University of Central Florida

On Saturday the Spiders faced the No. 19 nationally ranked University of Central Florida Knights. The UR men battled back and forth in the first period but ended the quarter down 5-3 on goals by sophomore midfielder Doug Slaughter (Baltimore, Md./St.Pauls) unassisted; Nick Daniel (Fairfax, Va./Southern Lehigh) assisted by Slaughter; and another tally by Daniel unassisted.

The Spiders took control of the second, outscoring the Knights 5-1 to take an 8-6 lead into halftime on two goals by Palmer, along with single tallies by Hayden, Kraft, and freshman defensive midfielder Rob Poirier (Wausau, Wis./Wausau West).

The Spiders would take over the second half, taking a commanding 15-9 lead late into the fourth quarter before emptying the bench and ending the game with a 16-14 victory. Thirteen different Spiders had points on the day, including hat tricks from Palmer and Daniel. Will Harris (Weston, Mass./Weston) played well in the midfield all day and tallied his first goal of the year to go along with an assist. Freshman net minder Mike Buckbinder (Princeton Junction, N.J./Hun School) started the game with 6 saves in the first half, before giving way to McDevitt, who posted 10 second half saves. Freshman defender Brain Topper (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) led the team with 8 ground balls.

Record: UR (3-0, 0-0 SELC Div. I)

Scoring: Palmer (3g), Daniel (3g), Hayden (2g, 2a), Helm (2g), Slaughter (1g, 1a), Rigoli (1g, 2a), Kraft (1g, 1a), Harris (1g, 1a), Barnhart (1g, 1a), Poirier (1g), O’Brien (1a), Hagy (1a)