'KEENE, N.H. 5/7/03 – Playing in his final game at Owl Stadium, senior midfielder Chad Tiger (Port Murray, N.J.) had six goals to lead the third seeded Keene State College men's lacrosse team to a 18-3 victory over sixth seed Wentworth Institute in a ECAC Division III Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinal Tournament game in Keene on Wednesday.

Keene State (12-4), which tied the program's record for win in a season (set last year), moves on to the semifinal round at Babson College on Saturday (1 or 4 p.m.) where they will face second seed Endicott College. Endicott defeated seventh seed Lasell College 17-7 in its opening round contest.

Eric Momnie (South Windsor, Conn.) and Joe Branciforte (Cromwell, Conn.) had four goals each and Ben Bradley (So. Hadley, Mass.), Meade McKay (Stratham, N.H.), Nate Ball (Londonderry, N.H.) added single goals for the Owls.

Keith Walcott (Essex Junction, Vt.), Dan Mattock (Hollis, N.H.), and Dan Kelleher (Marshfield, Mass.) had goals for Wentworth (6-7), which was making its first post season trip in the program's six-year history.

With the scored knotted at two-all, Keene State exploded with 15 unanswered goals taking a 4-2 lead after the first quarter and a 10-2 halftime advantage.

Eric Delisle (Amherst, N.H.) had 14 saves and Ryan Connary (Buxton, Me.) finished with four saves in the final quarter for KSC. Rich Hamaty (Hingham, Mass.) stopped 14 shots for the Leopards.

It was the first meeting between the two lacrosse teams.

KSC lost to Babson in the semifinals of last year's tournament.