Nazareth 16, Alfred 5
4-17-02 at Nazareth
Scoring by Quarters
1
2
3
4
Final
Alfred (2-3 E8, 6-5)
1
1
1
2
5
#6 Nazareth (3-0 E8, 7-3)
5
4
6
1
16

Alfred Scoring (goals-assists): Bryan Bacon 2-0, Dylan Macro 1-1, Rob Strickland 1-1, David Vail 1-0, Bill Crehan 0-1.

Nazareth Scoring (goals-assists): Jarod Koopman 4-2, Chad Kuczek 3-1, Justin Wahl 3-0, P.J. Rosecrans 2-1, Brian Roden 2-0, David Graham 1-0, Jason Mordaci 1-0, Craig Sleeman 0-2, Avery Burke 0-1, Brian Navarra 0-1, Rory Thorpe 0-1.

Saves: Alfred (Kevin Kazmierczak 11, saves, 15 goals, 45 minutes; Nicholas Hohman 4 saves, 1 goal, 15 minutes); Nazareth (Mike Darmetko 8 saves, 3 goals, 47 minutes; Travis Kuhl 3 saves, 2 goals, 13 minutes)
Shots: Alfred 26, Nazareth 54
Ground Balls: Alfred 39, Nazareth 70
Face-offs: Alfred 8, Nazareth 17
Clears: Alfred 18-28, Nazareth 24-33
Extra-man: Alfred 1-5, Nazareth 3-3
Officials: Tom Abbott, John Price, Tim Howard

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Senior midfielder Jarod Koopman (Waterloo HS/Waterloo, NY) scored four goals and added two assists and attackmen Chad Kuczek (Auburn HS/Auburn, NY) and Justin Wahl (Penn Yan Academy/Penn Yan, NY) each scored three times Wednesday as Nazareth won for the fourth straight time in men's lacrosse, defeating visiting Alfred, 16-5.

The Golden Flyers, ranked sixth nationally in Division III, improved to 7-3 overall and 3-0 in the Empire 8 Conference. Alfred is 6-5 and 2-3.

After Alfred scored the game's first goal, Nazareth scored the next seven to take a commanding advantage. Koopman and Kuczek each scored twice in that stretch, while Wahl, Brian Roden (Bethpage HS/Bethpage, NY), and P.J. Rosecrans (Niskayuna HS/Schenectady, NY) also scored.

Nazareth scored six more times in the third quarter with Koopman scoring twice more and Kuczek delivering one goal and one assist.

Bryan Bacon (Homer HS/Homer, NY) scored two goals for Alfred, while Dylan Macro (West Genesee HS/Camillus, NY) and Rob Strickland (Sweet Home HS/Amherst, NY) each had one goal and one assist.

Nazareth hosts RIT Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Golden Flyers' final regular-season home game.

Scoring Summary
First Quarter
Team
 Goal (Assist) Time Score
A
David Vail (Bill Crehan)
2:59
1-0 A
N
Brian Roden
4:56
1-1
N
Chad Kuczek (Craig Sleeman)
5:12
2-1 N
N Jarod Koopman 5:50 3-1 N
N Jarod Koopman (P.J. Rosecrans) 9:48 4-1 N
N P.J. Rosecrans 14:47 5-1 N
Second Quarter
N
Chad Kuczek
3:50
6-1 N
*N
Justin Wahl (Avery Burke)
4:34
7-1 N
*A
Bryan Bacon (Dylan Macro)
6:28
7-2 N
N
Justin Wahl
8:38
8-2 N
N
Justin Wahl (Craig Sleeman)
12:07
9-2 N
Third Quarter
N
Chad Kuczek (Jarod Koopman)
1:45
10-2 N
A
Bryan Bacon (Rob Strickland)
8:36
10-3 N
N
Jarod Koopman
10:58
11-3 N
N
David Graham
11:29
12-3 N
N
P.J. Rosecrans (Rory Thorpe)
11:40
13-3 N
*N
Jarod Koopman (Chad Kuczek)
12:51
14-3 N
N
Jason Mordaci (Brian Navarra)
14:11
15-3 N
Fourth Quarter
*N
Brian Roden (Jarod Koopman)
4:56
16-3 N
A
Rob Strickland
5:37
16-4 N
A
Dylan Macro
6:29
16-5 N

*Extra-man goal