Cahill, Noonan and Dintaman each toss in three goals for the Ravens

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (March 30, 2011) -- The Franklin Pierce University men's lacrosse team shook off a 6-3 halftime deficit to pull off a satisfying 10-8 come-from-behind win over American International on Wednesday night at Abdow Field in Springfield, Mass. The Ravens snapped a three-game losing skid to improve to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Northeast-10, while AIC dipped to 0-6 and 0-2 in league play.

Sophomore attacker Brendan Cahill (Hollis, N.H.), who was making his 2011 season debut, scored three goals for the Ravens on a team-high 14 shots. Freshman midfielder Edward Noonan (Foxboro, Mass.) continued his strong play as he fired in a trio of goals, marking the second-straight game he registered a hat-trick. Junior middie Ryan Dintaman (Northfield, Mass.) was the other Raven to score three times on the evening.

Franklin Pierce senior midfielder Jack Scanlan (Great Neck, N.Y.) scored the other goal for the Ravens, while assisting on another for a two-point evening. Junior middie Eric Harries (Dunstable, Mass.) was the other Raven to total multiple points on the evening as he assisted on a pair of markers.

Freshman goaltender Tim Izzo (Trumbull, Conn.) produced a second-straight solid game in goal as he made 11 saves to earn the win and run his record to 3-3 during his rookie campaign.

AIC controlled the pace of play early on and the Yellow Jackets scored three-straight goals to open the first quarter. Cahill stemmed the tide briefly as he took a pass from Scanlan and beat AIC goalie Eric Whettell with a shot at the 4:11 mark of the first quarter to make it 3-1.

However, American International opened the second quarter with back-to-back markers from Aaron McNab and Andrew Martin in a 44-second span to take a 5-1 advantage. Noonan and Cahill registered unassisted goals at 11:17 and 8:41 of the quarter to pull within two goals, but the Yellow Jackets tossed in a late tally to take a 6-3 advantage into halftime.

Despite trailing by three goals at halftime, Franklin Pierce did out-shoot AIC, 26-20, in the opening 30 minutes and the Ravens used that aggressive style to its advantage in the second half by opening the third quarter with five-straight goals to grab an 8-6 lead.

Cahill's third goal of the game at the 10:34 mark of the stanza was sandwiched between a pair of goals from Dintaman. Noonan threw in a tally at the 6:21 mark and Scanlan followed with his lone goal at the 3:36 mark.

Dan MacIssac scored for American International with just 1:14 left in the third to pull the Yellow Jackets to within a goal, but Franklin Pierce put the game out of reach early in the fourth quarter with goals from Dintaman and Noonan. Noonan's three tallies also extended his streak to five-straight games with multiple points.

McNab did score for AIC with a little more than 11 minutes left in the game to bring his team to within two goals. However, Izzo shut the door on a potential AIC comeback by making two saves in the final frame to seal the win for Franklin Pierce.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Saturday when the Ravens return to Sodexo Field for the first time in a month when they play host to Bentley at 3 p.m.

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