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February 21, 2007
Men's Lacrosse Wins Home Opener
Gerbarg '07 Leads Poets with Six Points
Dave Gerbarg '07 scored five goals and assisted on
another to lead Whittier College to a 18-12 victory over Elmira
College (NY) at Memorial Stadium on February 21.
Anthony Lackey '09 scored four goals and was credited
with an assist for the Poets. Chuck Wagner '08 and
Tyler Maguire '10 each had a hat trick. Kevin
McCarroll '08 finished with a goal and two assists.
Dan Aas '07 and Mike Prickett '07 each added a goal.
Ben Brown '09 made nine saves in goal. |
Dave Gerbarg '07 |
The Poets took a 3-2
lead in the first quarter thanks to a pair of goals from Lackey.
Whittier scored twice more in a matter of thirty seconds to
start the second quarter. They led at the break by a score
of 9-7. Maguire scored a pair of goals in the third period
as the Poets expanded their lead to 12-9 after three quarters.
Gerbarg took control of the game in the final stanza, scoring
four goals himself while Elmira was only able to score three in
the final quarter.
The Poets took 35 shots in the game, while Elmira shot 27 times.
Whittier also won the ground ball battle, 18-12.
The Poets are in action again on February 24, when they travel
to Chapman University for a non-conference match-up. |
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