Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- Matt Levesque (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) scored seven goals to lead the Skidmore College men's lacrosse team to a 14-7 win over Amherst College Tuesday night at Wachenheim Field.

The Thoroughbreds improve to 5-1, while the Lord Jeffs drop to 3-3.

Levesque opened the scoring at 12:37 of the first quarter then Cory Barkoff (Woodbury, N.Y.) won the ensuing faceoff and went in to score six seconds later for a 2-0 Skidmore lead.  Amherst tied it 2-2 on goals by Brett  Miller and Thomas McDonnell.  Levesque put the Thoroughbreds back in front from Nick Coppola (Basking Ridge, N.J.) at 6:35.  The Lord Jeff fired off three straight to take a 5-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Levesque cut the lead to one at 10:30 of the second, but Alex Miller responded at 9:34 to give Amherst a 6-4 lead.  Rob Lutin (Port Washington, N.Y.) and Coppola combined for goals at 3:16 and 1:20 to tie the game at the half 6-6.

The second half was all Skidmore.  Levesque and Amherst's Rob Denious traded goals to open the third quarter, but the Thoroughbreds would go on a 7-0 run to close out the game.  Highlighting the run was a goal by Tom Levesque with 11 seconds to play in the third, followed by Barkoff taking another faceoff in to score with three seconds left in the quarter.

Matt Levesque finished with seven goals and assist, while Lutin had three goals, and Coppola had a goal, four assists, and three ground balls.  Jacques Ward (New York, N.Y./Governors) had six ground balls and Scott Grillo (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley) had five ground balls and a caused turnover.

McDonnell had two goals for Amherst.

Flip Bongaerts (Summerland, Calif./New Canaan) had 12 saves in goal for Skidmore.  Matt Pietroforte stopped 11 shots in 49 minutes for the Lord Jeffs.

Skidmore opens Liberty League play on Saturday at St. Lawrence.

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                         Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
                      2009 Skidmore College Men's Lacrosse
   Amherst College vs Skidmore College (Mar 24, 2009 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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                Amherst College (3-3) vs. Skidmore College (5-1)
Date: Mar 24, 2009  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Stadium: Wachenheim Field
Attendance:75   Start time:7 pm      End time:8:53      Total time:1:53
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SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Amherst College.....  5  1  1  0 -  7
Skidmore College....  3  3  4  4 - 14

Amherst College SCORING: GOALS: Thomas McDonnell 2; Brett Miller 1;
Luke Arnold 1; Rob Denious 1; Parker Holcomb 1; Alex Miller 1.
ASSISTS: Brett Miller 2; Evan Redwood 2.

Skidmore College SCORING: GOALS: Matt Levesque 7; Rob Lutin 3; Cory
Barkoff 2; Nick Coppola 1; Tom Levesque 1.
ASSISTS: Nick Coppola 4; Paul Koeniger 1; Matt Levesque 1; Tom
Levesque 1.

Amherst College GROUND BALLS: Parker Holcomb 4; TEAM 4; Sam Jakimo 3;
Alex Fox 2; Matt Pietroforte 2; Evan Redwood 2; Matt Rhone 2; Kyle
Standiford 2; Luke Arnold 1; Cole Cherney 1; Chris Fitzpatrick 1;
Thomas Foote 1; Nick Gilligan 1; Matt Kellman 1; Gabe Mann 1; Clint
Marchese 1; Thomas McDonnell 1; Alex Miller 1; Brett Miller 1;
John-Thomas Milone 1; Matt Rawson 1.

Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Jacques Ward 6; Scott Grillo 5; Cory
Barkoff 4; Flip Bongaerts 3; Nick Coppola 3; Ben Cornell 2; Alex
Giaimo 2; Jeremy Herrmann 2; Tom Levesque 2; Rob Lutin 2; Scott
Madison 2; Chris Tennekoon 2; Ernie Economides 1; Paul Koeniger 1;
David Leibovitz 1; Matt Levesque 1.

Amherst College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Parker Holcomb 2; Gabe Mann 2; Chris
Fitzpatrick 1; Alex Fox 1; Evan Redwood 1.
Skidmore College TURNOVERS CAUSED: David Leibovitz 3; Scott Madison 2;
Alex Giaimo 1; Scott Grillo 1; Rob Lutin 1; Jacques Ward 1.

SHOTS - Amherst College 34; Skidmore College 45.
SHOTS ON GOAL - Amherst College 19; Skidmore College 26.

PENALTIES - Amherst College 4/5:30; Skidmore College 5/5:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Amherst College 1-4; Skidmore College 1-3.

TURNOVERS - Amherst College 26; Skidmore College 24.

FACEOFFS - Amherst College 9-23; Skidmore College 14-23.

CLEARS - Amherst College 24-26; Skidmore College 21-26.

GOALIES - AMHERST: Sam Jakimo (10:42 minutes, 4 shots-1 saves, 3 GA) ,
Matt Pietroforte (49:18, 22-11, 11); SKIDMORE: Flip Bongaerts (60:00,
19-12, 7).

Start time: 7 pm      Finish time: 8:53      Length of game: 1:53
Officials:.

A-75 T-1:53