Lynchburg Rolls to 18-5 Men's Lacrosse Win at Guilford
Greensboro, N.C. (4/4/07) -- Sophomore attackman Tyler Tolson scored six goals in visiting Lynchburg College's 18-5 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men's lacrosse win over Guilford College Wednesday afternoon. The Hornets, ranked sixth in this week's United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association NCAA Division III Poll, improve to 8-1 overall, 2-1 in the ODAC. The Quakers drop to 2-6 (0-3 ODAC) with their second straight setback.
Lynchburg tallied the game's first 11 goals and controlled play throughout the contest. Tolson, who now has 43 goals this year, scored four times in the Hornets' game-opening burst and netted Lynchburg's first two goals of the third quarter. Junior Ryan Cranston scored twice and was Lynchburg's only other multi-goal scorer as 12 Hornets dented the twine in their highest-scoring game this year. Junior attackman Stephen Weis set up three Tolson tallies, scored one himself and finished with four points. Lynchburg enjoyed a 53-27 advantage in shots. Starting goalie Garrett Curran played 38 minutes between the pipes and made five of the 10 stops recorded by four Lynchburg netminders.
Guilford junior Colin Davis scored two second-quarter goals to make it an 11-2 game at halftime. Sophomore midfielder Matt Meriwether assisted Davis's first goal and scored twice in the fourth quarter for a team-best three points . Senior goalie Andrew Bond relieved starter Andrew Vigne in the second quarter and made nine saves in nearly 32 minutes. Vigne made six stops. Sophomore Dan Simpson won 14-of-24 face-offs for the Quakers.
The Quakers host Virginia Wesleyan Saturday (4/7) at noon in the Armfield Athletic Center. Lynchburg hosts top-ranked Salisbury Saturday at 1:00 on Shellenberger Field..