Gibbons Scores Five in Harvard Win
from press release
MARIETTA, Ga. – Dean Gibbons tallied a
career-high five goals and had an assist and Matt Hull recorded a
hat trick and handed out three assists for a career-day of his own
to guide the No. 13 Harvard men’s lacrosse team to a 17-2
non-conference victory over Presbyterian Friday evening. In a
neutral game played at Raider Valley, Joe Pike picked up his fifth
victory of the season, making four saves.
After Gibbons opened the scoring off a pass from Jeff Cohen at
13:50, the Blue Hose responded to tie the game on a tally by Devin
Pinkston at 12:04. The Crimson offense then took over, as Harvard
(5-2) rattled off nine consecutive goals to grab a 10-2 lead at the
half.
Cohen started the run at 11:43 after receiving an assist from Dave
Dobrosky. A minute later, Cohen found Gibbons for his second goal
of the quarter, as Gibbons made it a 3-1 contest. At 7:17, Nick
Sapia found the back of the net on an unassisted goal before
Gibbons completed his hat trick at 6:25. With two minutes remaining
in the opening frame, Jesse Fehr passed the ball to Terry White,
who fired past Presbyterian goalie Jon Athens, giving the Crimson a
6-1 lead after the first 15 minutes of play.
Gibbons picked up his fourth goal less than a minute into the
second, before Jason Duboe and Travis Burr teamed up for
Burr’s first goal of the evening at 10:06. Hull tallied
back-to-back goals at 5:03 and 4:48, to put Harvard ahead, 10-1.
Through two quarters, Harvard held Presbyterian to only six shots,
while mustering 22 of its own. The Crimson also led in ground
balls, 21-8.
The Crimson played flawless defense in the second half, keeping
Presbyterian (0-9) off the scoreboard in the two frames. Midway
through the quarter, Burr netted the only man-up goal of the
contest, as he snuck a shot past Athens at 7:38. Later in the
period, Dan McDermott and Hull scored at 3:06 and 2:20,
respectively, as Harvard earned a 14-2 lead.
Harvard continued its offensive onslaught in the fourth, beginning
with a tally by Greg Gilroy at 13:21. After nearly 10 minutes
without a goal, Daniel DiMaria put himself on the score sheet at
3:45, and McDermott followed with a goal only eight seconds
later.
Christian Coates took over for Pike late in the third period and
stopped four shots, while allowing no goals in 15:16 of action. Sam
Michel finished the game between the pipes for Harvard, making one
save in the fourth. Harvard owned the final count in shots, 34-14,
and won 15-of-23 face-offs in the game, including nine by Christian
Oberbeck. Andrew Parchman claimed six face-offs and also grabbed a
team-high six ground balls.
The two goals allowed by the Crimson was the least since Harvard
earned an 11-2 victory at Hartford March 11, 2008.
Harvard will return to the Ivy League portion of its schedule by
visiting Cornell Saturday, April 4. The opening face-off is slated
for 1 p.m.
