PHILADELPHIA - La Salle broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat Richmond, 5-2, on Friday afternoon at Hank DeVincent Field. Senior Jeff Flax (North Potomac, MD / St. John’s College HS) had two of La Salle’s six hits, while senior Eric Van Wyk (Garnet Valley, PA / Garnet Valley) allowed just one earned run in 6.1 innings for the Explorers.

The win was the ninth in the past 11 games for La Salle.

AMBLER, Pa. - High winds and firm greens made playing conditions difficult on Monday afternoon as the first-ever La Salle Invitational concluded at Talamore Country Club. The Explorers finished fourth out of 12 teams, with sophomore Mike Johnson placing fifth out of 64 players.

Fordham won the event with a two-round score of 621 (+53). The Rams went into the day with a three-shot lead over Iona after carding a 300 yesterday and its 321 on Monday was enough to win the event by 10 strokes. Both scores were the low team total each day.

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EASTON, Pa. – The La Salle baseball team scored nine runs in its final four at-bats to defeat Lafayette, 11-2, in the first round of the Liberty Bell Classic on Tuesday at Kamine Stadium. The Explorers move on to visit Penn next Tuesday in the LBC semifinals, with the championship game to be contested at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, April 10.

Five Explorers (14-10) had multiple hits, led by seniors Brendan Norton and Marc Schoch, who totaled three each. Norton doubled and scored three times, while Schoch had a pair of doubles and drove in two.

AMBLER, Pa. - Sophomore Mike Johnson (Ambler, PA / Hatboro-Horsham) shot a one-over 72 and sits in second place in the field of 64 players at the first-ever La Salle Invitational, which began on Sunday at Talamore Country Club. The Explorers are in third place, six shots behind Fordham, with 18 holes remaining. Play begins at 10 AM on Monday.

Johnson only hit five greens but scored well thanks to his chipping and putting. A member at Talamore, Johnson used his home course advantage to his benefit and trails only Fordham's Jason Del Rosso, who shot a one-under 70.

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ARLINGTON, VA – La Salle junior closer Pat Christensen (La Jolla, CA / La Jolla) set the program’s all-time save record with the 30^th of his career as the Explorers defeated George Washington, 2-1, to complete yesterday’s suspended game on Saturday at Barcroft Park. The Blue and Gold dropped the night cap, 6-4, but still captured the series victory in the Atlantic 10 opener.

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ARLINGTON, VA – Junior Pat Christensen (La Jolla, CA / La Jolla) tied La Salle’s all-time saves record as the Explorers defeated George Washington, 7-4, on Friday in game one of a doubleheader at Barcroft Park. The night cap was suspended in the top of the seventh inning with the Colonials leading 1-0. Play will resume on Saturday at 1 PM prior to the regularly scheduled game three.

La Salle’s victory spoiled the first game at the newly renovated Barcroft Park, which received a multi-million dollar facelift in the offseason.

VILLANOVA, Pa. – Powered by four goals apiece from sophomore Melanie Sarcinello and freshman Caitlyn Brostrand, the La Salle lacrosse team defeated Villanova, 13-9, on Wednesday evening at Villanova Stadium.

La Salle improves to 6-2 on the season, while the Wildcats fall to 1-5.

Senior Megan Corliss made six saves in goal.

Junior Lauren McDermott had four points on the evening for the Explorers with a hat trick and an assist.  Senior Nora McGurkin controlled four draws and also added two assists.

The Explorers once again got out to a good start as they have done in their past several contests.

Nearly three minutes into the game, Brostrand added her first tally of the night, an unassisted goal.  McDermott her first goal on the evening off a feed from McGurkin and then Sarcinello and junior Jackie Roebuck scored to make it 4-0 in favor of the Explorers with 17:41 remaining in the first.

Villanova added two goals in the next three and a half minutes to cut La Salle's lead to 4-2.

The scoring stalled for both teams for the next ten minutes before Sarcinello added a goal off a pass from junior Taylor Ruland from behind the cage at the 5:47 mark.  Freshman Maggie O'Ferrall took a McGurkin feed to the net to give the Explorers a 6-2 lead at the break.

