RICHMOND — Richmond men’s lacrosse stayed perfect in Southern Conference play by defeating visiting Furman 8-2 Saturday at Robins Stadium. The Spiders improve to 7-4 overall, a program record for wins in a season, and a perfect 3-0 in the SoCon. The three league wins also sets a new program mark after last year’s inaugural season.
Furman falls to 2-8 overall, 1-3 in league games.
The Spiders jumped out quickly with three goals in the first three minutes. Sophomore J.P. Forester (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) scored his 20th goal of the season with a goal 78 seconds into the game on an assist from sophomore Dan Ginestro (Syracuse, New York) for the 1-0 lead.
Any victory is a good victory and when you throw in it’s a league game, it was good for sure,” said Richmond head coach Dan Chemotti. “We have put ourselves in a good position in the league so far, but anything can happen and it is still way too early to think about the standings.
Just 30 seconds later, A.J. Lapitino (Setauket, New York) scored an unassisted goal and less than a minute later, redshirt junior Alex Hatem (Syracuse, New York) made it 3-0 with an unassisted goal with 12:04 remaining in the first quarter.
The Spiders finished the first leading 5-0 and shut out the Paladins in two different quarters in the game, their seventh and eighth defensive shutout quarters of the season, including six in their three SoCon games.
The defense was stifling for the Spiders. Richmond defenseman Tom Monzo (Flourtown, Pennsylvania) had the game-high with four caused turnovers. Fellow defensemen Ryan Dennis (Peapack Gladstone, New Jersey) and Brendan Hynes (Mahopac, New York) caused three turnovers each. Hynes led all players with nine ground balls in the game.
Forester, Hatem and sophomore Mitch Goldberg (Damascus, Maryland) all had two goals for the Spiders. Goldberg has registered at least one point in his last 20 games, dating back to last season.
Forester finished with three points by adding an assist. He leads the Spiders with 33 points this season.
Richmond sophomore goalie Benny Pugh (Woodberry Forest School) gave up just one goal and made four saves in just over 57 minutes of game play. It was the third time in his career he played more than a half and gave up a goal or less. He is also 7-4 this season.
The Spiders will head to High Point next Saturday in a Southern Conference game to start at noon.
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Oliver Marti: Starting an NLL Team in Albany and Investing in the PLL and Epoch Lacrosse (Pro Lacrosse Talk Podcast #130)
byPro Lacrosse Talk
On this episode of the Pro Lacrosse Talk Podcast, Hutton Jackson and Adam Moore are joined by three-time All-American at Brown University, investor in the PLL, and the newest NLL owner Oliver Marti. He discusses moving the New England Black Wolves franchise to Albany, New York, why the city of Albany was chosen and share his thoughts on the team’s potential new identity. He also discusses his time playing for Dom Starsia at Brown University, playing for the New York Saints in the MILL, starting the Connecticut Box Lacrosse League, investing in the Premier Lacrosse League and equipment manufacturer Epoch Lacrosse, and his opinion on the current state of pro lacrosse.
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Pro Lacrosse Talk is the flagship lacrosse podcast of the Lacrosse Playground network covering all three professional lacrosse leagues (NLL, PLL, Athletes Unlimited). Each week throughout the season we’ll recap the games, provide analysis on the teams and feature exclusive postgame and off-the-field interviews with professional lacrosse players, coaches and executives. If you’re a fan of lacrosse podcasts like the Unbuckled Chinstrap, The Inside Feed, Lacrosse Classified or The Crease Dive, then give us a listen.