April 30, 2002
EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's lacrosse program and its coach of 31 years closed out the season on a stormy night at Rappolt Field. It was the last game on the Lafayette sideline for head coach Bill Lawson who will retire as the winningest coach in the program's 76-year history.
Lafayette fell short 16-9 to an Army team that is still in contention for the Patriot League title. The Army offense was strong through the middle quarters, outscoring Lafayette 10-2 in the second and third.
Lafayette held a lead for five minutes in the first quarter. Pat Lennon scored an unassisted goal at 6:06 to give Lafayette a 1-0 advantage. Army's Andy Mounce and Chris Woods scored goals in the final 1:50 to give the Black Knights a 2-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.
It was all Army (7-6, 4-1) in a defensive second quarter, as the Leopards were outscored 4-0. Mike Kamon, Jeff Bryan, Colin Burke and Marko Kostovic all netted goals to give Army a 6-1 lead at halftime.
In the third quarter, Army's Tim Pearson, who finished with a goal and three assists, scored at 13:23. Less than a minute later (12:41), Lafayette's Tim Derosier ended the Leopards' scoring drought with an unassisted score that cut the Army lead to 7-2.
Army kept its momentum, however, rattling off four unanswered goals in a one-minute span. Jimmy Vlahakis scored two goals and Mounce and Bryan each added one to make it 11-2. With less than eight minutes left in the third quarter, the two teams left the field of play for nearly 45 minutes due to a thunderstorm.
Back from the lightning break, Lafayette hit the back of the net on a goal by Tyler Mullin at 5:45. Army's Jim Wagner added a goal with 11 seconds remaining to give the Black Knights a 12-3 lead at the end of three quarters.
Lafayette outscored Army 6-4 in the fourth. Derosier and D.J. Krueger managed two goals apiece and David Crean and Kyle McClure each added one. Derosier finished the game with three goals and an assist to lead the Leopards. For Army, Bryan (3g, 2a) and Pearson (1g, 3a) accounted for the majority of the scoring.
Mike Neary and Kevin DeVito each saw time in goal for Lafayette. Neary closed out the game, playing the entire fourth quarter in which he allowed four goals and made four saves. DeVito made 16 saves in three quarters and gave up 12 goals. For Army, Dominik Nogic, played the entire game in goal, stopping 12 shots while surrendering nine goals.
Lafayette closed out the 2002 season with a 4-10 overall mark and a 1-5 clip in Patriot League play.
