No. 9 Men's Lacrosse Clinches Top Seed For Pilgrim League Tournament With 23-7 Win Over MIT
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 24, 2004 - Springfield College sophomore attackman
Taylor Brown (Portsmouth, R.I.) tallied six goals and two assists, while senior attackman
Paul Purdy (Brewster, N.Y.) added five assists to lead the No. 9 Pride to a 23-7 victory over MIT in its regular-season finale.
The win, SC's 10th in a row, clinched an undefeated league mark and the top seed for the upcoming conference tournament. The Pride (11-3, 6-0 Pilgrim), winner of the Pilgrim League East Division, will host Norwich, the Pilgrim League West No. 2 seed, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Benedum Field. Western New England earned the No. 1 seed in the West Division and will host Babson, the East Division's No. 2 seed, in the tournament's other semifinal.
The Pride scored seven of the first-quarter's eight combined goals, including two each by Brown and junior midfielder
Brian Endicott (Malden, Mass.), as the Pride led, 7-1, after one period.
SC found the back of the net 10 times in the second quarter, including a pair of Purdy-to-Brown tallies in only 10 seconds, to open a 17-3 lead at halftime.
The Pride outscored the Engineers (6-5, 3-3 Pilgrim), 6-4, in the second half to improve its record to 38-2 against Pilgrim Legue competition since joining the league in 2000.
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Keith Bugbee enters his 31st season as head men's lacrosse coach at Springfield College in 2013. Under his direction, the Pride is one of the top programs in the country. Bugbee's coaching record stands at an impressive 327-157 (.676 winning percentage).
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