Men's Lacrosse Falls to Tusculum Friday Afternoon

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - Coker University men's lacrosse fell to Tusculum on Friday afternoon (Apr. 2) in South Atlantic Conference action by a score of 13-9.

Tusculum jumped out to a big lead through a quarter and a half, before Richie Timothee scored from Andrew Dappen for Coker's first marker of the half.

Tusculum started the second half, before Coker would respond with three straight goals in a minute to get back in a game. Andrew Dappen scored from Joe Venazio, before Jason McNeany would win the ensuing faceoff and score unassisted six seconds later. Henry Haskett would score a man-up marker less than a minute later from Venazio to force a Tusculum timeout, before Tusculum would net the final marker of the third.

The Cobras would fight their way back into the game in the fourth quarter, holding the Pioneers off the board while netting five goals to bring the game to its final score.

Haskett and Venazio each scored twice, while five others netted goals in the game. Venazio led the Cobras with three assists, while four others dished out assists in the game. The Cobras totaled 30 ground balls in the game, led by six from McNeany while 11 others contributed in the ground ball effort. Seven different Cobras caused turnovers in the game. Chris Hagy made 16 saves between the pipes for Coker.

The Cobras are back in action on Wednesday (Apr. 7) at Catawba in South Atlantic Conference action. Opening face-off is set for 7:00 p.m. from Salisbury, N.C., with video and live stats available at www.cokercobras.com.

McDonald's Player of the Game - Joe Venazio