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Bucknell Men's Lacrosse Falls at Hobart, 7-2
3/7/2009 7:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
March 7, 2009
GENEVA, N.Y. -- The Bucknell men's lacrosse team launched 38 shots against Hobart on Saturday afternoon, but only 16 were on goal and most importantly only two went in the cage as the Bison fell 7-2 to the unbeaten Statesmen at McCooey Field. The 20th-ranked Bison were coming off a big Patriot League win over No. 12 Navy last week, but they fell to 1-3 after this non-conference loss.
Hobart (4-0) entered the contest with the nation's third-ranked defense, and they showed why in this one. The Statesmen, who received 14 saves from Max Silberlicht, led 2-0 at the half and allowed only a pair of third-qaurter goals by Doug Buckley (Wantagh, N.Y./Chaminade) and Tim Brandau (Owings Mills, Md./McDonogh).
Those two tallies came just 31 seconds apart, the latter with a man advantage, and tied the game at 2-2. But Kevin Curtin scored the first of his three straight goals for Hobart with 1:20 left in the third to give the Statesmen the lead for good.
Two straight Curtin goals to open the fourth period stretched the lead to 5-2, and Mike Suits and Jeff Colburn tacked on insurance goals in the final three minutes.
Bucknell junior attackman Austin Winter (Boontown Twp., N.J./Mountain Lakes) was held without a point for the first time in his career. Winter had scored in 34 straight games, the fifth-longest streak in Division I lacrosse.
Bucknell outshot Hobart 38-29 and held the edge in ground balls 28-24. Goalie Nick Sciubba (Sea Cliff, N.Y./Salisbury School) was strong in the crease with 13 saves.
The Bison are back in action on Thursday at 4 p.m. against Notre Dame at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda, Md.
