Selinsgrove, Pa. – The Susquehanna University men's lacrosse team erased two early deficits to come away with a solid non-conference team win Wednesday afternoon. Susquehanna (5-6) posted a 14-11 victory over Misericordia University (3-4) as four different River Hawks tallied their first points of the season.
 
Susquehanna 14, Misericordia 11
 
How It Happened

• Misericordia, who entered the game averaging 15.83 goals per game (Top 20 in Division III), jumped out to a 3-0 lead at 11:30, including Garrett Heidecker scoring one seven seconds in off the face-off.
• The River Hawks responded with four straight to claim a one-goal advantage with 30 seconds left in the first period. Senior midfielder Jack Donnelly (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) notched a goal and an assist in the 4-0 run. Patrick Luzzi struck again for his second of the day with nine ticks on the clock to send the Cougars into the second frame with a one-goal margin.
• The two sides alternated the first four goals before sophomore attackman Colton Dick (Owings, Md./Northern) broke the 6-6 draw with his second of the afternoon with under a minute to go in the half. SU took a 7-6 lead into halftime.
• Susquehanna stretched its lead to three before a two-minute penalty led MU to cut the lead to 9-8 at 8:17 with a pair of man-up goals from Nick Torzilli and Luzzi. Back-to-back goals by Dick capped a 3-0 run and widened the River Hawks' lead to 12-8 with one more quarter to play.
• The Cougars outscored the hosts, 3-2, in the fourth for the 14-11 final. Freshman attackman Jack McLaughlin (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) scored both for SU.

 
Inside the Box Score

• Misericordia outshot the River Hawks, 57-43, but senior captain Dylan Abplanalp (Grasonville, Md./Kent Island) posted 18 saves, his seventh double-digit save performance of the season, to keep the Cougars at bay.
• MU also edged Susquehanna, 33-32, despite career-highs of seven ground balls for both Abplanalp and junior long-stick midfielder Jacob Fox (Brookfield, Conn./Brookfield).
• Garrett Rogers went 9-of-13 and Heidecker finished 8-of-15 to lead the Cougars to a 17-of-29 effort at face-off X.

 
Top Performers

• Dick finished the game with a season-best four goals and two assists to go along with two ground balls while Donnelly contributed three goals and an assist.
• McLaughlin chipped in his first career hat trick while senior captain Jake Smolokoff (Oceanport, N.J./Red Bank Regional) also had a multiple-point day with two assists.
• Luzzi ended the game with a game-high eight points on six goals and two helpers.

 
Up Next for the River Hawks

• Mar. 30 at Drew (1-8, 0-0 LC) – Madison, N.J. – 1:00 p.m.

 
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