Comeback Attempt Falls Short as Williams Defeats MIT, 14-13

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A four-goal run in the fourth quarter brought MIT within one with 2:36 left to play, but it would not be enough as Williams College held on for a 14-13 victory in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Tuesday night.

Collin Lung amassed 16 saves for the Engineers while Nick Reich and Ryan Nagle both had hat tricks for the Ephs.

THE BASICS:

• Score: Williams 14, MIT 13

• Records: MIT (7-6 Overall); Williams (6-7 Overall)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Denley Kofoed opened the scoring with 11:25 on the clock as Garrett Campagna followed with a solo effort of his own. Nagle cut the Williams deficit in half at the 6:48 mark, but MIT replied with goals from Hayden Calabretta and Oscar Lindenthal to establish a 4-1 lead at the end of the quarter.

• The Ephs battled back as a pair of goals from Davis Miller tied the game at 5-5 with 6:34 left in the second quarter. The Engineers countered with a blast by Zach Bleil, giving the hosts a slight edge at halftime.

• Sparked by a goal from Ryan Johnson just over a minute into the third quarter, Williams put together a 6-1 run which featured two goals from Will Doran and resulted in an 11-7 lead. After being held scoreless for almost nine minutes, Riley Pierce connected on a pass from Carter Magnano with 10 seconds remaining.

• After trading goals to start the fourth quarter, Nagle and Reich completed their hat tricks and increased the Ephs' advantage to 14-9 at the 10:44 mark. Three minutes later, Bleil redirected a feed from Campagna and shortly after the faceoff, the Pierce-Magnano connection returned. Following a save by Lung, Pierce found the back of the net with 5:07 left to play. MIT forced a shot clock violation and then saw Kofoed narrow the gap to 14-13 with 2:36 to go.

• Williams won the faceoff and produced a shot that was wide and then one that was saved by Lung with 1:13 on the clock. Following a pair of timeouts by the Engineers, Drew Nicholson generated a turnover with 14 seconds left, helping the Ephs hold on for the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Pierce finished with three goals and two assists as Kofoed posted two goals and one assist.

• Campagna totaled two goals, one assist, two groundballs, and one caused turnover while Bleil collected two goals, two groundballs, and two caused turnovers.

• Calabretta contributed two goals and three groundballs as Lindenthal scored twice.

• Daniel Patterson corralled three groundballs while Kaden Fenno notched five groundballs and nine faceoff victories.

• Henry Faulkner had five groundballs and one caused turnover as Brady Page and Aidan Housenbold both registered four groundballs and two caused turnovers.

• Ian Kim won 11 of 18 faceoff attempts and scooped up four groundballs while Ethan Filler had a 7-of-11 faceoff performance and added six groundballs and a caused turnover.

• In net, Charlie Medd made 12 saves.

UP NEXT:

• Both teams will be back in action on Saturday, April 18 at 1:00 PM against conference opponents. MIT will travel to Wheaton College while Williams will host No. 8 Wesleyan University.

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