Men’s Lacrosse Team’s Rally Falls Short

The Wells College men's lacrosse team got their first goal in the final minute of the first quarter and from that point on outscored host Elmira 7-4 the rest of the way. However, it was the first five goals the Express allowed prior to its own opening goal that proved costly in a 9-5 defeat to the Soaring Eagles on Wednesday, March 11.

Almost every statistic from the second quarter on favored Wells. Elmira might have won the groundball game at 59-53, but the Express held a 48-46 advantage through the last three quarters. Wells converted on three man-up attacks, while not allowing a goal while being a man-down.

Quiinten Battle led the Wells attack with three goals that included one man-up marker. Nathan Ramsey started the rally with a goal in the final seconds of the first quarter and finished the game with a pair of goals and one while at a man-up. Dalibor Hanes also had a man-up goal and Trevor Stein rounded out the scoring for the Express with one goal.

Assists came from Battle, Ramsey, Stein and Padraic Iannello. Miles Mungail recorded 18 saves in the Express net, while Joe Stoj finished with four caused turnovers and eight groundballs that was one shy from team groundball leader Jared Shearer.

The men's lacrosse team continues on the road with its next contest at Sage on March 19 with a 5 p.m. start.