GREENEVILLE, TENN. – A total of 14 players tallied at least one score while seven of those players posted two or more goals to lead the nationally fourth-ranked Limestone University men's lacrosse team to a commanding South Atlantic Conference road win at Tusculum University, 22-7, Saturday afternoon.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: No. 4 Limestone 22, Tusculum 7
Records: No. 4 Limestone (8-1, 3-1), Tusculum (7-3, 1-3)
Location: Pioneer Field
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
 

• Senior Gavin Kesselring (Atlanta, Ga.) paced the Saints with three goals and an assist
• Senior Dorian Faster (New Freedom, Pa.) added two goals and dished out an assist
• Freshman Mike McGarry (Wilmington, Del.) also tallied three points on two goals and an assist
• Sophomore Chris Erneston IV (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) scored twice and assisted once
• Junior Tom Szalkowski (Manorville, N.Y.) handed out a pair of dimes to go with a score
• Junior Ethan Stannard (Caledon, Ontario) split the cage twice for the Blue and Gold
• Senior Owen Consoletti (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) posted two goals on five shot attempts
• Senior Trent Kellner (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia) chipped in a pair of scores
• Sophomore Tim Ladner (Sandwich, Mass.) went 14-of-19 at the "X" with nine groundballs
• Senior Michael Logan (Los Angeles, Calif.) finished 8-of-13 in the circle with seven groundballs
• Graduate keeper William Baxter (Manchester, England) logged three saves in 30 minutes
• For the third time in program history, Limestone fired off at least 70 shot attempts in a game
• The Saints held an overwhelming advantage in faceoff wins, 23-10, and groundballs, 51-23

 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
First Quarter
 
The Saints jumped out to a 2-0 lead over the first several minutes on unassisted goals by Faster and Szalkowski, but Tusculum kept things close in the early going by scoring two of the next three goals to climb to within 3-2 with 4:33 remaining in the first. The score would not remain close for long, however.
 
Less that a minute later, sophomore Carter Brand (Ottawa, Ontario) found Stannard as Limestone doubled up the Pioneers, 4-2. That would start a 4-0 spurt as McGarry followed with an unassisted score before Kesselring fired back-to-back tallies, the last off a feed from McGarry, to make it 7-2 through one.  
 
Second Quarter
 
The Blue and Gold continued to pour it on to start the second, scoring four more times over the first five minutes of the period as part of a 10-0 overall run. Kellner and Consoletti both added a goal during that stretch before Logan scored a mere seven seconds later, splitting the frame off the ensuing faceoff win.
 
The scores just kept coming in droves for the Saints as Erneston finished off a dime from Szalkowski before he dished out an assist to Kellner to make it a 13-2 game with 4:13 left in the half. McGarry would score his second goal of the day off a pass from Kesselring in between those two goals at the 8:05-mark.
 
The Pioneers snapped its scoreless drought that lasted well over 16 minutes, but Faster would hook up with sophomore Jason Thomfohrde (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) to give the Saints a 14-3 cushion at the break.
 
Third Quarter
 
Limestone extended the margin to 15-3 a few ticks into the third as Ladner took the faceoff win and hit Stannard in stride for his second tally of the day. Tusculum would follow up with consecutive scores over the next couple of minutes, but a goal by Faster on the other end would make it 16-5 late in the quarter.
 
Fourth Quarter
 
Leading 16-6 to start the final period, the Saints put the game well out of reach with three quick goals over the first four minutes of the quarter. Erneston buried his 22^nd goal of the season before Szalkowski set up freshman Austin Lamoureux (Ottawa, Ontario) to put the visitors in command, 18-6, with 12:19 left.
 
Senior Connor Grauer (Riverhead, N.Y.) continued the onslaught just over a minute later before Kesselring finished off his hat trick with an unassisted goal to make it 20-6 with 7:35 left on the clock. Graduate Peter Collins (Hurley, N.Y.) then scored the first goal of his career in the closing minutes, finishing off an assist from sophomore Thomas Roth (Orlando, Fla.) as Limestone moved ahead, 21-7.
 
Consoletti then applied the final touches on the 22-7 win by splitting the cage for the second time on the day, hooking up with senior Mike Carpenter (Queensbury, N.Y.) who provided the helper on the score.
 
TURNING POINT
 
Although Limestone never trailed, it would use a 10-0 surge that spanned nearly 15 minutes of game time between the first and second quarters to open a wide double-digit margin. Tusculum outscored the Saints in the third, but the Blue and Gold used a 6-1 outburst in the fourth period to pull away comfortably, 22-7.
 
NOTABLES
 

• Limestone put a season-high 22 goals and 70 shot attempts
• The 70 shot attempts on Saturday is the third highest single-game total in program history
• The Saints fired off 76 shots at Emmanuel in 2018 and 72 against Chowan in 2017
• The Blue and Gold stayed below 20 turnovers for the first time in the 2022 campaign
• Limestone was called for just two 30 second penalties and was 2-of-3 in extra-man tries
• The Saints outshot the Pioneers, 70-22, on the day with Tusculum having almost as many turnovers (19) as shots attempted (22)

 
UP NEXT
 
Limestone returns home to close out March with a home game against Mars Hill University on Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m.