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Men's Lacrosse SJU Athletic Communications

HAWKS LET ONE SLIP AWAY AT PROVIDENCE

PHILADELPHIA (4/8/01) - The St. Joseph's men's lacrosse team seemed to have finally righted itself. After starting off the season with six straight losses, the Hawks had posted back-to-back wins and headed to Providence with momentum. But after playing solid through three quarters, momentum shifted to the Friars, winners of three straight heading into the contest, and PC scored the final three goals of the came to pull out a stunning 8-7 comeback win. Junior Bert Whitelock led SJU with two goals and two assists. Fellow junior Ed Walsh added two goals for the Hawks while Kevin Callahan, Tony Broderick and Rob McCracken each tallied once. Randy McNeill added two assists for SJU. Sophomore Skip Dunphy led the Friars, who remain unbeaten at home (5-0 )with six points on two goals and four assists. Kyle Ojakian tallied two goals and added two assists, followed by Jim Dooley with two goals and one assist, and Chris Houston with two goals. After a 1-1 first quarter, the Hawks tallied twice in the second to take a 3-1 lead into the lockerroom at intermission on goals by Broderick and Callaghan in the second. Both teams managed to score four goals in the third quarter, with SJU holding a 7-5 lead at the end of the quarter. In the fourth and final quarter, the Friars scored three unanswered goals to pull out the win. . Dunphy led off the quarter with a goal assisted by Dooley with 8:59 remaining in the game, to cut the deficit to one (7-6). Houston then notched his second goal of the game 58 seconds later, on an assist from Dunphy. Providence won the game with 5:13 remaining in the fourth, when Dooley connected on a pass from Ojakian. John Farley made 15 saves in goal for the Friars (5-5, 3-2 in MAAC play) while Nick Leopard made four saves in goal for the Hawks, who fall to 2-7 overall and 2-3 in the MAAC. SJU will play its final regular season home game this Wednesday night when they host Manhattan at 8:00 PM.
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