Brown Men's Lacrosse Takes 11-5 Win Over Providence

April 23, 2003

Providence, R.I. - Senior All-American Jon Thompson (Freeport, ME) scored four goals and handed out two assists to lead the Brown men's lacrosse team to an 11-5 win over cross-town rival Providence College. The Bears are now 4-8 overall, while Providence drops to 6-8 overall.

Brown jumped out to a 3-0 first quarter lead on goals by junior Charles Towers (Cold Spring Harbor, NY), sophomore Britton Derkac (Virginia Beach, VA) and sophomore Chris Mucciolo (Manhasset, NY). The Friars clawed back by scoring three of the next four goals, pulling to within one goal of the Bears, 4-3, on a goal by junior Ryan Russell at the 9:28 mark of the second quarter.

The Bears broke the game open with three unanswered goals, two by Thompson and one by junior Brian Miller, to grab a 7-3 lead at the half.

The Friars got back into the game with third quarter goals by freshman Tom Kelly and sophomore Jon Hollister, to trail 7-5 at the 9:25 mark of the third quarter. The Bears went on to score the game's final four goals, with Thompson scoring twice, junior Rich Tuohey (Annapolis, MD) scoring once and Derkac adding his second goal of the game.

Thompson's four goals led all scorers, while Miller and Derkac added two goals each for the Bears. Kelly led the Friars with two goals.

Junior All-American Mike Levin (Pittsford, NY) made 11 saves in goal for the Bears, allowing the fewest goals in his Brown career. Sophomore Andrew McMinn made 12 saves for Providence.

NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S LACROSSE BROWN UNIVERSITY vs. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Site:  Stevenson Field - Prov., R.I.       Attendance: 334 Date:  April 23, 2003
SCORE              1       2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE         0       3       2       0               5BROWN              3       4       1       3               11
PROVIDENCE SCORINGGOALS:  Tom Kelly 2, Jon Meehan 1, Ryan Russell 1, Jonathan Hollister 1.
ASSISTS:  Mark Seyer 1, David Krasnica 1.

BROWN SCORINGGOALS:  Jon Thompson 4, Brian Miller 2, Britton Derkac 2, Charles Towers 1, Chris Mucciolo 1, Rich Tuohey 1.
ASSISTS:  Jon Thompson 2, Rich Tuohey 1, George Bassett 1, Chazz Woodson 1.

SHOTS          1       2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE     6       5       9       7               27BROWN          12      13      4       8               37
SAVES         1       2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE    5       3       1       3               12BROWN         1       3       3       4               11
PROVIDENCE GOALIE:  Andrew McMinn     60:00 mins.     12 saves        11 GA
BROWN GOALIE:  Mike Levin     60:00 mins.       11saves 5  GA
FACE-OFFS WON         1    2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE            1    3       1       0               5BROWN                 3    5       3       3               14

GROUND BALLS    1       2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE      6       5       6       6               23BROWN           12      11      8       6               37
CLEARS                1       2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE            6/7     8/10    3/3     3/4             20/24BROWN                 7/8     8/9     4/7     5/6             24/30
Extra-Man Opportunities    1       2       3       4       0T      FINALPROVIDENCE                 0/0     0/0     0/1     0/1             0/2BROWN                      0/0     1/2     0/0     0/1             1/3
PENALTIES:  BROWN - 2/1:30   PROVIDENCE - 3/2:30RECORDS:  BROWN:  4-8   PROVIDENCE:  6-8


First QuarterBrown           Towers - unassisted                     2:09    1-0Brown           Derkac - unassisted                     2:52    2-0Brown           Mucciolo - unassisted                   6:10    3-0
Second QuarterProvidence      Kelly - unassisted                      2:07    3-1Brown           Miller from Tuohey      (extra man)     3:24    4-1Providence      Meehan from Seyer                       6:47    4-2Providence      Russell - unassisted                    9:28    4-3Brown           Thompson - unassisted                   9:41    5-3Brown           Thompson from Bassett                   11:34   6-3Brown           Miller from Thompson                    12:24   7-3
Third QuarterProvidence      Kelly - unassisted                      2:15    7-4Providence      Hollister from Krasnica                 9:25    7-5Brown           Thompson - unassisted                   10:21   8-5
Fourth QuarterBrown          Tuohey from Woodson                     4:29    9-5Brown          Derkac from Thompson                    5:28    10-5Brown          Thompson - unassisted                   11:51   11-5
               Final Score:  Brown 11, Providence 5

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