Posted: Feb 27, 2016
Score: No. 13 Roanoke 16, Sewanee 5
Records: Roanoke 3-0, Sewanne 2-1
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: Roanoke got five goals and two assists from IV Stucker as the Maroons improved to 3-0 on the season with a 16-5 victory over Sewanee Saturday afternoon in Salem.
How it Happened
- The Maroons led 3-0 after getting first quarter goals from Chad Fisher and a pair by Stucker.
- Sewanee got its first goal at the 9:32 mark of the second stanza as Cotter Brown set up Robbie Berndt to make it 3-1.
- The Maroons scored three goals in the final seven minutes of the half with Conn Curry scoring unassisted followed by man-up goal by Stucker set up by Matthew Lintner to make it 5-1 with just over five minutes to play. Lintner got into the scoring column 51 seconds later when he took a pass from Tyler McWilliams to make it 6-1.
- The Tigers made it 6-3 after opening the second-half with back-to-back goals. An unassisted strike by Cameron Linsley at 9:21 of the third quarter sparked what would prove to be a 4-1 run to close the quarter and was capped by a McWilliams goal with 49 seconds left on the clock.
- Stucker struck again 55 seconds into the fourth quarter on an unassisted man-up goal that made it 11-4. Robby Moore, Kevin Jackson, Will Pilat, Colin Mackenzie and Lintner all scored in the final 10:42 of the game to seal the win for the Maroons.
- Eleven different Maroons recorded a goal, while five different players had multiple points led by Stucker's seven. He was joined by Lintner (2g, 1a) McWilliams (1g, 1a), Joey Dishaw (1 g, 1a) and Pilat (1g, 1a).
- Ian Davies started in the cage for Roanoke and made four saves during the first-half, while Burke McManus made 11 stops in the second-half. The duo was part of a man-down unit that held Sewanne to 1-for-7 on man-up chances, with the one goal coming with just one second remaining in the game.
- RC outshot Sewanee 57-29 and won the groundball battle 41-26 led by McWillams with six. Fisher had five, while Curry and Reid Kaminski each had four. Kaminski helped RC win 14-of-23 face-offs, going 8-for-11 on the day.
Roanoke will host York at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Spartans are 3-0 on the season after a 13-5 win over McDaniel on Saturday.
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