GUILFORD CLAIMS 19-6 WIN IN MEN'S LACROSSE OPENER
Greensboro, NC (03/04/00) -- Junior attackman Colin Smith (Garden City, NY/Garden City) scored a career-high six goals and four assists to lead Guilford to a 19-6 men's lacrosse victory over visiting Curry in both teams' season opener Saturday. Smith's 10 points match Guilford's sixth-best all-time single-game scoring effort and mark the Quakers' most individual points in a game since 1994.
Guilford junior Matt Synowiez (West End, NC/Easton (MD)) scored two goals and an assist to stake the hosts to a 4-1 lead after the opening quarter. Freshman attackman Ryan Shields (Saugus, MA) opened the second quarter with an extra-man goal to pull the Colonels (0-1) to within 4-2, but junior John Gardner (Massena, NY/Massena) scored the first his career-high three goals and Smith netted his first score of the day to give Guilford a 6-2 halftime advantage.
Smith had a hand in all seven Quakers' tallies in the third quarter with five goals and two assists. He started a 6-0 Guilford run over the final three minutes of the third quarter and the first five minutes of the fourth quarter. Junior Jason Gauthier (Kernersville, NC/Skaneateles (NY)) scored his second man-up goal of the game and followed with a man-down score 1:28 later during the run.
Junior midfielder Anthony Roman (New York, NY/Mt. St. Michael's Academy), Guilford's starting goalie in 1998 and 1999, made his collegiate debut in the field and scored two goals and an assist. Senior midfielder Joe Agruso (Jupiter, FL/Jupiter) netted the Quakers' final goal in his first lacrosse game.
Guilford sophomore goalie Jason Capen (New Baltimore, MI/University-Liggett) made a career-high 10 saves in his first collegiate start and victory. Junior Brian Roth (Verona, NJ) stopped 14 shots for Curry.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
| Curry (0-1) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Guilford (1-0) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | 19 |
| Quarter | Team | Goal (Assist) | Time |
| 1st | G | Jason Gauthier *(Colin Smith) | 2:44 |
| 1st | G | Matt Synowiez (Rusty Ollerhead) | 5:01 |
| 1st | C | Ryan Shields | 6:09 |
| 1st | G | Synowiez | 6:59 |
| 1st | G | Ollerhead (Synowiez) | 9:08 |
| 2nd | C | Shields* (Ron Vickers) | 3:19 |
| 2nd | G | John Gardner | 6:09 |
| 2nd | G | Smith (Gauthier) | 7:31 |
| 3rd | G | Smith (Synowiez) | 0:52 |
| 3rd | G | Ollerhead (Smith) | 1:20 |
| 3rd | C | Chris Donaldson | 3:40 |
| 3rd | G | Smith | 5:00 |
| 3rd | C | Donaldson (Jeff Lang) | 9:54 |
| 3rd | G | Smith (Anthony Roman) | 10:26 |
| 3rd | C | Scott Tkachuk | 11:01 |
| 3rd | G | Smith | 11:53 |
| 3rd | G | Gardner (Smith) | 12:38 |
| 3rd | G | Smith | 13:34 |
| 4th | G | Gauthier* (Kevin Dawyskiba) | 3:32 |
| 4th | G | Gauthier+ | 5:00 |
| 4th | G | Roman | 5:34 |
| 4th | C | Eric Corso* (Lang) | 7:04 |
| 4th | G | Gardner (Smith) | 7:55 |
| 4th | G | Roman* | 9:15 |
| 4th | G | Joe Agruso | 14:25 |
Curry: Chris Donaldson 2-0, Ryan Shields 2-0, Jeff Lang 0-2, Eric Corso 1-0, Scott Tkachuk 1-0, Ron Vickers 0-1.
Guilford: Colin Smith 6-4, Jason Gauthier 3-1, Matt Synowiez 2-2, John Gardner 3-0, Anthony Roman 2-1, Rusty Ollerhead 2-1, Joe Agruso 1-0, Kevin Dawyskiba 0-1.
| Goaltending | Minutes | Goals Allowed | Saves | W/L |
| Brian Roth (C) | 60 | 19 | 14 | L |
| Jason Capen (G) | 60 | 6 | 10 | W |
Shots: Guilford 56, Curry 33. Faceoffs: Curry 18-28, Guilford 10-28.
Ground Balls: Guilford 53, Curry 44. Man-up Scoring: Guilford 2-2, Curry 2-10.
Penalties-Minutes: Guilford 12-10:30, Curry 3-2:30. Clears: Guilford 19-24, Curry 14-24.
