No. 14 Loyola Edges Siena, 7-5
from press release
Loudonville, N.Y. - Six different players found the net for
Loyola to bolster a balanced scoring attack and the No. 14/16
Greyhounds limited Siena to only one goal in a stretch of more than
27 minutes that spanned from the second to the fourth period to
take a 7-5 non-conference win on Tuesday afternoon at Siena Turf
Field.
Junior attackman Cooper MacDonnell led the Greyhounds with a pair
of goals--both coming in the third period--while also adding an
assist. Attackman Collin Finnerty also registered a multi-point
game for Loyola, which received its most evenly-distributed
offensive showing all season.
It is the third straight victory for Loyola (3-1, 1-0 ECAC), which
culminates a three-game roadtrip on Saturday against Duke at 2:30
p.m.
Just 2:30 into the game, Siena's Kenny Mazzone found the net to
give the Saints an early 1-0 advantage. After nearly 12 minutes of
scoreless action, sophomore attackman Matt Langan found the net
from a feed from Finnerty, evening the squads at 1-1 to end the
first.
Loyola and Siena (1-3) exchanged man-up goals to start the second
period to again knot the teams, this time at 2-2. First, Loyola's
Eric Lusby scored on a goal assisted by Chris Basler just 3:34 into
the second period, but Siena's Chris Roth had the answer three
minutes later.
The Greyhounds would swiftly respond with three straight unanswered
goals, though. First, after some nice midfield movement, Mike
Sawyer found an open Jimmy Daly, whose shot beat goalie Brent
Herbst low from 12 yards out.
Junior midfielder Chris Hurst would then get in on the action with
7:09 left in the period, driving from the right-hand alley to beat
Herbst high for his first goal of the season to give Loyola a 4-2
lead.
With his team playing with a man down, Finnerty found himself
free off a pass from Shane Koppens, and unloaded a hard shot to the
right side of the cage for his team-high ninth goal to put Loyola
up by a three-goal cushion. Siena's Ryan Duggan would find the net
with 1:43 left in the second to trim the Loyola lead to 5-3 at
halftime.
A pair of MacDonnell tallies in the third period swelled the
Loyola lead to four, 7-3. First, he beat his defender with a nice
juke and scored an unassisted putaway with 7:18 to play. Less than
three minutes later, he took a feed from Koppens--his second assist
of the day--and beat Herbst with his effort, marking his second
straight multi-goal game.
Siena's Chris D'Alberti and John Rogener both found the net in the
fourth period for the final score.
Loyola's Steve Layne led on the defensive end with a career-high
eight groundballs, while John Schiavione collected five. Schiavone
went 9-of-16 at the face-off for Loyola.
Loyola outshot Siena 30-24 and won the groundball battle,
45-37.
