Box Score
BRISTOL, R.I. – Roger Williams University  got off to a quick start to soar past the Fighting Scots of Gordon College, 16-5, in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) men's lacrosse action today. The Hawks improve to 7-6 overall and 5-2 in the CCC while the Fighting Scots drop to 2-12 overall and 1-6 in the CCC.

RWU outscored Gordon 4-1 in the first period of play to build a comfortable lead. Jon Nessa (Concord, Mass.) was first to hit at the 11:42 mark. Just under five minutes later Nessa would assist Drew Beck (South Salem, N.Y.) for his first score of the game.

At 5:34 Cameron Signorelli (Albany, N.Y.) spotted an open Caleb Kenney who finished at 4:20. Signorelli then scored on a pass from Todd Carson (Pennington, N.J.) at 4:20 to put the Hawks up 4-0.

Gordon’s Sam Spellman (Lewes, Del.) connected with Jordan Heckelmann (Colorado Springs, Colo.) who put the Fighting Scots on the board for the last score of the period to make it a 4-1 game.

Gordon opened the second quarter netting the first two goals before the Hawks went on a three goal run of their own. Spellman gave Gordon their second score at 12:28 and Jeremy Nelson (West Chester, Pa.) fed Roger Evans (Oxford, Pa.) two minutes later for another score that brought the game to 4-3. 

The Hawks answered with three goals to close out the half with the first of the run coming from Nessa on a pass from Kirby Sundquist at 2:14. Will Siefert (Duxbury, Mass.) would get his first of the game at 0:58 and Carson would find an open Tim Kelly (Ridgefield, Conn.) to beat the halftime buzzer, 7-3.

The Hawks opened the second half with three more unanswered goals that put the game out of reach. Ian Powers (Shrewsbury, Mass.) took matters into his own hands at 13:18 and 8:56 to push the lead to 9-3 and Nessa added his third of the day at thirty seconds later. Spellman produced his second goal after finishing a pass from Dominic Dantona (Syosset, N.Y.) at 8:16 for Gordon's fourth score of the day.

The Hawks would put five more in the net before Gordon would answer for their last score. Signorelli would score two more times, Power would add three to give him a game high five goals. Jake Martin (Watertown, Conn.) of Gordon and Michael Kemmy (Bristol, R.I.) of RWU would trade goals for their respective teams to bring the total to 16-5.

Houston Zemanski (Annapolis, Md.) stopped six shots on goal in the loss while Luke Aubrey (Norwalk, Conn.) saved eight in the win.

Gordon returns to action on April 24 to take on Nichols in Dudley, Mass. at 6:30p.m.

The Hawks remain at home for the their final regular season competition on Saturday, April 20 at 1 p.m. as they take on Wentworth.

Release courtesy of RWU sports information.