Box Score

SWARTHMORE, Pa. (March 4, 2015) – The Drew University men's lacrosse team opened the 2015 season with an 18-5 loss at Swarthmore College on a rainy and foggy Wednesday evening.
 
Senior Robert Hart, playing in his first collegiate lacrosse game after a four-year career as a defensive standout on the Drew men's soccer team, picked up a goal and an assist, and was one of five different goal scorers for Drew in the season opener. Senior Hutch Fisher and sophomores Tom Cotroneo, Ben Ludeman and Michael Lloyd each added goals for the Rangers (0-1).
 
Fisher and junior midfielder Steven Cola each picked up three ground balls, while freshman attacker Harry Rice led in shots taken with nine.
 
The 2015 season began with a back-and-forth battle in the first quarter between the Garnet (2-1) and the Rangers. Drew withstood an early man-down situation after an illegal body check thanks to sophomore goalkeeper Teddy Sweeney making a save and picking up the ensuing contested ground ball. Swarthmore, with even numbers, was the first to crack the scoreboard at the 10:29 mark of the first quarter.
 
Fisher answered two minutes later with the Rangers' first goal of 2015, an unassisted blast from 12 yards out that snuck right under the crossbar. Drew took the early 2-1 lead with 6:31 left in the first when Cotroneo finished off a pass from Hart, who recorded his first collegiate lacrosse point after being credited with the assist on the play.
 
The Garnet made it 2-2 with 5:12 remaining in the opening quarter, but a Hart faceoff win, followed by a ground ball by sophomore longs tick midfielder Luke Burrow, led to a quick break and the Ludeman goal just eight seconds after Swarthmore's last goal to put Drew up 3-2.
 
Hart took the bulk of the faceoffs at the X and won 5-of-12. Fisher won 3-of-7 in his faceoff attempts.
 
Swarthmore scored the final two goals of the quarter, including one with four seconds showing on the clock. Those goals would be the first two to start a run of 11 straight goals by the home side, a run that was broken by Hart with his first collegiate lacrosse goal late in the third quarter to make it 13-4 in Swarthmore's favor.
 
The Garnet kept the foot on the gas in the fourth quarter, scoring five more goals en route to their second win of the young 2015 season. The final goal of the game came from Lloyd's stick with 3:12 remaining in the contest, assisted by sophomore midfielder Rich Shahpazian.
 
The Rangers return to action in much warmer weather for their Spring Break game against Young Harris College at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. on Sunday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m.