LEWISTON, Maine -
Jack Strain and
Jack Allard teamed up for nine goals and four assists to lead the Bates men's lacrosse team to a 13-8 win over Roger Williams University in non-conference action at Garcelon Field.
Senior
Jack Strain (Montclair, N.J.) scored five goals and notched a pair of assists, while junior
Jack Allard (Ridgewood, N.J.) scored four goals and dished out two assists. Bobcat first-year
Burke Smith (Wilton, Conn.) also netted a pair of goals, with junior
Charlie Hildebrand (Berwyn, Pa.) and senior
Matt McReddie (Rye, N.Y.) each recording a tally in the win. Sophomore
Andrew Melvin (Medford, Mass.) led the team in assists with three.
Bates (2-2, 0-2 NESCAC) out-shot the Hawks (2-2) 46-32, and jumped out to an early 3-0 after a scoreless opening five minutes. The Bobcats had several opportunities early on, but it was Allard who broke the scoreless tie when he wound up and ripped a shot that found the back of the net on a pass from sophomore
Andrew Melvin (Medfield, Mass.) to give Bates the 1-0 lead. A little over a minute later, Allard found McReddie for the second goal of the game during a man up opportunity for the Bobcats.
Burke Smith added to the lead at the 5:57 mark of the first to give his team a 3-0 advantage. Roger Williams got on the board in the final two minutes of the quarter with an Eddie Hill goal.
The Bobcats stormed out to a 6-1 advantage with three unanswered goals to start the second quarter. Hildebrand scored on an assist from Strain ten seconds after sophomore
Sam Francis (Newburyport, Mass.) won the face-off. Francis won the ensuing face-off and Strain tallied another goal less than 30 seconds later on a feed from sophomore
Jake Walsh (Baltimore, Md.). Francis had another outstanding performance in face-offs, winning 18 of 25 opportunities for the day.
The Hawks closed out the half with goals from Will Siefert and A.J. Core to cut the lead to 6-3 at the intermission.
Bates increased their lead to five in the third quarter with back to back goals from Strain and Allard, but the Hawks clawed back into the game with three unanswered goal over the next 12 minutes, and with 13:10 remaining in regulation, the Bobcat lead was down to 8-6.
