Box Score Colorado College built a commanding lead after three quarters and coasted to a 15-7 victory over Goucher College on a perfect Saturday afternoon at Washburn Field.
Senior attackman
Austin Davie and sophomore midfielder
Tyler Borko scored three goals apiece to help the Tigers build a 10-1 lead with 5:19 remaining in the second quarter.
CC established its dominance early with Borko, junior attackman
Robbie Stern and sophomore midfielder
Parker Woo finding the net on the first three shots of the game.
Sophomore midfielder Jeremy Buckler struck for the first of his two goals 5:22 into the contest, but Colorado College utilized tallies by sophomore midfielder
Aaron Maslow, Davie and Borko to stretch its lead to 6-1 after 15 minutes.
Markers from sophomore midfielder
Tom Haller, Borko and a pair from Davie gave the Tigers a nine-goal lead before senior attackman Jake Ziegler scored Goucher's second goal with six seconds remaining before halftime.
Strikes by senior midfielder
Brad Hale, Maslow and Haller gave CC a 13-2 advantage after three quarters, then head coach
Sean Woods emptied his bench to give more of his players some valuable game experience.
Hale, Haller and Maslow each scored twice and added an assist for the Tigers, who improved to 5-1.
Junior attackman Jaryd Hartzell scored a pair of goals during the final 15 minutes as the Gophers utilized a 5-2 surge to cut their final deficit to eight.
Thanks to a statistically decisive fourth quarter, Goucher finished the game with a 30-25 advantage in ground balls and a 14-12 edge in faceoffs.
Freshman
Andrew Harwood made nine saves for Colorado College during almost 50 minutes in goal. Freshman
Skylar Whinery stopped four shots in a little more than eight minutes of action, while sophomore
Henry Hinds had one save during the final 1:51.
Junior
Jackson Kaplan won seven of 16 faceoffs and led the Tigers with four ground balls. Junior defender
Riley Hoffman caused a pair of turnovers.
Goucher's Matt Messerle stopped seven shots during the first three quarters. Freshman Alex Shields played the last 15 minutes.
Colorado College returns to action against No. 5 St. Lawrence University on Tuesday, March 21, in Tampa.