Robert Wagner had four goals, three assists and eight ground balls to lead the Misericordia University men's lacrosse team to a 14-13 win at Lycoming in their MAC Freedom opener to give head coach
Jim Ricardo his 150
th career victory, Wednesday.
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Kyle Vandenberg had two goals and an assist and
Jared Pelliccione, Michael Kilgallon and
Ryan Vandenberg all scored twice for the Cougars.
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Garrett Heidecker was 11-20 on face-offs and had seven ground balls and
Jake Miller added five ground balls.
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Wagner had a goal and an assist as the Cougars scored four straight goals to take a 6-2 lead early in the second quarter.
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MU used a 3-1 run early in the third quarter to take an 11-6 lead.
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The Warriors answered with five straight goals to pull even, 11-11, with 4:13 left in the third period.
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Kilgallon put Misericordia in front for good with 2:35 left in the third and Pelliccione and
Kyle Vandenberg scored early in the fourth period to give MU a 14-11 lead.
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Lycoming scored twice in a 20-second span with just over a minute to play, but Heidecker won the ensuing face-off to clinch the win.
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Misericordia will travel to Delaware Valley, Saturday.
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