March 18, 2006
Boxscore
WINGATE, NC—St. Andrews Presbyterian College junior attack men Zach Mryncza (Baltimore, MD) and Dan Hartzell (Lacombe, Alberta, Canada) scored four goals each to lead the Knights to a 14-9 Deep South Conference men’s lacrosse victory over Wingate University Saturday afternoon at Irwin Belk Stadium and John R. Martin Field on the Wingate campus.
With the victory, St. Andrews remains as the lone undefeated DSC team with a 4-0 league ledger. The Knights even their overall record at 4-4. The Bulldogs fell to 4-3 overall and 2-1 in the DSC.
The Knights snapped a 5-5 halftime tie with a five-goal third quarter. St. Andrews outscored Wingate 5-1 in the pivotal third quarter. Mryncza scored the first two goals of the second half for the visitors, giving the Knights the lead for good. Mryncza scored all four of his goals after intermission.
Hartzell led the Knights in the first half, scoring three of his four goals in the first 30 minutes. St. Andrews sprinted to a 5-1 lead early in the second quarter, thanks to Hartzell’s three goals and single scores by freshman midfield Max Kalkstein (Mystic, CT) and junior midfield Drew Howell (St. Albert, Alberta).
Wingate rallied to tie the score with four second quarter goals. Safarik scored three of his game-high five goals in the second quarter, including a tally with 35.5 seconds to go in the first half to make the score 5-5 at halftime.
St. Andrews’ out shot Wingate 22-15 in the second half, including 12-6 in the third quarter. Mryncza and Hartzell led the way with four goals each. Six other players had one goal each for the Knights.
Knights freshman goaltender Nate Hull (Millersville, MD) evened his record to 3-3 by making eight saves in the complete game.
Wingate sophomore attack Kyle Costello (Wilmington, NC) support Safarik’s five-goal effort with two goals and two assists. Bulldog senior midfield Chris Manwaring (Vancouver, British Columbia) and freshman midfield Ryan Otterblad (Dumfries, VA) added single goals for the hosts.
St. Andrews will play the middle game of its season-long five-game road trip on Wednesday, when they visit DSC rival Catawba College (Salisbury, NC) at 4:00 p.m.
