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The 2005 Wittenberg University men's lacrosse team is off to a hard-luck 0-3 start, but there is plenty of season left to turn things around. The Tigers will try to get the season moving in a positive direction Saturday with a game against Greensboro.
The Tigers' annual Spring Break trip did not get off to a good start as Wittenberg dropped a 20-5 decision to St. Mary's on March 9. The game was played after an unexpected eight-day layoff, precipitated by a cancelled game at St. Vincent due to snow in western Pennsylvania on March 5.
Senior attacker Trevor Carlson (Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington) found the back of the net on a pass from sophomore attacker Adam Morrison (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson) early in the first half to forge the game's lone tie. However, St. Mary's blitzed Wittenberg with a 7-0 run and pushed the lead out to a commanding 11-2 advantage by halftime. Wittenberg's only other goal of the first half came from junior Cory Windle (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) without an assist.
Windle added a goal in the second half and sophomore attacker Sammy Hong (Columbus, Ohio/Worthington Kilbourne) chipped in with a goal and an assist, both in the final 30 minutes. Sophomore Travis Moore (Columbus, Ohio/Wellington) tacked on the Tigers' other goal and Morrison finished with two assists to lead Wittenberg.
The Tigers again couldn't find that winning formula against Randolph-Macon on March 12 in a physical 12-10 road loss that wrapped up the Spring Break trip.
Wittenberg got three goals from Morrison and two tallies from Moore, while Hong, Windle, Carlson, sophomore Brandon Schwind (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) and freshman Brandon Hulett (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson) all scored once. Windle, the team's leading scorer and lone first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honoree a year ago, added three assists to lead the Tigers in that department.
Junior Kevin Adams (Medina, Ohio/Medina) was the Tigers' starter in goal and he turned away 13 shots, while facing 35 from Randolph-Macon. Wittenberg attempted 30 shots, with RMC's netminder coming up with 15 saves.