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Men's Lacrosse downs Dickinson, 8-3

Box Score

CARLISLE, Pa. – The Ursinus College men's lacrosse team moved to 3-0 in the Centennial Conference, picking up an 8-3 win at Dickinson on Saturday. The Bears, who are now 7-1 overall, scored the first five goals of the game and led by as much as seven en route to their first win in Carlisle since 2008.

Ursinus is also 3-0 in the Centennial for the first time since 2010.

For the Bears, freshman midfielder Ian Desenberg (York, Pa./Central York) had two goals, as did senior attack Mark Stratton (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township).

Junior Brian Neff (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) was outstanding in goal, making 14 saves to improve to 7-1.

For Dickinson, Chris Menard had two goals. Nick Baxter made 14 saves for the Red Devils (2-7, 0-2 Centennial).

Ursinus got four goals in the first quarter, all within a span of 3:33. Senior defender Ryan Ridinger (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Township) got it started with an assisted goal at 8:12, followed by a goal from freshman midfielder Gerard Brown (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) at 6:44 to give the Bears a 2-0 lead.

Desenberg then scored twice, the first on an assist from Stratton at 5:27, while Desenberg scored solo at 4:39 for a 4-0 lead.

In the second quarter, junior attack Logan Panaccione (Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough) scored an extra-man goal at 8:01 on an assist from senior attack Steve Smyrl (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley).

Leading 5-1 at intermission, Ursinus went up 7-1 as Smyrl scored at 6:40 in the third, followed by Stratton scoring on a Brown assist with 3:10 left in the third.

Ursinus' final goal came at 6:40 in the fourth when Stratton scored unassisted.

Individually, junior long stick midfielder Patrick O'Donoghue (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) had five ground balls and three caused turnovers.

Ursinus has the week off and will host Eastern on Saturday in its final non-conference game of the season.

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Players Mentioned

Gerard Brown

#0 Gerard Brown

M
5' 8"
First-Year
Ian Desenberg

#43 Ian Desenberg

M
6' 1"
First-Year
Brian Neff

#11 Brian Neff

GK
6' 2"
Junior
Patrick O

#38 Patrick O'Donoghue

LSM
5' 10"
Junior
Logan Panaccione

#13 Logan Panaccione

A
6' 0"
Junior
Ryan Ridinger

#28 Ryan Ridinger

D
6' 0"
Senior
Steve Smyrl

#15 Steve Smyrl

A
5' 10"
Senior
Mark Stratton

#7 Mark Stratton

A
6' 0"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Gerard Brown

#0 Gerard Brown

5' 8"
First-Year
M
Ian Desenberg

#43 Ian Desenberg

6' 1"
First-Year
M
Brian Neff

#11 Brian Neff

6' 2"
Junior
GK
Patrick O

#38 Patrick O'Donoghue

5' 10"
Junior
LSM
Logan Panaccione

#13 Logan Panaccione

6' 0"
Junior
A
Ryan Ridinger

#28 Ryan Ridinger

6' 0"
Senior
D
Steve Smyrl

#15 Steve Smyrl

5' 10"
Senior
A
Mark Stratton

#7 Mark Stratton

6' 0"
Senior
A