MONTREAL -- Rhys Burnell of Abbotsford, B.C., tallied four markers and William Waesche became the second goalkeeper in league history to score a goal as McGill coasted to a 13-7 victory over Queen's in Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association action at Molson Stadium, Saturday.

McGill led 3-0 after the opening quarter, 7-2 at halftime and 12-4 after three.

Waesche, a 19-year-old arts sophomore from Greenwich, Conn., who ranks third among league goalie leaders with a 4.00 goals-against average, opened the scoring with an unassisted marker at 4:47 of the first quarter. The 5-foot-10, 187-pound southpaw 'keeper made a save and initiated a play to clear the zone.  

"There was a breakdown on the Queen's defence and they allowed Waesche to run clear to the midline but nobody picked him up as he crossed into the offensive zone," explained Tim Murdoch, in his 11th season as McGill head coach.  "Most defenders don't worry about the goalie because you rarely see them cross midfield. Usually goalies aren't as fast and as athletic as Waesche is but he kept going and found himself with daylight to the Gaels' goal.  He ripped a high, hard shot from 10 yards away that hit nothing but net in the upper-right corner. It's risky and not a designed play but he's really fast and is good with his stick-work.. It was a very rare play and exciting to watch it unfold."

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At the other end of the field, Waesche was beaten only twice in the first half and collected the victory before being replaced by back-up Jamie Spagnuolo, who allowed five goals over the final 40 minutes.

The previous time that a goalie scored in a CUFLA regular season game was when Trent University's Jon Hiltz tallied on a similar play in a 13-11 victory at Queen's, Sept. 25, 2011.

Spencer Bromley of Surrey, B.C., and Alex Rohrbach of Princeton Junction, N.J., each added hat-tricks for the division-leading Redmen, who were victorious for the third time in as many starts. Rounding out the McGill scoring was Emile Sassone-Lawless of Ithaca, N.Y., with two, while teammate Conner Goodwin, an electrical engineering senior from New Westminster, B.C., collected a game-high six points, all of them assists.

Joshua Smith and Alex Wright paced the Gaels with two goals apiece. Singles went to Brendan Zoehner, Jordan Nanos and Alex Bulla.

Gaels goalie Alex Guiney conceded all 13 goals and took the loss.

McGill (3-0) will continue their bitter rivalry with Bishop's (2-0) in a match-up of undefeated teams when the Gaiters visit Molson Stadium on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 8:30 p.m.

OFFENSIVE-MINDED GOALIES: A 2013 online article at inlacrosswetrust.com, which researched the history of lacrosse goalies scoring goals, stated that Greg Cattrano scored three times during his NCAA career with Brown University... There have been 14 goals scored by goalies in the history of the National Lacrosse League, according to the New York Times... Pat O'Toole of the Rochester Knighthawks scored one in the regular season and one in the playoffs, the first goalie to accomplish that feat... According to the story in the Times, a goalie named Buff MacCready scored 15 goals in a season in Major Series Lacrosse in the 1970s... Andrew Goldstein of Dartmouth famously scored the only goalie goal in the history of the NCAA tournament.

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Sports Info Office
514-398-7012


SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 13, Queen's 7
 

1st Quarter
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
15:13	McGill	25 William Waesche Unassisted
11:30	McGill	5 Alex Rohrbach (Capt.) Assisted by: 14 Goodwin (Capt.)
6:40	McGill	20 Spencer Bromley Assisted by: 23 Laird

2nd Quarter
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
16:44	McGill	20 Spencer Bromley Assisted by: 14 Goodwin (Capt.)
12:05	McGill	20 Spencer Bromley Assisted by: 14 Goodwin (Capt.)
7:51	Queen's	24 Jordan Nanos Unassisted
6:17	McGill	4 Emile Sassone-Lawless Unassisted
5:10	McGill	88 Rhys Burnell Assisted by: 20 Bromley
1:30	Queen's	5 Alex (Captain) Wright Unassisted
0:07	McGill	5 Alex Rohrbach (Capt.) Assisted by: 28 Hofmann

3rd Quarter
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
19:30	Queen's	25 Joshua Smith Unassisted
19:00	McGill	4 Emile Sassone-Lawless Unassisted
14:40	McGill	5 Alex Rohrbach (Capt.) Assisted by: 14 Goodwin (Capt.)
14:09	McGill	88 Rhys Burnell Assisted by: 14 Goodwin (Capt.)
12:02	Queen's	5 Alex (Captain) Wright Unassisted
0:40	McGill	88 Rhys Burnell Assisted by: 14 Goodwin (Capt.)

