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#12 Rollins Stays Perfect with 13-7 Victory Over Embry-Riddle

WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 26, 2022) – The 12th-ranked Rollins men’s lacrosse kept its perfect season alive with a 13-7 win over Embry-Riddle in the conference opener for both teams on Saturday. With the win, Rollins improves to 8-0 on the year, 1-0 in conference play, while the Eagles fall to 3-8, 0-1 in SSC play.

Justin White led the Tars with four goals while Marshall Ellison tallied two goals and two assists. Quin Timmerman V notched three assists and Jack Johnstone tallied a pair of goals to go along with two ground balls. Justin Isenhour led the team with five ground balls and two caused turnovers while also scoring a goal himself. Bradley Peterson made eight saves to get the win in goal.

Coleman Jacobs had two goals and two ground balls for Embry-Riddle, while Marcus Needham had three assists. Pete Abbes and Lars Hoeg each tallied a goal and an assist. Mark Urso had a game-high 10 ground balls and was 12-for-20 in faceoffs. Lucas Fraser took the loss in goal, making nine saves.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
First Quarter

• White got his first goal of the game less than five minutes into the contest.
• After two Eagle goals, White scored with 3:52 on the clock to tie things at two.
• Ellison put Rollins ahead at the 2:11 mark and White notched goal number three just before the buzzer, giving the Tars a 4-2 lead after one.

Second Quarter

• Finn Jent and Mark Ranieri scored five seconds apart in the opening minute of the second quarter, pushing the lead to 6-2.
• ERAU scored the next two goals to make it 6-4.
• Bailey Pringle found the net at the 9:25 mark and Johnstone scored just over 30 seconds later, building the lead to 8-4.
• The Eagles tallied the next two goals before Ellison found the net at the 5:50 mark, putting Rollins up 9-6 with what proved to be the final goal of the half.

Third Quarter

• White opened the second half scoring about halfway through the third quarter and Davis Moshier scored about 90 seconds later, increasing the lead to 11-6.
• Embry-Riddle got the only other goal of the quarter as Rollins took an 11-7 lead into the final 15 minutes.

Fourth Quarter

• Johnstone tallied his second of the game with 6:07 to go and Isenhour netted the final score of the game at the 3:15 mark, giving Rollins a 13-7 victory.

UP NEXT:
Rollins will travel to Tampa next weekend to take on the top-ranked Spartans on Saturday, April 2 at 3 p.m.

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Men’s Lacrosse Battles Tough Against 12th-Ranked Tars

WINTER PARK, Florida – The Embry-Riddle men’s lacrosse team dropped its Sunshine State Conference opener on Saturday evening at Barker Family Stadium, falling 13-7 to the No. 12 Rollins Tars. The Eagles (3-8, 0-1 SSC) played very evenly with the Tars (8-0, 1-0 SSC) until a late second-half push by the hosts.

The Blue and Gold shrugged off an early goal by the Tars, taking a 2-1 lead in the first quarter after back-to-back scores from Coleman Jacobs and Lars Hoeg, but the home team evened things up before pushing in front with a little over two minutes left in the period. The Tars then got a crucial last-second goal to take a 4-2 lead into the second quarter.

The momentum stayed with Rollins as it pushed its lead out to 6-2 with two quick goals in the opening 60 seconds of the second period, but the Eagles responded, scoring two of their own goals within 60 seconds, the first by Connor Bullock, and then the second by Joe Anderson, cutting the deficit to 6-4.

The two teams again traded two-goal swings, the Tars going in front 8-4 before Jacobs and Pete Abbes scored in succession to make it an 8-6 game. RC scored the final goal of the half with six minutes to go and took a 9-6 advantage into halftime.

The second half was much more defensive, with just five total goals scored, but four of those came from the hosts, and one from ERAU’s Christian Hofer, as the Tars took the 13-7 decision.

Lucas Fraser made nine saves for the Blue and Gold, while Mark Urso went 12-for-20 on face offs and collected 10 ground balls.

Embry-Riddle wraps up its five-game road swing next Saturday, April 2 when they travel to Lakeland to take on Florida Southern at 1 p.m.