SAINTS UPENDED AT MIT IN FINAL GAME BEFORE SPRING BREAK
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Led by junior Michael Traub (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and sophomore Mitch Turley (Westfield, Ind.) with two goals apiece, the MIT men’s lacrosse team earned a 12-8 victory in their season opener against Emmanuel College on Wednesday afternoon at Steinbrenner Stadium.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Led by junior Michael Traub (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and sophomore Mitch Turley (Westfield, Ind.) with two goals apiece, the MIT men's lacrosse team earned a 12-8 victory in their season opener against Emmanuel College on Wednesday afternoon at Steinbrenner Stadium.
MIT (1-0) used ten different goal scorers in the contest which included sophomore Graham Davis (Crofton, Md.), who extended his scoring streak to 18 straight games and freshman Jake Stein (Vienna, Va.), who potted his first career marker in his collegiate debut. Emmanuel (0-3) was paced by senior Justin Kelly (Collegeville, Pa.) who scored four times alongside an assist for five points, while classmate Chris Curtis (Ashland, Mass.) scored twice and scooped up a game-high six ground balls for the visiting Saints.
The Engineers outscored the Saints 4-1 in each of the first two quarters as MIT led 8-2 at the break. Turley got the scoring going and added his second to end the 4-0 spurt in the first, while senior Jonah Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) and sophomore David Klee (East Greenbush, N.Y.) added single markers before Emmanuel could get on the board. Junior Tony Cibelli (Westboro, Mass.) potted Emmanuel's first goal with 2:16 to play in the opening quarter that put the visitors in the scoring column.
Traub, Stein, Davis and senior Paul Orrson(Baltimore, Md.) accounted for the Engineers' offense in the second quarter, while Kelly scored a man-down goal (10:32) for the Saints' only marker of the frame as MIT led 8-2 at the break.