Wildcats dominate Big East matchup,13-6. Keegan Khan Led the way for the Villanova Wildcats with a 7 goal 2 assist performance in leading the Villanova Wildcats (4-2, 4-2) in a commanding defeat of the Providence Friars (3-6, 2-5) in a Big East matchup.
Khan opened the scoring with 14:05 left in the first and Nova never looked back. Kahn nailed his second nine minutes later followed by Patrick Daly (2g) to make it a 3-0 affair. Khan would net his hat trick before Michael Hughes (1g) stopped the Wildcats run.
Eric Overbay (1g) closed the quarter with Nova in charge, 5-1.
The second quarter would only witness two goals. Daly and Evan McGreen (1g) traded scores to close the half at 6-2. The third was equally low scoring with Matt Campbell (2g,1a) sandwiching a Dan Axelson (1g) marker for Providence that set the stage for a frenetic finish.
A pair from Khan. a single from Colin Crowley (1g) and yet another from Khan blew things open at 12-3. Tim Hinrichs (1g) and Khan exchanged markers before Providence scored twice in the final :10 thanks to Ryan Nawrocki (1g,1a), and as time expired, Nick Shaw (1g) to close the 13-6 score.
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Villanova finished with a shot advantage of 45-33 with 24-17 shots on goal. Providence turned the ball over 21 times to 9 and the Friars scooped 28 ground balls to Nova’s 24. Wildcats dominate Big East matchup,13-6.
Kevin has followed and promoted the game of lacrosse since May 19, 1974.
The same day the Philadelphia Flyers won the Cup, the Philadelphia Wings were introduced to Neibauer and Philadelphia.
Kevin has covered many sports, including baseball, football, basketball, and.. lacrosse. A former licensed football referee and baseball umpire, Kevin brings a unique insight to his game coverage.
A published writer in JustHockey Magazine, Kevin covered the American Hockey League as well as a monthly story on a pugilist where Kevin used the pen name, The Rink Rat. Neibauer turned his attentions to lacrosse for a few years and does his part, whether podcasting or writing to grow the game. Kevin branched out to his roots and currently provides insight for all Philadelphia teams for Edge of Philly as well as his full-time duties with LaxPhilly.
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