Macon, Ga. – Redshirt junior swingman Ethan Loun (West Linn, Ore./West Linn) tallied four points to lead the Le Moyne College men’s lacrosse team to a 10-6 victory over Mercer University on Sunday afternoon at Five Star Stadium.
The Dolphins blitzed the Bears with four goals in the opening four and one-half minutes. Loun got the scoring started at the 12:34 mark with his eighth goal of the season. Just 36 seconds later, graduate student midfielder Jack Grooms (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill/Hobart) netted his fifth goal of the campaign after collecting a pass from junior midfielder Ryan Eisenmann (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton). Following a save by redshirt freshman goalkeeper Carter Ruhm (Apalachin, N.Y./Vestal/Bridgton Academy/Robert Morris) about 30 seconds later, senior short-stick defensive midfielder Max Cramer (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) carried the ball 48 yards up the middle of the field before firing in his career-best second goal of the season with just over 11 minutes remaining in the quarter. Just 50 seconds later, freshman attackman Mason Ciciarelli (Clay, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) tallied his first career goal off a feed from Loun.
Mercer countered with the next three goals. Christian Laureano got his team on the scoreboard at the 8:50 mark. The Bears cut their deficit to two with 6:18 left in the opening quarter as Jackson Hirschy finished off a feed from Michael Frederick. Chase Cope made it 4-3 with 5:45 left off a dish from Dillon Bush.
Le Moyne took a 5-3 lead with 1:15 remaining in the quarter as junior attackman Isaac Frechette (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) netted his third goal of the season following a pass from sophomore midfielder Zack Crosby (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn).
Frechette pushed the margin to 6-3 just 1:41 into the second quarter.
Following over 11 minutes of scoreless play, Loun recorded his second goal of the game and team-best ninth of the year with 2:00 to go.
Parker Junod pulled the Bears back within three with 1:09 left…
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