Hobart Falls at No. 14 Loyola

Hobart Sports Information

The Hobart College lacrosse team fell to 14th-ranked Loyola 16-7 in its final ECAC Lacrosse League contest this afternoon. The Statesmen slip to 7-6 on the season and 2-5 in the conference, while the Greyhounds improve to 9-4 overall and 6-1 in the league.

Senior Jeff Colburn (Cicero-North Syracuse/Liverpool, N.Y.) led Hobart's offense with three goals, while junior Kevin Curtin (Corcoran/Syracuse, N.Y.) added a goal and an assist.

Collin Finnerty led Loyola with four tallies, all in the first quarter, and a helper, while D.J. Corner and Derek Lusby each scored three times.

The Greyhounds came out firing, outscoring the Statesmen 6-1 in the first quarter. Finnerty netted his first of the day just 38 seconds into the contest. Colburn found the answer for Hobart a few minutes later, putting away a pass from first-year Chris Pedersen (Ridgewood/Nyack, N.Y.), and evening the game at 1-all at the 12:11 mark. Loyola went on to net five more, including three from Finnerty, to end the frame. 

The Statesmen pulled within four, 8-4, with 5:51 to play in the second quarter, after sophomore Tim Bigelow (Northfield Mt. Hermon/Walpole, Mass.) set up consecutive tallies for Colburn and junior Tyler Cassell (Salisbury School/Geneva, N.Y.), but three in a row from the Greyhounds to start the third stanza would put the game out of reach.

Curtain found senior Matt Smalley (Avon Old Farms/Cumberland, R.I.) for Hobart's only score of the third quarter, then netted his 19th goal of the season later in the fourth. Senior Tyler Hill (LaFayette/Nedrow, N.Y.) added a score for the Statesmen with 44 seconds left in the game.

Junior goalie Max Silberlicht (New Hartford/New Hartford, N.Y.) collected 11 saves for Hobart, while Jake Hagelin picked up eight stops for Loyola. Statesmen first-year Bobby Dattilo (Pinkerton Academy/Derry, N.H.) scooped up a game-high 10 ground balls.

Hobart will close out the regular season on May 2, when the Statesmen visit Cornell. The 129th meeting between the two schools is scheduled to being at 3 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.