WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 16, 2013) - Rollins
fell behind early, but used a big second quarter and its staunch
defense to beat Adams State 15-9 on Senior Day Saturday.
Riley
Robinson racked up five goals to lead Rollins' (2-7) offense.
Austin
Ricci found the back of the net three times to become Rollins'
all-time goal scorer while Jack
Dever earned two goals and five assists.
Alex
Petsos filled the stat sheet with a goal, two assists, 17
groundballs and 22-of-26 faceoffs.
Andrew
Sheerin earned the win in the cage, racking up 13 saves and
allowing eight scores in 53 minutes of action. Hunt
Bartram picked up five saves in relief.
Alexander Rainey scored three goals to pace the Grizzlies (1-4).
Josh Peterman and Mike Telles each scored twice with Telles also
adding an assist. Ronnie Fernando took the loss, surrendering 13
goals with 12 saves.
ASU scored first as Peterman found the back of the net just 2:20
into the game. After Petsos won the faceoff, Robinson tied the
score with a goal just eight seconds later.
Peterman scored his second to give the Grizzlies a 2-1 lead
before goals by Austin
Ricci and Chris
Ross put the Tars ahead 3-2. ASU then netted two unanswered and
took a 4-3 advantage after one.
Dever tied the game at four with a quick score in the second,
but again ASU had an answer and went up 5-4 with 11:27 left in the
half. The Tars netted four more in the period while keeping ASU to
just two more as Rollins led 9-7 at the break.
Rollins pulled away in the third, outscoring its visitors 4-1.
One from Stephen
DeFlumeri, two from Robinson and another Morgan
Baker put the Tars in control 13-8 heading into the fourth.
The Grizzlies scored first, but Rollins held off the threat of a
comeback with goals by Will
Diamond and Ricci in the waning moments.
Prior to the game, Rollins honored seniors Scott
Budriss, Nick
Scannapieco and Ricci.
The Tars will return to action on Wednesday, March 20 in its
final home game of the season, facing Deep South Conference rival
Florida Southern at 7 p.m. Fans can catch all the action live on
the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com.
