Elmira Rallies Past Keuka to Victory in Season Opener
Keuka, NY -- The Elmira College Men’s Lacrosse team rallied from a two goal deficit in the fourth period to tally their first victory of the 2011 season Wednesday night against the Storm of Keuka College.
The Soaring Eagles opened the contest with three consecutive goals to take an early lead against the Storm in the first period. Registering EC’s first score of the season was first year player David Evert ’14 (Niagara Falls, NY -- Niagara Wheatfield) with an assist from Kenny Keirstead ’11 (Waltham, MA -- Waltham). EC continued to demonstrate an impressive offensive attack scoring four more times before the half for a 5-to-3 halftime lead.
Keuka, however, showed their resiliency in the third and early fourth period scoring four straight goals to take a 7-to-5 advantage into the final ten minutes of play. Fourth year player Adam Walker ’11 (Corning, NY -- Corning East) brought the Soaring Eagles to within one goal of Keuka as the game entered its closing moments.
With less than a minute to play, third year standout TJ White ’12 (Collegeville, PA -- Methacton) scored the game tying goal knotting the game at seven. The contest seemed to be heading into overtime until Jackson Correia ’14 (Simsbury, CT -- The Masters School) tallied the game winner with 32 seconds remaining in the contest. This was Correia’s team-leading third goal of the game. White also recorded three points in the game on two goals and one assist.
Elmira College goalie Dave Bucchino ’13 (Cedar Grove, NJ -- Bow) logged 60 minutes defending the net making 11 saves for EC.