary 1.
ASSISTS: A. J. Barbieri 2.

Trinity (Conn.) SCORING:
GOALS: Harper Cullen 4; Jeremy Ulan 3; Sean Delaney 2; Kris Tedeschi 1; Art Schweitzer 1; Andrew Williamson 1; Raymond Mooney 1.
ASSISTS: Kris Tedeschi 2; Owen Cahill 1; Adam Cox 1; Sean Delaney 1; Alex Palma 1; Art Schweitzer 1; Zachary Trudeau 1; Andrew Williamson 1.

Western Connecticut GROUND BALLS: Tom Nahornick 3; Mat Castelot 2; Nick Spirito 2; Terry Stroz 2; Tom Begley 1; Ken Maguire 1; James Rosenbauer 1; Dennis Skarda 1; George Tsirigotis 1; Kirk Zachary 1.

Trinity (Conn.) GROUND BALLS: Connor Wells 5; Adam Cox 3; Kris Tedeschi 3; Harper Cullen 2; Jeremy Ulan 2; Greg Brennan 1; Sean Delaney 1; John DiBianco 1; Brad Hunnewell 1; Jim Martin 1; Raymond Mooney 1; Rob Mountain 1; Colin Murphy 1; Art Schweitzer 1; Bennett Standiford 1; Andrew Williamson 1.

SHOTS - Western Connecticut 27; Trinity (Conn.) 41.

PENALTIES - Western Connecticut 3/2:30; Trinity (Conn.) 5/4:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Western Connecticut 1-5; Trinity (Conn.) 1-3.

FACEOFFS - Western Connecticut 8-23; Trinity (Conn.) 15-23.

CLEARS - Western Connecticut 14-20; Trinity (Conn.) 20-23.

GOALIES - WCML2008: Kyle Wood 3-1 (60:00 minutes, 26 shots-13 saves, 13 GA); TCML2008: Graham Fadden (04:03, 2-1, 1) , Alex Palma 2-0 (55:57, 16-11, 5).

Start time: 4 pm Finish time: 6:10 pm Length of game: 2:10

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