LEXINGTON, Va. (April 3, 2024) –
Tommy Quinson scored five goals during a 7-1 second quarter to help lead the Denison University men's lacrosse team to a 22-6 win during its final nonconference game of the regular season on Wednesday night at Transylvania University.
Luke Fisher scored back-to-back goals just 21 seconds apart to open the scoring in the first five minutes of the game, and then the Big Red led 4-1 at the end of the first quarter after goals by
Nick Vance and
Jack Hines in the final five minutes of the period.
In the second quarter, Denison scored six straight goals in the final 10 minutes while Quinson finished with five goals in the period and scored four goals during the 6-0 run, including scoring each of the final three goals before halftime.
The Denison defense, meanwhile, worked hard to limit Transylvania to only three shot attempts and a 50 percent conversation rate (6-for-12) on clear attempts in the first quarter and finished with just seven shots allowed compared to eight caused turnovers in the first half.
In the end, Quinson (6 goals; 1 assist) tied his career-high in goals, finished with seven points and had a team-high five groundballs while Fisher (4 goals; 1 assist) had five points and
Nate Kay and Hines both scored three goals.
With 6:10 left in the third quarter,
Colin MacLean won the faceoff and in just nine seconds, scored his first-career goal.
Macky Peck scored his first goal of the season in the opening minute of the fourth quarter.
Mason Ball made his Big Red debut and scored with 8:36 left to play before fellow-freshman
Jackson Erdmann scored his first-career goal with 5:27 left.
Owen Holder finished with three caused turnovers to lead the Big Red defensively while MacLean was 7-for-12 on the faceoff and
Andrew Albert finished with seven saves and a .538 save percentage in goal.
Denison gets back to .500 overall (5-5) with the win while Transylvania falls below .500 at 5-6.
With seven straight conference games left to close out the regular season, the Big Red will return to action at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, at Wabash College.
