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Kyle Busha
8
Clark University CLARK UN 1-1, 0-0
12
Winner Nichols NICHOLS 1-0, 0-0
Clark University CLARK UN
1-1, 0-0
8
Final
12
Nichols NICHOLS
1-0, 0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Clark University CLARK UN 2 2 2 2 8
Nichols NICHOLS 2 4 3 3 12

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

DeRubeis, Doherty Hat-Tricks Push Bison Over Cougars 12-8

DUDLEY, Mass. (2/21/24) – The Nichols College Men's Lacrosse team opened the 2024 season with a commanding 12-8 win over the Clark University Cougars on a chilly Wednesday night at Vendetti Field.
 
It was the Cougars who got going with a quick 2-0 start just seven minutes into the game. But it was sophomore transfer Conor Doherty who scored the first goal of the season and his first as a Bison on the unassisted tally just a minute after the Cougars second goal. Just 13 seconds later sophomore classmate Travis Arnold would score the tying goal for the Bison. The rest of the first quarter was much quieter on the scoring front, with the teams sitting locked 2 goals apiece through 15 minutes.
 
In second quarter action, the Bison would take the first lead of the game 3-2 thanks to a Dylan DeRubeis rocket from a feed from Joey Lachance. The goal was DeRubeis' first of three on the night as he went on to round out the hattrick, the first of his three-year Bison career. The back-and-forth action would continue however as six goals between the two teams would be scored in the second stanza, with the Bison taking a 6-4 lead over the Cougars into the halftime break thanks to the first of two Jack Ellis tallies.
 
It took Clark just 24 seconds into the third quarter to score man-up to cut the lead down to one, but that would be as close as they got as the Bison never trailed the visitors in the entire second half. Conor Doherty would go onto rounding out his own hattrick, the first as a Bison in his first game. Of the five goals scored in the 4th quarter, four belonged to the Bison.
 
In goal for the Bison, junior Brady Morgan made 8 saves in securing the win.
 
With the win, the Bison move to 1-0 on the season, and Clark falls to 1-1. Clark still holds the all-time match-up between the two teams 3-2, but the Bison haven't fallen to the Cougars since 2009.
 
The Bison will return to action this Saturday, February 24th on the road as they are set to take on the United States Coast Guard Academy. Game time is set for 1PM at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, CT.
 
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