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Posted: Apr 25, 2009

#4 Merrimack Tops Franklin Pierce, 13-3

#4 Merrimack Tops Franklin Pierce, 13-3
Box Score

Senior Jason Flanigan scored a goal in his final collegiate game this afternoon.

Flanigan and Boller collect points in final collegiate game

Boxscore 

RINDGE, N.H. (April 25, 2009) - Merrimack College, ranked fourth in this week's USILA Division II poll, posted a 13-3 victory over Franklin Pierce University in Northeast-10 Conference men's lacrosse action and the regular season finale for both at Sodexo Field this afternoon.

Senior Greg Rogowski (Cohoes, N.Y./CBA) led Merrimack to its fifth-straight win with three goals, including his 50th of the season. Juniors Bryan MacPhie (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough) and Sean Lavin (North Easton, Mass./Kimball Union) and sophomore Kevin Laplante (Sebattus, Maine/Oak Hills) each added two goals and an assist for three points. Freshman Brad McAdam (Neshanic Station, N.J./Immaculata) chipped in with a goal and two assists.

Seniors Jason Flanigan (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) and Ryan Boller (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) each recorded points in their final collegiate games for Franklin Pierce. Flanigan netted a goal, his team-leading seven man-up marker of the year, assisted by Boller 4:54 into the third quarter. Junior Spencer Murray (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South) and sophomore Jonathan Martinez (Waterbury Center, Vt./Rice Memorial) also netted goals for the Ravens.


Sophomore Shea Campbell made 14 saves and collected a game-high 11 ground balls this afternoon.

Junior Cory Spinale (Wakefield, Mass./Governor Academy) earned the win in goal for Merrimack with seven saves over the first 30 minutes before giving way to classmate Matt Austin (Upperbrookville, N.Y./St. Dominic) and sophomore Dave Roberto (Burlington, Mass./Burlington) for the third and fourth quarters, respectively. Sophomore Shea Campbell (Centerport, N.Y./Harborfields) went the full 60-minutes in goal for Franklin Pierce and finished with 14 stops, including nine in the second half. Campbell also collected a game-high 11 ground balls and caused two turnovers.

Merrimack posted a 42-20 advantage for shots in the game, but Franklin Pierce committed one less turnover (39-38). The Warriors won 14-of-18 face offs in the game and converted on 2-of-4 man-up situations, compared to 1-for-4 for the Ravens with a man advantage.

Merrimack outscored Franklin Pierce 5-0 in the first quarter, netting the first six goals of the game to take control. Rogowski scored three straight goals in a five-minute span to put the Warriors up 4-0 with 8:42 left in the opening quarter. McAdam assisted on two of Merrimack's first six markers, including the sixth by freshman


Senior Ryan Boller dished an assist in his final collegiate game.

Gregory Fallon (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown) with 6:52 remaining in the first half.

Murray put Franklin Pierce on the board with 4:52 left in the second quarter, but Merrimack closed out the first half scoring with a MacPhie goal with 40-seconds left. After Flanigan's goal pulled the Ravens back within five goals (7-2) with 11:06 left in the third quarter, Merrimack iced the win by scoring six of the last seven goals in the match.

Franklin Pierce concludes its 2009 season with a 1-11 record overall, including a 1-8 clip in the Northeast-10. Merrimack (13-1, 8-1 NE-10) heads into the Northeast-10 Tournament as the No. 2 seed, earning a first round bye and will face the winner of Tuesday's opening round matchup between third-seeded Bentley University and sixth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University.