The Muhlenberg men's lacrosse won two games and lost one – to the snow – on its southern Spring Break swing.
The Mules were scheduled to play Kean on the first day of the trip, but the game was cancelled due to the snow covering Tierney Field at the USA Lacrosse Headquarters in Sparks, Maryland.
Once they got on the field, Muhlenberg snowed its opponents, cruising to wins of 17-8 at previously undefeated Transylvania and 19-5 at Sewanee.
Muhlenberg (4-2) will enter Centennial Conference play with a four-game winning streak in which it's outscored its opponents by an average of more than nine goals per game.
The Mules made a bit of history on their trip. Graduate student
Ethan Grossman recorded a total of six assists in the two games to surpass the 100-assist mark for his career, becoming just the ninth player in CC history to reach the century mark in both goals and assists. With 224 career points, he is tied for 15th on the all-time CC list.
Muhlenberg got off to a tremendous start in its second game, sprinting out to a 14-1 halftime lead. The 14 goals tied the school record for a half set 47 years ago against Stevens Tech.
The Mules scored the first 13 goals before Sewanee netted its first goal with 3:59 left in the first half. That was one short of the school record for most consecutive goals to start a game, set in 2009 when the Mules led Moravian 14-0 en route to a 14-2 win.
Muhlenberg also came within one of the school record for goals in a first quarter (seven), set against Moravian in 2010 and matched against SUNY Canton in 2018.
The Mules didn't start as dramatically at Transylvania but led comfortably for most of the game after breaking a 2-2 tie with a 6-0 run. They were up 13-4 late in the third quarter.
Muhlenberg passed well in both games, assisting on 26 of its 36 goals. The team tied a school record with 15 assists vs. Sewanee.
Sophomores
Wyatt Malia and
Jack Quinn and junior
James Dalimonte all scored three goals in the Transylvania game. Quinn's first career hat trick came on only four shots.
Malia
(pictured above) and Grossman were two of six Mules to net two goals against Sewanee. Quinn added another pair and sophomore
Brandon Caslow scored two for the second straight game. Sophomore
Jack Taub recorded his first career multiple-goal game, and freshman
Spencer Hallagan notched the first two goals of his career.
Other young players to break into the scoring column for the first time included sophomore
Zachary Poremba (goal), freshman
Tyler Kitchen (goal) and freshman
Reed Thompson (assist). Freshman
Matthew Hochegger had three assists in the Sewanee game.
Junior defensive middie
Andrew Sokolowski scored a goal in each game, while senior longstick middie
Maxwell Seeber contributed to the offense with a goal and an assist.
Graduate student
Matt Burke won 29 of 41 faceoffs in the two games, reaching 300 career faceoff wins.