Salem, Mass.- Eight different DePauw men's lacrosse members scored in its 15-2 rout over the Vikings of Salem State. The Tigers improved to 5-3 for the season, while the Vikings dropped to 1-7 overall.
DePauw's
Jack Flynn put in the first of his three goals for the evening after gathering a pass from
Connor Gibson to put the Tigers on the board.
Henry White set Gibson up for DePauw's second goal with 6:50 left in the period. Flynn, with 1:04 left in the period, assisted White's goal for a 3-0 lead, and to finish out the period on a high note,
Eli Federman whipped a last-second shot on goal to put DePauw up 4-0 after one.
Three minutes into the second period, following a man-up opportunity, the Vikings answered with its own goal. Salem State's Aristomenis Koumenta passed to Aidan Hollingsworth to cut DePauw's lead to three. The Tiger's Flynn and Gibson would go on to tag team two goals in the final 90 seconds of the first half to put the Tigers up 6-1 heading into halftime.
DePauw put in nine more goals in the second half while giving up just one goal on the other end.
Collin Kilpatrick,
Matthew Garrigan,
Jack Kneisley, and
Sean Lawless scored at least one goal for the Tigers in the second half, ultimately bringing DePauw's final goal count to 15.
DePauw outshot Salem State, 61-22, and held a 53-21 edge in ground balls. The Tigers were 18-20 in won faceoffs, winning 15 of DePauw's faceoffs was Kneisly, and the Vikings' Lake Fleming and Hollingsworth split the 2-out-of-20 faceoffs won by Salem State. In goal,
Anthony Reinhardt totaled ten saves for DePauw, and Salem State's goalie Trevor Gilligan finished with 25 saves for the night.
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Flynn and Gibson led the Tigers with three goals, while Kneisley, Federman, and White scored two. White led DePauw with four assists, while the combination of Garrigan and
Nick Weyhmueller totaled 13 caused turnovers. Fleming and Hollingsworth of Salem State led the Vikings with a goal, and teammate Koumentakos recorded the lone Vikings' assist.
DePauw returns to Greencastle, Ind., to host The College of Wooster on Saturday, April 1, to take on the Fighting Scots at 1 p.m. EDT for Alumni Day.
