ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- Six Blue Jays had multi-goal efforts in Saturday's 13-7 win for the Elizabethtown College men's lacrosse team at Wolf Field. The Blue Jays took down Susquehanna in the regular season finale and head into the Landmark postseason as the No. 2 seed.
Elizabethtown took it to the River Hawks through the first quarter and a half as they did not allow Susquehanna a goal until Jack Gaillard scored with 7:12 to go before halftime.
Finn Kristan, who had a hat trick in the game, started off the scoring two and a half minutes in.
Ben Clark fed
Jake Woodworth in transition to make it 2-0 and
Tristan Coleman set up
Brent Wehland with 17 seconds left in the first as Etown went into the second up by three, 3-0.
The first three goals of the second also belonged to the Blue Jays as Woodworth, Wehland (from
Joey Killpatrick), and
Lucca Scomillio posted goals to up the lead to six, 6-0.
The River Hawks controlled the remainder of the half, scoring three to cut their deficit in half by the break, 6-3.
In another spurt of three goals, the Jays reclaimed their six-goal advantage thanks to
Reese Levinson and two consecutive by Kristan.
Susquehanna got within four at 9-5, but Coleman's man-up tally doubled Etown's lead with under four to go in the third.
EC outscored the Hawks 3-1 in the fourth to capture their eighth conference win of the season.
Brayden Franey made 18 saves in goal for the Jays. They will host a Landmark semifinal on Thursday, May 1, at 4 p.m.
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