Box score
SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Catawba College men's
lacrosse team outscored Lees-McRae College by an 18-2 margin
through the first two periods of play en route to a 29-5 victory on
Saturday afternoon in the 2012 season-opener for both programs.
Catawba (1-0) outshot Lees-McRae (0-1) by a 72-19 margin,
including a 41-4 advantage in the first half, while winning
24-of-36 face-offs and edging the Bobcats by a 62-32 spread in
ground balls. Braden Artem, Tom Cullop, and Steven Ridolfo each
posted a hat-trick on the afternoon, as Artem, Cullop, and John
Scheich each tallied a pair of assists.
Senior Danny Ives (Cheadle, Cheshire, England) paced the Bobcats
with two goals on 11 shots, as Josh Shingleton (Temecula, Calif.),
Brett Yusiewicz (Chapel Hill, N.C.), and Jon Batsel (Raleigh, N.C.)
each found the back of the net. Yusiewicz also recorded an assist
on the afternoon, as freshman Ryan Harrison (Lake Mary, Fla.) made
17 saves while making his first collegiate start.
Catawba jumped out to an early 5-0 advantage in the first eight
minutes of play, as Brett Howe found the back of the Bobcat net off
a pass from Ridolfo at the 7:13 mark of the first quarter. Freddie
Turcio closed out the opening period with his first goal of the
season, giving Catawba a 9-0 lead with 1:38 to go in the
quarter.
Shingleton put the Bobcats on the board early in the second,
taking a pass from Yusiewicz and finding the back of the net to
trim the margin to 9-1. Ives would double the Bobcat total two
minutes later, beating the Catawba goalie at the 11:40 mark.
Catawba countered with five goals in the final six and a half
minutes of the period, taking an 18-2 advantage into the
intermission on Cullop's last-second strike.
Catawba carried the momentum into the third, adding four tallies
before Ives doubled his total of the day at the 1:56 mark.
Yusiewicz would open the fourth quarter with his first of the
season to cap the Bobcats' scoring.
Lees-McRae returns to action on Tuesday when the Bobcats host
Mars Hill College in their 2012 home opener at 4 p.m. on Tate
Field.
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