Flanigan nets a career-high six goals to lead the
Ravens in their conference opener
Boxscore
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Jason Flanigan netted a
career-high six goals on Saturday at American International.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (March
22, 2008) - Junior Jason Flanigan
(Shrewsbury, Mass./ Shrewsbury) became the second Raven to
score six goals in a game this season to lead the Franklin Pierce
University men's lacrosse team to a 13-6 victory over American
International College in the Ravens' Northeast-10 Conference opener
on Saturday afternoon at John Horner Miller Field.
Flanigan led all scorers with his
six goals, which surpassed his previous career high of four set
last season against Norwich University. Sophomore teammate
Lucas Hamory (Canton, Mass./ Canton) continued his
hot play, scoring a pair of goals and adding an assist for his
third consecutive multi-goal game. Freshman Jack Scanlan
(Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck North) also scored once and
recorded three assists for a four-point afternoon.
Freshman Aaron McNab (West
Springfield, Mass./West Springfield) was the lone Yellow Jackets
player to find the net more than once, as he scored three times and
had an assist for a team-high four points. Classmate Dan MacIsaac
(Port Perry, Ontario/Port Perry) also had a goal and an assist for
AIC.
Raven freshman Shea
Campbell (Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields) played well in
net to earn the first victory of his collegiate career, as he
stopped 17-of-23 shots in leading Franklin Pierce to the win.
Freshman Mark Taylor (North Andover, Mass./North Andover) made
eight saves for American International to take the loss.
Franklin Pierce came out strong to
begin the day, as four different players scored in the first 6:07
to put the Ravens out in front early, 4-0. Hamory began the scoring
1:54 into the contest with an unassisted tally. AIC scored twice to
halve the deficit at the end of one quarter, but the visitors put
another four-spot on the board in the second quarter, as four
different Ravens once again found the net. Hamory's second of the
day 6:17 into the period proved to be the game-winning score, while
a goal by junior Ryan Boller (New Canaan, Conn./New
Canaan) with 2:52 left in the second frame put the Ravens
up, 8-4, after two.
Flanigan nearly single-handedly put
the game away in the last 30 minutes of play, as he scored four of
the Ravens' last five goals to extend the lead. Two of those four
goals came while Franklin Pierce played a man-up, and on the
afternoon the junior notched three of his six tallies while his
team held the man advantage. Sophomore Devon Dupuis (Lynn,
Mass./Lynn Classical) also had a goal for the Ravens late
in the fourth quarter, his first goal of the season.
Franklin Pierce (2-2, 1-0 NE-10)
completes its season-opening five-game road trip on Wednesday
afternoon, as the Ravens travel to Colchester, Vt., for a
conference contest against Saint Michael's College at 3:30 p.m.
American International (1-2, 0-2 NE-10) will travel to Bryant
College for a 7 p.m. matchup on Wednesday night.
