'SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 5/8/04 - Senior Marco Le Gette (Severna Park, MD) scored four goals and junior CJ Annunciata (Waltham, Mass.) added two goals and two assists as top-seeded Western New England College rallied for a 10-6 victory over fourth seed Keene State College in a semifinal round game of the 2004 ECAC Division III New England men's lacrosse tournament. 

WNEC will host either second-seeded Babson or third-seeded Wheaton on Sunday (1 p.m.) in the championship game.

Freshman Adam Cherry (Westfield, Mass.) chipped-in with two goals and an assist as the Golden Bears (13-7) tied the school record for wins previously set in 1996.  Freshman goalie Matt Pendelbury (North Hunterdon, N.J.) compiled 12 saves. 

Keene State jumped to a 4-1 lead in the second period before Annunciata scored with seven seconds remaining in the half to cut the margin to 4-2.  The Golden Bears then outscored the Owls 6-1 in the third quarter.  Junior long stick middle Pat Barone (Weymouth, Mass.) had his first career goal at 8:24 to pull WNEC within one at 5-4, then Le Gette tied the contest 1:03 later.  Cherry then fired home what proved to be the game-winner at the 5:48 mark and hit the back of the net again 33 seconds later.

Junior Eric Momnie (South Windsor, Conn.) led KSC with three goals, while junior Meade MacKay (Stratham, N.H.) and freshman Sean Panora (South Windsor, Conn.) each had a goal and two assists.  Junior goalie Eric Delisle (Amherst, N.H.) finished with 16 saves. 

KSC concludes its season at 11-7.

(courtesy of WNEC Sports Information)