GREENSBORO, NC--The third-ranked Roanoke College men's lacrosse team improved to 11-1 overall and ran its winning streak to seven games with a 13-2 win at Greensboro College on Wednesday afternoon in Greensboro, NC. The Maroons have won 11 of the 12 all-time meetings with the Pride, which falls to 7-5 overall on the season. Roanoke's seven-game winning streak is its longest since winning eight in a row to close out the 1997 regular season.

Roanoke freshman Zack Thomas gave the Maroons a 1-0 lead about four minutes into the game, but the Pride bounced back with a score of their own five minutes later. Tied at one early in the second quarter, the Maroons took control of the game. Senior Dan Reed scored a 6-on-6 goal with 11:06 left in the first half. That goal was the first of nine consecutive Roanoke goals, stretching until late in the fourth.

The Maroons took a 3-1 lead into the half, but scored the only three goals of the third quarter and the first four of the fourth to give themselves a 10-1 lead. The Pride finally was again able to break onto the scoreboard with 4:17 left in the game. The Maroons tallied the final three of the game to take the 13-2 win.

Sophomore Jon Mason scored four goals and added an assist for the Maroons, while Dan Reed scored three goals and Chris Keating two. In goal, junior Matt Madalon made 15 saves and allowed two goals in 58:19 of work. Freshman Jeremiah Morrow played the final two minutes of the game, making one save.

Over the past four games, the Roanoke defense has held its opponents to a total of 10 goals, with six of those coming in a game at Guilford College. The last time the Maroons have held their opponents to 10 or fewer in a four-game span came during the program's first year of existence as a varsity squad, 1972. That team held four consecutive opponents to a total of just six goals.

The Maroons will close out the 2005 regular season with a home game against the Marlins of Virginia Wesleyan College on Saturday afternoon in Salem, VA. The game in Salem begins at 1:00pm on Roanoke's Alumni Field. Roanoke, which has already secured the number-one seed in the upcoming Old Dominion Athletic Conference tournament, will host a semifinal game on Tuesday, April 26th. A game time and opponent for the game have yet to be determined.