April 26, 2000

Villanova, Pa. - The Villanova men's lacrosse team hosted the #3 ranked Loyola Greyhounds tonight at Villanova Stadium and were defeated by a score of 21-7. The loss drops the Wildcats' record to 8-5 in 2000, while Loyola improves to 10-1 on the year.

The game seemed promising in the first quarter as the 'Cats scored the contest's first goal on an unassisted shot by senior midfielder Chris Larson at 13:00. Loyola came right back, however, to score a man-up goal at 11:24 that ricocheted off of a Wildcat defender and into the goal. The Greyhounds Tim Goettelmann then gave the visitors a 2-1 lead when he scored off of a David Mascarella feed for the first of his game-high five goals. Villanova tied things at 2-2 at 4:22 when senior middie Eric Dauer took a pass from senior Jack McTigue and found the back of the net. The Wildcats then went in front when McTigue fed freshman attackman Brian Marks for a 3-2 advantage.

Down 3-2 entering the second quarter, Loyola would dominate the next two stanzas. In the second, the Greyhounds outscored the host team 10-0, getting goals from eight different players. Leading 12-3 at the half, the visitors bested 'Nova 7-1 in the third quarter to take a commanding 19-4 lead. A Villanova goal by Tom Lasky at 1:11 of the third period broke a string of scores for Loyola that totaled 16 unanswered goals.

The fourth quarter saw the 'Cats outscore the Greyhounds 3-2, with Villanova tallies coming from sophomore Justin Marks, Lasky, and Randall Calvert to end the game's scoring 21-7 in favor of the third-ranked Greyhounds.

The Wildcats next game will be Sunday, April 30, at 12:00pm as they host Air Force in the season finale.

Game SummaryLoyola:     2-10-7-2--21Villanova:  3-0-1-3--7
ScoringLoyola: Gavin Prout 3, 0, Tim Goettelman 5,0, David Mascarella 0,1,
Michael Sullivan 2,1, Gunnar Goettelman 1,2, Peter Haas 2,0,
Mike Battista 1,0, Alex Dufour 2,1, Bobby Horsey 2,0, Mike Stromberg 1,0,
Brad Bevis 0,2, Joey Case 1,0, Chris Summers 1,0.Villanova: Chris Larson 1,0, Tom Lasky 2,0, Brian Marks 1,0, Eric Dauer 1,0,
 Justin Marks 1,0, Tim Ristau 0,1, Randall Calvert 1,0, Jack McTigue 0,3.

        Clears  Extra-Man   Groundballs Shots   Face-offs   SavesLoyola: 17-20   2-3     35           45 13-26       11