Wednesday, April 3, 2002

TRINITY MEN'S LAXMEN LOSE 
AT EASTERN CONNECTICUT

Willimantic, Conn. - Junior attackman Marc DiGiovanni (Wilton, Conn.) had four goals and an assist to lead the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors to an 11-4 win over the visiting Trinity College Bantams in men’s lacrosse action this afternoon. Trinity drops to 1-5 overall with its second straight loss, while the Warriors, ranked No. 5 in New England, improve to 6-2 with its 27th consecutive home victory. The Bantams were the last team to beat Eastern Connecticut in Willimantic, 10-9, in overtime in 1999.

Trinity managed just one goal over the first 26 minutes of the game and had 14 total shots on goal for the game. Senior tri-captain Sean Rohan (South Hadley, Mass.) scored twice for Trinity and junior attackman Ravi Pillay (Church Falls, Va.) had 1 pair of assists. Bantam senior goalie Eric Wilson (West Hartford, Conn.) had 17 saves.

Teams

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Final

Trinity, Conn. (1-5)

1

1

2

0

4

Eastern Connecticut (6-2)

6

3

0

2

11

GOALS

TC- Sean Rohan 2, John Thach, David Huoppi
EC- Marc DiGiovanni 4, Kris McQuarrie 3, Pat Ammendolia, Eric Faraday, Mike Grabski, Brian Hebron.

ASSISTS

TC- Ravi Pillay 2, Erik Mazmanian
EC- Andy Stockfisch 2, Ryan Perkoski, Chris Strycharz, Gavin Donahue, Digiovanni, Hebron

GOALIE SAVES

TC- Eric Wilson 17
EC- Mark Hayes 4

SHOTS

TC- 14, EC- 42