Sarcinello and Brostrand each added a pair of goals after the half to give La Salle its largest lead of the game at 10-2 with 20:30 left to play.

The Wildcat's Justine Donodeo, who added five goals in the game, scored twice to make the score 10-4 in favor of the Explorers with 17:58 on the clock.

Brostrand and McDermott added goals for La Salle to keep the Explorers with a 12-4 lead by the 11:39 mark.

The Wildcats would close out the final ten minutes of the contest on a 6-1 run, but the Blue and Gold hung on for the win 13-9.

The series between the two schools is now even at 7-all.

La Salle will play its final non-conference game against San Diego State at McCarthy Stadium on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA -  Junior Dan Klem had three hits, including the game-winner in the bottom of the tenth as La Salle won its fourth straight game in walk-off fashion by beating Villanova, 5-4, on Tuesday at Hank DeVincent Field. Klem drove in two runs while senior Adam Kammler had two hits.

PHILADELPHIA - Brittany Wilson scored 31 points, her best offensive output in an Explorer uniform, and La Salle gutted out a 68-62 win over Fordham in a midday contest at a rocking Tom Gola Arena on Wednesday.

The home-court advantage was tremendous on Wednesday afternoon, as the Explorers hosted their annual Kids' Day game with hundreds of local elementary school students in attendance.

Wilson scored 22 of her 31 points in the second half, fueling an Explorer rally from an 11-point deficit. She shot 14-of-19 and added a game-high seven assists along with three steals, three boards and a block.

Nadia Duncan, who scored La Salle's first seven points of the game, finished with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, while Alexis Scott chipped in nine. Ruvanna Campbell led all rebounders with eight. Four Rams reached double figures, led by Arielle Collins' 14. Becky Peters added 13, while Abigail Corning and Emily Tapio netted 11 apiece.

The win marks the fifth straight for the Explorers (8-9, 2-0 Atlantic 10), the first five-game win streak since the 2006-07 squad won seven straight (Nov. 10 - Dec. 2, 2006). The Explorers also shot a season-best 54.0 percent on 27-of-50 shooting, including 6-of-9 from beyond the arc.

Fordham (9-8, 0-2 Atlantic 10) shot 45.3 percent overall. After hitting 56.0 percent in the first half, the Explorer defense clamped down and limited the Rams to just 35.7 percent (10-for-28) after the break. They also shot just 26.7 percent from three (8-for-30).

Fordham drew first blood when Corning sank a three, but the two squads went back and forth over the first nine minutes of the game. With La Salle leading 15-14, Tapio hit a jumper at the 10:46 mark to spark an 8-0 Ram run to put the score at 22-15.

Back-to-back threes from Wilson and Scott pulled the Explorers within one at 22-21. Collins nailed another trey for the visitors and the teams traded baskets to finish out the half with Fordham leading 35-30.

The Rams came out of the half to score the first six points and build a 41-30 lead, but Wilson sparked an 18-6 run with a jumper at 17:53. She capped off the run with a made jumper and converted the and-one to give the Explorers their first lead, 48-47, since midway through the first half. That 18-6 run saw Wilson score 16 straight La Salle points spanning 15:11 to 10:11.

The teams traded leads four times after that. With Fordham up 57-54 with 7:49 remaining, Michea Bryant nailed the first of her two triples to spark a deciding 14-2 Explorer run and give the hosts a nine-point cushion, their largest lead of the game. Tapio hit a jumper and a foul shot with 31 seconds remaining for the final 68-62 score.

The Explorers dished out 16 assists to 14 turnovers, while forcing the Rams into 17 miscues which yielded 21 La Salle points. The Explorers also helped themselves at the free throw line, sinking the first eight straight and missing just two, which came in the final seconds after the game was decided.

La Salle returns to action on Saturday, looking for a 3-0 start in Atlantic 10 play when the Explorers host Xavier at 1 p.m. at Tom Gola Arena.