SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.— Endicott College held Skidmore scoreless in the second and third quarters in an 11-4 nonleague win Saturday afternoon at Wachenheim Field.
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The Thoroughbreds are 1-3, while the Gulls move to 1-2.
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Eric Megnia led Skidmore with two goals.
Ward Mahoney had a goal and an assist and Garrett Munch added a goal.
Ben Glidden contributed five ground balls and a caused turnover.
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Jack Sutherland scored two goals and had an assist, while Mike Sudora had two goals for Endicott. Faceoff specialist Derek Yannone won 13 of 16 faceoffs and had a goal and eight ground balls.
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The teams traded goals in the first quarter. Mahoney put Skidmore up 1-0 at 13:36 when he fired one in from 20 yards out. Nick Arcadipane's man-up goal at 6:44 tied it 1-1. Â Megnia put the Thoroughbreds back in front at 5:09 when he found daylight on the near side from
Ryan Madalone.
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The Gulls ran off three straight goals before Munch found the back of the net at the buzzer to cut it to 4-3 after the first quarter.
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Endicott put together a 5-0 run that spanned the second and third quarters to open it up 9-3. Megnia stopped the spree with his second of the game from way out on the right side at 9:03. The Gulls tacked on two more for the 11-4 final.
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Endicott outshot Skidomre 49-33 and had a slight 32-27 ground ball advantage. Skidmore forced 23 Gull turnovers.
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Tim Rahill had 13 saves for the Thoroughbreds, while Patrick Dean stopped 13 for Endicott.
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Skidmore returns to action at home Monday at 2 p.m. with a nonconference game against Curry College.
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