Offensive Surge Powers UMB Past Men's Lacrosse

BOSTON, Mass. –  Conor Lenfest (Waltham, Mass.) scored a career-high 10 goals to go with three assists in a 13 point day to power UMass Boston past Emmanuel College, 26-13, Wednesday afternoon at James Cotter Field for the Beacons thrid straight win to open the 2020 campaign. EC falls to 0-2 with the road loss.

THE BASICS

UMass Boston 26, Emmanuel College 13

UMass Boston (3-0)
Emmanuel College (0-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Lenfest's career-high performance lifted the Beacons to their best start to a season since the 2016 campaign.  UMass Boston dominated the opening quarter of the contest as they unloaded 10 goals, while holding the Saints to just three tallies. Jack Dobrzynski (West Greenwich, R.I.) opened the scoring for UMB just 21 seconds into play before Emmanuel senior Alex Flanagan (Westford, Mass.) tied that game at 1-1 at the 12:16 marker. The Beacons then rattled off six straight goals to take control and never look back.

The hosts continued to pour it on in the second stanza adding another 10 goals to take a 20-7 lead into the halftime break. 

Emmanuel responded in the third quarter with a 5-0 run of their own to make it 20-12 getting goals from senior Jack Boyle (Milford, Mass.), first year Ryan Castle (Boxford, Mass.), sophomore Colin Dickinson (Barre, Vt.), first year Derek DelVecchio (Saugus, Mass.) and first year Ezra Cox (Warwick, R.I.).

In the final quarter, Lenfest eliminated any chance of an Emmanuel comeback as he scored four goals in the span of less than three minutes to double the Beacons lead (24-12).  Emmanuel scored their final goal at the 8:28 mark, but the Beacons sealed the victory with goals from Mic Flynn and Seth Child.

Along with his 10 goals, Lenfest also added three assists, and had three ground balls.  Gavin Admirand (Marshfield, Mass.) registered three goals and five assists, while Darragh Fahey (Walpole, Mass.) finished with three goals and an assist, as the Beacons "Big-3" continue to lead the Beacons attack.

Trevor Koppy (Attleboro, Mass.) picked-up his third win between the posts as he made four saves on 11 shots through the first 30 minutes.  Charlie Cook (Bedford, Mass.) completed the win, and made three saves in his second appearance of the year. EC first year Randy Castle (Boxford, Mass.) made 19 saves over the course of the game for Emmanuel and now has 40 saves over his first two collegiate outings.

Chris Palin (West Bridgewater, Mass.) played another strong game in the Beacons defensive third, as he picked-up four caused turnovers, while adding four ground balls to his stat line. 

Dobrzynski was nearly perfect on the face-off as the junior went 23-for-25.  He added a season-high 19 ground balls, which was two short of matching his career-high mark. 

UMass Boston's special teams picked-up four man-up goals, while the defense held the Saints scoreless on their six man-up attempts.  The Beacons combined for 60 ground balls, and forced a combined 33 Emmanuel turnovers.

BY THE NUMBERS

• All-time the Beacons are now 1-1 against the Saints
• Wednesday's contest marked the first meeting between the intra-city rivals since 2013
• Lenfest became the first player to record 10 goals in a game since Jamie Mulroney set the single game record with 12 on April 10, 1993
• The Beacons 26 goals ties the program record for most in a single game; The original record was set in the 2020 season opener against Husson University
• The Beacons improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 2016 season
• The 20 assists in Wednesday's contest was one shy of tying the single game record, which was set in 2001 against UMass Dartmouth
• The Beacons also set a program record for points in a game with 46 (26g, 20a); The original record of 43 was set in 1997 and then matched in 2001
• Lenfest now sits with 88 career goals and has 132 points, which moved him into 14^th place all-time
• Boyle added a team-high six groundballs for Emmanuel
• EC first year Riley Cranson (Newport, R.I.) caused a game-high five turnovers
• Ry. Castle ended the day with four goals, a season-best through two games
• Fahey now has 50 points in his career as a Beacon
• Going into the contest, Admirand led the country in points per game, and was second in goals per game
• The Beacons currently lead Division III in goals per game

WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons will host Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday at 1:00 PM. Emmanuel heads to William Peace on Sunday for an 11:00 AM contest.

*Release courtesy of UMass Boston Athletic Communications