Box Score

MADISON, N.J. – Junior Ryan Bigham (Newton, CT/Trinity Pawling) broke a 3-3 tie at 5:57 of the third quarter and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s lacrosse team went on to defeat Fairleigh Dickinson University, 9-3, in non-conference action this afternoon. With the win, the Red Hawks improve to 3-1 while the Devils fall to 0-3.

Bigham’s goal capped a 6-0 run by RPI, which outscored FDU, 5-1 in the third quarter and 2-0 in the fourth. Senior Tom O’Dwyer (Stony Brook, NY/Ward Mellville) tallied back-to-back goals to put the visiting Red Hawks up 6-3 with 2:32 remaining in the quarter. In the final quarter, sophomore Devin Arnold (Buffalo, NY/Canisius) and senior Alex MacDiarmid (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) closed out the scoring for the 9-3 final margin.

After a scoreless opening quarter, the Red Hawks finally got on the board in the second stanza on a tally by senior midfield Mike Sampson (Columbus, OH/Upper Arlington). Off a crisp pass from classmate Briggs Thompson (South Lyme, CT/East Lyme), Sampson rocketed a shot underneath Devils goalie Evan Mager (Suffern, NY/Suffern) at 8:48.

Nearing the end of the second quarter, Fairleigh Dickinson evened things up as senior Peter Schaff (W. Chester, PA/W. Chester East) sent one past RPI goalie Ryan DeJordy (Albany, NY/Columbia) with 1:53 remaining. He was assisted by senior Nick Taylor (Newark, DE/Newark).
The Red Hawks wasted little time in regaining the lead as MacDiarmid scored off a pass from Thompson at 1:19. But the Devils knotted things at 2-2 with 16 seconds on the clock on a goal by freshman Tom Byrne (Bellmore, NY/Mepham) to head into the halftime.

MacDiarmid led the Red Hawks with three goals on the afternoon. O’Dwyer finished with two goals while Thompson added two assists. Sampson finished with a goal and an assist for RPI which saw DeJordy post 14 saves for his second win of the season.

For Fairleigh Dickinson, three different players tallied, including Schaff, who had a goal and an assist. In goal, Mager stopped 15 shots.

Rensselaer returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to Oneonta State for a 5:30pm match-up. The Devils are also in action on Wednesday when they play SUNY Geneseo in Florida (2pm).