Lacrosse Wrap Season with Non-Conference Win Over Mitchell College

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The MCLA Lacrosse team wrapped up their season this afternoon with a non-conference road game at Mitchell College. Boden Dock and Luke Rhoss each finished with their second hat tricks of the season, and Neal Brierley made 16 saves to lead the Trailblazers to a 9-6 win.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
• Score: MCLA 9, Mitchell 6
• Records: MCLA Trailblazers 2-12 (NAC 1-7) | Mitchell College Mariners 0-12 (GNAC 0-10)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Mitchell was the first one on the scoreboard with just under four and a half minutes expired when Jon Parra-Tobey (10:31, unassisted) found the back of the cage.
• Less than three minutes later, MCLA's Boden Dock (7:32, assisted Luke Rhoss and 7:19, Walter Brown) evened the score before putting the Trailblazers ahead 13 seconds later.
• The Mariners' Xavier Haney (6:27, unassisted) leveled the score at two to cap a small flurry of scoring in the first nine minutes of play.
• Before the first period ended, however, Josh Hemstock (1:50, Rhoss) put MCLA in front again for good with his third goal of the season.
• MCLA added two more goals in the second period to go into the locker room with a 5-2 advantage. The goals were scored by Ty Roadcap (12:00, Rhoss) and Anthony Andolina. The goals were Roadcap's second and Andolina's 16^th of the season. The assist by Rhoss on the Roadcap goal was his team-leading 13^th of the season.
• The teams traded shots to open the second half, but neither team broke through until Rhoss (5:25, Andolina) scored for the Trailblazers as the clock approached five minutes remaining in the quarter. The goal pushed the MCLA edge to 6-2, their largest lead of the season.
• Two minutes later the Mariners responded with a pair of goals less than a minute apart. The first was scored by Weston Schumacher (3:24, unassisted), and the second was Parra-Tobey's (man-up, 2:48, Keeano Gonzalez) second of the game.
• Rhoss (13:29, Brown) scored what would be the game-winning goal less than 90 seconds into the final quarter. The assist was Brown's second of the game and his seventh of the year.
• The Mariners cut the lead to a single goal with less than six minutes remaining when Schumacher (9:06, unassisted) and Joseph Hayes (5:45, Schumacher) fought through for goals.
• The Trailblazers' defense bent but did not break while their offense added on two more insurance goals less than a minute apart. The first goal was Rhoss' (2:50, unassisted) 20^th of the season. Dock (man-down, 1:52, Hemstock) notched his 11^th goal of the season to finish the scoring.
• MCLA's Neal Brierley stopped 15 of 21 shots on goal to pick up his second win of the season, improving his record to 2-7. Mitchell's Dylan Kinsella also made 15 saves but had his record fall to 0-8.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Shots (Shots on Goal): MCLA 45 (24), Mitchell 41 (21)
• Saves: MCLA 15, Mitchell 15
• Faceoffs Won: MCLA 6, Mitchell 13
• Turnovers: MCLA 26, Mitchell 28
• Ground Balls: MCLA 48, Mitchell 42
• Clears: MCLA 21 for 25, Mitchell 14 for 24
• Man Up Opportunities: MCLA 0 for 3, Mitchell 1 for 8

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