Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— Skidmore outscored Union 8-1 in the third quarter on the way to a 12-4 Liberty League men's lacrosse win, Saturday evening at Wachenheim Field.

The 12th ranked Thoroughbreds up their record to 9-2 overall and 3-0 in Liberty League play. Union falls to 2-1 and 7-3.

Skidmore took a 4-0 lead in a low scoring first half on goals by Ben Cornell, Jon Hoeg, Mike Perlow, and Ryan Paradis. The Dutchmen battled back with three goals in the final 5:23 of the second quarter to cut the lead to 4-3 at the half. Rob Santangelo, Brendan Kinnane, and Ted McKenna each scored for Union.

The Thoroughbreds came out strong in the third quarter, scoring three straight to open the lead to four, 7-3. Mike Holden scored a pair and Perlow added his second goal of the game. Santangelo scored what would be Union's final goal at 8:25 of the third, to pull the Dutchmen to within three, 7-4.

Skidmore then exploded for four goals in a 1:45 to put the game away. Defenseman Dan DeMartini started the run at 8:19 off Paradis' faceoff win after the Union goal. Holden scored a man-up goal at 7:35. Perlow made it 10-4 at 6:46 and Holden scored his 25th of the season from Matt Levesque at 6:34. Levesque closed out the scoring with 10 seconds left in the quarter from Bryan Connolly.

Neither team scored in the fourth quarter.

Holden finished with a game-high four goals. Perlow had three goals and an assist. Nine different players contributed to Skidmore's 12 goals. Paradis won 12 of 20 faceoffs and had five ground balls. DeMartini had five groundballs and two caused turnovers, and Michael Jennings had three groundballs and three caused turnovers.

Connor Dowling had 14 saves in goal, including six in the scoreless fourth and three in the scoreless first.

Santangelo had two goals for Union. John Stidd had four groundballs and a caused turnover. McKenna and Kinnane had a goal and an assist each.

Dutchmen goalie Sean Aaron stopped 15 shots, including 10 in the first half.

Skidmore is at Hamilton on April 20. Union will host Cobleskill on April 18.

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Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
2011 Skidmore College Men's Lacrosse
UNION vs #12 Skidmore College (Apr 16, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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UNION (7-3, 2-1) vs. Skidmore College (9-2, 3-0)
Date: Apr 16, 2011 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Stadium: Wachenheim Field
Attendance:575 Start time:5 pm End time:6:49 Total time:1:49
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SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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UNION............... 0 3 1 0 - 4
Skidmore College.... 2 2 8 0 - 12

UNION SCORING: GOALS: Rob Santangelo 2; Ted McKenna 1; Brendan Kinnane
1.
ASSISTS: Brendan Kinnane 1; Ted McKenna 1.

Skidmore College SCORING: GOALS: Mike Holden 4; Mike Perlow 3; Jon
Hoeg 1; Matt Levesque 1; Ryan Paradis 1; Ben Cornell 1; Dan DeMartini
1.
ASSISTS: Bryan Connolly 2; Jon Hoeg 2; Jeremy Goldman 1; Matt Levesque
1; Ryan Paradis 1; Mike Perlow 1.

UNION GROUND BALLS: Sean Aaron 4; John Stidd 4; Matt Livingston 3;
Jack Farrell 2; Brendan Kinnane 2; Derek Mayer 2; Rob Santangelo 2;
Derek Witheford 2; Nolan Connors 1; Joe Cordrey 1; Ted McKenna 1;
Ethan Meyer 1; Andrew Thistle 1.

Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Dan DeMartini 5; Ryan Paradis 5;
Jacques Ward 4; Michael Jennings 3; Mike Torpe 3; Connor Dowling 2;
Scott Madison 2; Brian Milazzo 2; Jon Bubier 1; Ben Cornell 1; Richie
Davis 1; Mike Holden 1; Mike Perlow 1.

UNION TURNOVERS CAUSED: Sean Aaron 1; Peter Griesinger 1; Matt
Livingston 1; Derek Mayer 1; Ethan Meyer 1; John Stidd 1; Dylan
Tripodi 1; Derek Witheford 1.
Skidmore College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Michael Jennings 3; Dan DeMartini
2; Scott Madison 2; Brian Milazzo 2; Mike Perlow 1; Jacques Ward 1.

SHOTS - UNION 37; Skidmore College 42.
SHOTS ON GOAL - UNION 18; Skidmore College 27.

Penalties - UNION 5/4:30; Skidmore College 5/4:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - UNION 0-5; Skidmore College 2-5.

TURNOVERS - UNION 25; Skidmore College 16.

FACEOFFS - UNION 8-20; Skidmore College 12-20.

CLEARS - UNION 17-22; Skidmore College 19-22.

GOALIES - UNION: Sean Aaron 7-3 (57:05 minutes, 27 shots-15 saves, 12
GA) , Devyn Jefferies (02:55, 0-0, 0); SKIDMORE: Connor Dowling 7-1
(60:00, 18-14, 4).

Start time: 5 pm Finish time: 6:49 Length of game: 1:49
Officials:.

A-575 T-1:49