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Paul Colflesh
Senior midfielder Paul Colflesh

Men's Lacrosse

Second Half Outburst Gives Devils 11-7 Win Over Dominican

Box Score MADISON, NJ - Trailing 5-3 at halftime, the College at Florham Devils outscored Dominican by a count of 8-2 in the second half on their way to an 11-7 victory in non-conference action on Tuesday evening.

With the win, the Devils improved to 4-3.

The Chargers got off to a hot start, scoring all three goals in the first quarter before FDU got on the board with 14:22 left in the second quarter thanks to a goal from senior attack Adam Koontz.  Dominican then scored two more to take a 5-1 lead with 8:05 remaining but that's when the Devils turned it on, scoring the final two goals of the half to close to within 5-3 at the break.  Junior attack Cody McHugh and senior attack Brian Goodwine tallied the two goals for FDU.

The Devils stayed hot in the third quarter, scoring four of the five goals in the period to take a 7-6 lead heading into the fourth.  Senior midfielder Paul Colflesh scored three of the goals and assisted on the fourth, by freshman attack Frank Reda, to give the Devils their first lead of the game.  Koontz made it 8-6 with 10:14 left in the game before McHugh gave FDU a 9-6 advantage just two minutes later.  The Chargers cut it to 9-7 with 6:46 to go but McHugh and Goodwine sealed the win with two goals 1:15 apart to give the Devils the victory.

Colflesh finished the game with three goals and two assists while McHugh also had three goals.  Koontz had two goals and an assist, Goodwine tallied two goals, and junior midfielder Cory Weiss recorded three assists.  Sophomore goalkeeper George Beck picked up the win, making five saves.

The Devils return to action on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at home against Scranton beginning at 7 pm.
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