HOBOKEN, N.J. (April 8, 2016) – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team scored 10 first quarter goals en route to a 22-0 victory over Houghton College Saturday.

The Ducks moved to 9-3 overall and 2-1 in the Empire 8 Conference, while Houghton fell to 2-8, 0-4 in the E8.

Stevens tallied the first marker 3:17 into the game, as senior Colin Sawula scored on a feed from junior Connor Towne. The senior duo of Andrew Scrutchfield and Matt Ferentini scored 37 seconds apart to extend the lead to three, and junior Tim Leahey netted two straight tallies to push the gap to five. Four other Ducks would add goals before Leahey capped off his hat trick with 12 seconds left in the first.

Sophomore JP Southren potted a pair of goals 20 ticks apart to open the second, and senior Anthony Raposo collected a goal and pair of helpers in the first three quarters alone. Southren completed his hat trick with 8:38 remaining. Freshmen Zach Eberding, Roy Standing and Ryan Kelly each scored their first collegiate goals in the rout.

Southren led the Ducks with eight shots, while junior Jan Schoonen and sophomore Dallas Creamer each forced a pair of turnovers. Freshman Nicholas Carnovale won 13-of-15 faceoffs and picked up a team best 10 ground balls, while sophomore Scott Wedgeworth was 9-of-10 with six ground balls.

Chris Bucciarelli made eight saves for the Highlanders, who received two shots from Austin Andryshak.

The Ducks will be back in action on Wednesday, taking on Hartwick College at 4 p.m. 

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