Senior Jason Flanigan scored a goal in his final collegiate game
this afternoon.
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Flanigan and Boller collect points in final collegiate
game
Boxscore
RINDGE, N.H. (April 25,
2009) - Merrimack College, ranked fourth in this week's
USILA Division II poll, posted a 13-3 victory over Franklin Pierce
University in Northeast-10 Conference men's lacrosse action and the
regular season finale for both at Sodexo Field this afternoon.
Senior Greg Rogowski
(Cohoes, N.Y./CBA) led Merrimack to its fifth-straight win
with three goals, including his 50th of the season.
Juniors Bryan MacPhie (Scarborough,
Maine/Scarborough) and Sean Lavin (North Easton,
Mass./Kimball Union) and sophomore Kevin Laplante
(Sebattus, Maine/Oak Hills) each added two goals and an
assist for three points. Freshman Brad McAdam (Neshanic
Station, N.J./Immaculata) chipped in with a goal and two
assists.
Seniors Jason Flanigan
(Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) and Ryan Boller
(New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) each recorded points in
their final collegiate games for Franklin Pierce. Flanigan netted a
goal, his team-leading seven man-up marker of the year, assisted by
Boller 4:54 into the third quarter. Junior Spencer Murray
(Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) and sophomore
Jonathan Martinez (Waterbury Center, Vt./Rice
Memorial) also netted goals for the Ravens.
Sophomore Shea Campbell made 14 saves and collected a game-high 11
ground balls this afternoon.
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Junior Cory Spinale
(Wakefield, Mass./Governor Academy) earned the win in goal
for Merrimack with seven saves over the first 30 minutes before
giving way to classmate Matt Austin (Upperbrookville,
N.Y./St. Dominic) and sophomore Dave Roberto
(Burlington, Mass./Burlington) for the third and fourth
quarters, respectively. Sophomore Shea Campbell
(Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields) went the full 60-minutes
in goal for Franklin Pierce and finished with 14 stops, including
nine in the second half. Campbell also collected a game-high 11
ground balls and caused two turnovers.
Merrimack posted a 42-20 advantage
for shots in the game, but Franklin Pierce committed one less
turnover (39-38). The Warriors won 14-of-18 face offs in the game
and converted on 2-of-4 man-up situations, compared to 1-for-4 for
the Ravens with a man advantage.
Merrimack outscored Franklin Pierce
5-0 in the first quarter, netting the first six goals of the game
to take control. Rogowski scored three straight goals in a
five-minute span to put the Warriors up 4-0 with 8:42 left in the
opening quarter. McAdam assisted on two of Merrimack's first six
markers, including the sixth by freshman
Senior Ryan Boller dished an assist in his final collegiate
game.
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Gregory Fallon (North
Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown) with 6:52 remaining in
the first half.
Murray put Franklin Pierce on the
board with 4:52 left in the second quarter, but Merrimack closed
out the first half scoring with a MacPhie goal with 40-seconds
left. After Flanigan's goal pulled the Ravens back within five
goals (7-2) with 11:06 left in the third quarter, Merrimack iced
the win by scoring six of the last seven goals in the match.
Franklin Pierce concludes its 2009
season with a 1-11 record overall, including a 1-8 clip in the
Northeast-10. Merrimack (13-1, 8-1 NE-10) heads into the
Northeast-10 Tournament as the No. 2 seed, earning a first round
bye and will face the winner of Tuesday's opening round matchup
between third-seeded Bentley University and sixth-seeded Southern
New Hampshire University.
