BOSTON, Mass. – The Norwich men's lacrosse team stunned the Emerson Lions, 17-2, in a conference win held on the Lions' downtown turf field in Boston.

Sophomore Joe Galante remains the ringleader for the Cadets, as he notched five goals, four ground balls and one assist in the afternoon game. Freshman Ian Thomas tallied a hat trick and two assists, while classmate Marco Wiederaenders and senior Patrick Sikora netted a pair of goals.

Freshman Mark Paradiso played just over 11 minutes in net, making one save and allowing no shots past him. At that mark, sophomore Caleb Fournier came in to protect the pipes and made seven saves in his first appearance of the season.

Two minutes into the first period, Wiederaenders assisted Sikora to put the Cadets on the board. After another two minutes ticked off the clock, Galante set up freshman Ian Mendoza for his goal of the game, and the Cadets began to quickly run up the score, holding an 8-0 advantage at the end of the opening period.

The Cadets found careful opportunities to attack the net in the second, as freshman Brandon Stubbs assisted Galante for the lone goal of the period.

Going into the second half, the Cadets knocked in another trio of goals to own a 12-0 lead that the Lions would have to work hard to compensate for. The home team was, however, able to take away the shutout hopes for Norwich, as Dan Gold stepped up for Emerson to put in both goals in the final period of the game.

The Cadets have a busy homecoming this week, as they'll host their season opener at Howard Field on Tuesday at 4 p.m. against Rivier. They'll return to the field on Thursday for their second GNAC matchup of the week when they face-off against Daniel Webster at 4 p.m.

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