Box Score BALTIMORE—Hobart jumped out to a 2-1 lead at 13th-ranked Loyola this afternoon, but the Greyhounds countered with a 10-1 run spanning the first and second quarters en route to a 17-10 win over the Statesmen in ECAC Lacrosse League action. Sophomore attackman Jeff Colburn (CNS/Liverpool, N.Y.) led Hobart with three goals.
For the 12th time this season, the Statesmen scored first, when junior midfielder Nick Currie (Corning East/Corning, N.Y.) netted his 16th of the season 2:19 into the contest. Shane Koppens, who led all scorers with five points, countered two minutes later for Loyola. Currie gave Hobart (5-8, 1-6 ECAC) its final lead of the day on an extra-man goal at the 9:08 mark.
The Greyhounds (7-4, 5-2) responded with five unanswered goals, the first two by Dan Bauers, just six seconds apart. The last two were nearly as swift, coming just seven seconds apart. Junior midfielder Sean Murphy (Bishop Timon-St. Jude/Buffalo, N.Y.) broke up the run with his 12th goal of the year, 23 seconds before the end of the opening quarter.
Loyola began the second frame with back-to-back extra-man goals—the Greyhounds were 3-of-8 on the day—part of another 5-0 run. Colburn got Hobart’s lone second quarter score at the 2:12 mark, but Andrew Spack got it back 14 seconds before the intermission to send the ’Hounds into the break with a 12-4 lead.
The Statesmen outscored Loyola 6-5, but never got closer than a seven-goal deficit. First-year attackman Daniel Keegan (Georgetown Prep/Rockville, Md.) registered his first collegiate goal with the final score of the third quarter, while junior attackman Daryl Veltman (Salisbury School/Georgetown, Ontario) recorded the second of his two assists on the final goal of the game, put home by first-year midfielder Doug Shiver (Delbarton/Morristown, N.J.).
Both Veltman and Currie have recorded at least one point in 18 straight games.
Senior Brandon Baer (Locust Valley/Bayville, N.Y.) made eight saves in the first half, while first-year Max Silberlicht (New Hartford/New Hartford, N.Y.) turned back eight in the second half. For Loyola, Alex Peaty made six stops in three quarters of action to earn the win, while Connor Locke had three saves in the fourth quarter.
Hobart will close out the season at top-ranked Cornell on May 4. The oldest rivalry in collegiate lacrosse, the Statesmen and the Big Red will square off for the 127th time since the series began in 1898. Faceoff at Schoellkopf Field is scheduled for 7 p.m.
