DANBURY, CONN.  4/18/09 - The Keene State men's lacrosse team jumped out to an early lead and held on for 14-11 Little East Conference victory over Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn. on Saturday.

Freshman Griffin Meehan (Simsbury, Conn.) had a big day for the Owls (6-3, 4-1 LEC) with five goals and three assists.

Keene State scored the first seven goals of the game with Meehan finding the back of the net three times.

WCSU (3-10, 1-4 LEC) cut the Owls lead to 7-5 at the start of the third quarter, but KSC responded with goals by seniors Tony Santa Fe (Derry, N.H.), Casey Brodersen (Derry, N.H.,) and Rodney Arganese (Trumbull, Conn.) to build their lead back to five goals (10-5).

Western got the deficit down to two goals twice in the fourth quarter, the last coming at the 2:15 mark on a goal by Adam Lanehart that made it 13-11.  Junior Jamie LeSage (Exerter, N.H.) scored the last goal for the Owls with 1:29 to go.

Arganese had three goals and Santa Fe added two goals and three assists for KSC.  Brodersen, LeSage, sophomore Mike Araujo (Southborough, Mass.), and junior Dax Greene (Westborough, Mass.) had single goals for the Owls.

KSC sophomore goalie Alec Corliss (Waltham, Mass.) finished the game with 14 saves.  WCSU goalie Tyler Martone stopped 11 shots.

Keene State travels to rival Plymouth State on Tuesday.