Franklin Springs, GA – The Emmanuel Men's Lacrosse team hosted the Davis & Elkins Senators today in non-conference play. The Lions jumped out to a big lead, taking a 12-5 advantage into the half. The Lions continued to control the pace of play in the 2^nd half, to earn a 24-8 victory. With the win, the Lions improve to 1-2 on the season.
 
The Senators scored first to take a 1-0 lead early in the 1^st quarter. Joshua Fodchuk responded by finding the net with 13:03 to play in the first, assisted by Ryland Laturell to tie things at 1. The Senators scored the next two to take a 3-1 lead, but Tanner Park responded well with a goal at the 9:59 mark, assisted by Jared Weiss and again at the 9:14 mark, to tie things at 3-3. Luke Hildebrandt kept things going for the Lions with a goal at 8:17 assisted by Laturell to make it 4-3, Lions. Fodchuk scored his second of the day with 4:03 to play in the first to give the Lions a 5-3 advantage. 
 
Tanner Park kept things going for the Lions in the 2^nd quarter with a goal at 13:23 assisted by Griffin Gibson-Thomas to push the Lions lead to 6-3. With 12:18 to play in the 2^nd, Weiss found the net, assisted by Fodchuk to make it 7-3, Lions. Ryley Dowswell got into the action with 11:29 to play in the 2^nd to make it 8-3. Gibson-Thomas added a goal at 11:15, assisted by Weiss to put the Lions up 9-3 and Luke Hildebrandt scored his second of the day with 9:33 to play in the 2^nd, assisted by Laturell to give the Lions a 10-3 lead. The Senators scored the next two to cut the Lions lead to 10-5, but the Lions responded well with consecutive goals by Gibson-Thomas with 45 seconds to play, assisted by Fodchuk and with 23 seconds to go, assisted by Weiss to make it 12-5, Lions heading into the break.
 
In the third quarter, the Lions kept things going. Park scored with 13:38 to play assisted by Fodchuk to make it 13-5, Lions. Graeson Amundson found the net with 12:18 to play in the 3^rd, assisted by Ethan Hildebrandt to make it 14-5. Dowswell scored his second of the day with 11:56 to play in the quarter to give the Lions a 10-goal lead, 15-5. Laturell was next at the 11:34 mark assisted by Luke Hildebrandt to give the Lions a 16-5 lead. The Senators made it 16-6 with 10:07 to play in the quarter, but the Lions responded well with a goal by Luke Hildebrandt with 9:11 to play in the third, assisted by Weiss to give the Lions a 17-6 lead. Dowswell scored his third of the day with 8:28 to go in the third, assisted by Everett Muratori to make it 18-6, but the Senators scored with 4:58 to cut the lead to 18-7. Luke Hildebrandt capped off a strong quarter for the Lions with a goal at the 3:16 mark, assisted by Cole Stachniak to make it 19-7. 
 
The fourth quarter started out with a goal by Fodchuk with 13:44 to play , assisted by Laturell to make it 20-7, Lions. Park grabbed his fifth goal of the day with 13:05 to play , assisted by Gibson-Thomas to make it 21-7. The Senators responded with a goal to make it 21-8, but Park added his sixth score with 9:08 to go, assisted by Weiss to make it 22-8. Fodchuk finished the quarter strong for the Lions with a goal at 7:48, assisted by Weiss to make it 23-8 and another goal at 6:31 to make the final score 24-8, Lions.
 
The Lions were led by Tanner Park who had a career high, 6 goals on the day, while Joshua Fodchuk added a career high, 5 goals. Luke Hildebrandt, Griffin Gibson-Thomas and Ryley Dowswell each picked up three scores a piece. Jared Weiss led the way with 6 assists on the afternoon while Grady Magruder had 11 saves in goal.
 
Next up, the Lions will host Coker University on Saturday at 1PM. For more information on Emmanuel University athletics, visit goeulions.com.