4th Quarter
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL
8:00	Queen's	10 Alex Bulla Unassisted
6:56	Queen's	25 Joshua Smith Unassisted
4:40	Queen's	7 Brendan Zoehner Assisted by: 17 Haliburton
3:27	McGill	88 Rhys Burnell Unassisted

Penalty Summary 1st Quarter
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
14:00	Queen's	5 Wright Personal 1 minutes
10:15	Queen's	23 Hutchison Personal 1 minutes
10:15	McGill	21 Rakoczy (Capt.) Personal 1 minutes
0:00	McGill	28 Hofmann Illegal Stick 3 minutes

2nd Quarter
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:00	McGill	22 Linton Illegal Stick 3 minutes

3rd Quarter
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
15:00	Queen's	19 Leonard Personal 1 minutes
13:22	McGill	20 Bromley Technical 0.5 minutes
4:04	McGill	12 Lekacz Technical 0.5 minutes

4th Quarter
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
7:00	McGill	23 Laird Personal 2 minutes

 

#	McGill Scoring Stats	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	PIMS
14	Goodwin, Connor	0	6	6	0	0	0
88	Burnell, Rhys	4	0	4	0	0	0
20	Bromley, Spencer	3	1	4	0	0	0.5
5	Rohrbach, Alex	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	Sassone-Lawless, Emile	2	0	2	0	0	0
25	Waesche, William	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	Laird, Drew	0	1	1	0	0	2
28	Hofmann, Bradley	0	1	1	0	0	3
77	Mendyk IV, Frank	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Stewart, Jack	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Bradley, Quinton	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lekacz, Alex	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
19	Bjella, Anders	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Rakoczy, Paul	0	0	0	0	0	1
10	Frost, Rufus	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Roussos, Alec	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Malloy, Marc	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Gutman, Jake	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Williams, Dan	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Tse, Matthew	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bouzianis, Matt	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Bolton, Goose	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Callahan, Cal	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Genereux, Louis-Charles	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Linton, Alex	0	0	0	0	0	3
31	Lundelius, Trey	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Martel-Lamarre, Guillaume	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	McDermott, Danny	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	Soubry, Nick	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Medary, Chris	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Hall, Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Fontaine, Shawn	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

#	McGill Goaltending	Mins	Shots	GA
25	Waesche, William	40:00	0	2
13	Spagnuolo, Jamie	40:00	0	5

 

#	Queen's Scoring Stats	G	A	PTS	PPG	SHG	PIMS
25	Smith, Joshua	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	Wright, Alex (Captain)	2	0	2	0	0	1
7	Zoehner, Brendan	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	Nanos, Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	Bulla, Alex	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	Haliburton, Chris	0	1	1	0	0	0
4	Acaster, Marcus	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Burk, Alex	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Stefanelli, Andrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Bertrand, James (Captain)	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Dimopoulos, Georgian	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Lisi, Domenic	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Myers, Andrew	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Leonard, Andrew	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	White, Burk	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Dale, John	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Donahoe, Ryan	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Hutchison, Dylan	0	0	0	0	0	1
16	Lachman, Christian	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Rakoczy, Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Milburn, Aidan	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Cluett, Daniel	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	D'Agostino, Josh	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Large, Connor	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	McGuckin, Matt	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	McGuire, Ryan	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Neale, Liam	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Rimmer, Phillip	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Venton, Riley	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Ward, Keaton	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Queen's Goaltending	Mins	Shots	GA
1	Guiney, Alex (Captain)	80:00	0	13