NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Junior Ian Kennedy (Gloucester, Mass.) of the Norwich University men's lacrosse team led the Cadets with four points on Tuesday, helping the hosts to a 9-6 victory over Curry College at Sabine Field. 

Norwich improves to 1-4 on the season following the non-conference tilt while the Colonels even their overall record at 3-3. The Cadets have drawn even in the all-time series, 3-3, and picked up their first win over Curry since Mar. 25, 2015, an 8-4 decision at home. 

Kennedy assisted three of his team's nine goals and sophomore Aidan Moulton (Danvers, Mass.) scored twice for the Cadets. Kennedy joined junior Josh Jenkins (Centennial, Colo.), sophomore Cody Moore (Canton, N.Y.), junior Matt Shea (Arlington, Mass.), junior Alex Bowen (Davidson, N.C.), junior Nolan Aurelia (Stratford, Conn.) and junior Tristan Lynch (Dunstable, Mass.) with one goal scored. 

Bowen's first goal of the year, off a dish from Kennedy, put the Cadets up by a 1-0 score only 4:12 into the contest. Lynch scored the first goal of his three-year career less than a minute later, increasing the Norwich lead to 2-0 in the first quarter. Curry, however, answered with three-straight goals to take a 3-2 lead after the first 15 minutes of action. 

The second stanza was all Norwich as Moulton, Aurelia and Moore scored even-strength goals to grant their team a 5-3 lead with 3:37 left on the first half scoreboard. Shea put home an unassisted goal with the man-advantage, putting the Cadets up by a 6-3 score at halftime. 

The offensive pace slowed in the second half, but Norwich was able to maintain its lead despite two goals from Curry in the third quarter. Jenkins and Moulton recreated their team's three-goal lead and, despite a goal from the Colonels with 10:40 left in the contest, Kennedy put home his first tally of the game with 10:23 left to create the 9-6 final score. 

Norwich goaltender Tyler LoPorto (Weston, Fla.) made several timely saves, earning his first collegiate victory after halting 10-of-16 shots on net. The tandem of Josh Teller and Shane O'Brien yielded nine goals on 19 shots, with the former taking the losing decision for Curry. 

The Cadets held statistical advantages with 31 shots, 38 ground balls, 10 face-off victories and 18 successful clears. Face-off specialist Jack Dwyer (Shelburne, Vt.) led Norwich with 10 wins at the "X", reeling in eight ground balls, while senior James Connors (Marshfield, Mass.) picked up six loose balls on defense. 

Dominick Marcella registered two assists for Curry. Devin Newell equaled Marcella's point-scoring output with a goal and an assist for the Colonels who were led defensively by Chris Bronander's four ground balls and five caused turnovers.

Norwich will take on future Great Northeast Athletic Conference-rival Regis College at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Mar. 25 on the road. Regis is slated to join the GNAC as a full member institution at the start of the 2017-18 season while Colby-Sawyer will open league play in 2018-19.