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Mansfield Boys' Lacrosse Shines in 15-8 Win over King Philip

Mike Barressi led all scorers with six goals. Mike Donnelly had four goals and Conor Finerty had three goals.

Though a quarter and a half of play and tied 5-5, it appeared the Mansfield Hornets and King Philip Warriors were in for a shootout. The Hornets however, cracked down on defense and pulled away for a 15-8 win over the Warriors.

The Hornets improve to .500 again with an overall record of 6-6 and 4-4 in league play.

Two quick goals from Conor Finerty and Mike Barressi put the Hornets up 2-0 early in the first quarter but the Warriors would use possession to get the lead by the end of the quarter.

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Chris White started things for King Philip with a 10 yard shot followed by a wraparound wide angle goal by Jack Riley to tie the game 2-2 about halfway through the quarter.

Trailing 3-2 going into the second quarter, Finerty and Barressi struck again to give the Hornets a 4-3 lead with 10:43 to play in the half.

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Despite some back and forth scoring, the Hornets took control of the game with about six minutes remaining in the half and refused to let up. Going on a 4-0 run though the beginning of the third quarter, Finerty's shot from 10 yards away put the Hornets up for good and goals from Mike Donnelly and Barressi's third goal gave Mansfield a 8-5 lead at halftime.

Barressi was able to extend to lead to four off a feed Bryan Hurley early in the third quarter. Despite Pialetti's goal to cut the lead back to three, a 6-2 run by the Hornets would wrap up a favorable result for Mansfield.

The Hornets will travel to Foxborough for a makeup game on May 8.


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