Norwich freshman Nate Fortezzo gets whacked by the stick of Green Mountain's Kyle Pike as he fires off a downfield pass in last Thursday afternoon's game at Howard Field. The Norwich Lax-men had little trouble with the Eagles as they rolled to a 16-5 win. The Victory improved the Norwich Men's Lacrosse record to 5-3. Photo by Bill Croney, The Northfield News Michael White and Jesse Mattson each scored three goals apiece, and seven other Cadets tallied markers as the Norwich University men’s lacrosse team ran past Green Mountain College, 16-5, Thursday afternoon at Howard Field.

Justin Pearson, Tyler Nicoll and Garrett Shufelt each netted two goals apiece for the Cadets, who have won two straight games and improve to 5-3 on the season. Tyler Woods, Kyle Marzeoti and Joe Galante each posted one goal and two assists for Norwich, while Patrick Sikora added a goal. Justin Medina and White also added assists to round out the scoring for the Cadets.

Norwich stormed out of the gates, scoring the first 12 goals of the contest and leading 12-1 at halftime. Mattson tallied all three of his markers in the first quarter as the Cadets built a 6- 0 advantage after 15 minutes of action. White and Pearson both scored twice in the second quarter as Norwich added six more goals to open up a commanding 12-0 lead with 5:13 to play in the first half.

Norwich was 4-for-4 on manup opportunities in the first half. The Cadets thoroughly dominated the opening 30 minutes of play, outshooting the Eagles 26- 4 and winning 10-of-15 faceoffs

Norwich emptied its bench in the second half, and everyone who was in uniform for the game saw significant playing time.

NU goaltender Caleb Fournier made eight saves for the Cadets in a little more than 41 minutes. He came on in relief of Nathan Proctor, who made one save in nearly 19 minutes of action.