MOUNT BERRY Ga. -- Senior Michael Leone (Vienna) scored four goals and added two assists, and senior Patrick Saunders (Alexandria) scored three goals and tallied two assists to help lead Hampden-Sydney College past Berry (GA) College 18-9, Wednesday night at Valhalla Stadium.

"We had high energy from the start tonight from every man on the team," said head coach Jason Rostan '03. "This was a good team game and it was great to see many of our young players get some experience and produce after the tone was set in the first quarter."

The Tigers opened up the scoring in the first quarter as Saunders got the pass from Leone on the left wing and fired it passed the goalie. Saunders made it two straight as he got the ball up top and flew past his defender for the left-handed finish. Junior Griff Ray (Salem) gave the Tigers a three-goal advantage, as he hesitated to freeze the defender before getting pushed as he was shooting, finding the back of the net regardless. Leone got his first of the game, as senior Ford Burke (Richmond) found him next to the crease after the defense collapsed on him for the goal. Saunders got his hat trick with 6:26 left in the first quarter, beating his defender and taking it straight to the front of the crease for the finish. Junior Campion White (Apex, NC) got his first of the day, making a great catch while cutting on a low pass from Saunders to push the lead to 6-0. Leone got his second of the day, as senior Peter Smith (Warrenton) fired the ball upfield to junior Gaines Weis (Richmond) who found Leone on the side of the goal for the finish. Leone got his hat trick just over a minute later, as Burke found him cutting to the net, and a quick stick fake in front of the goalie allowed him to easily put it home. The Tigers capped off the scoring in the first quarter as Saunders found senior Luke Helfgott (Arlington) alone in front of the net for an easy finish and closed out a 9-0 first quarter.

Berry opened the scoring in the second quarter with two goals in just over five minutes of game time. Junior Conor Kilfeather (Wyndmoor, PA) responded less than a minute after the second goal for the Vikings, getting the pass from Leone and firing a shot from deep past the goalie. Freshman Trey Black (Pinehurst, NC) scored his first career goal, making a spin move around a defender and then firing a sidearm shot past the goalie at the near post. Leone got his fourth of the evening, working around his defender and dodging the stick of another to jump and shoot over the second defender for the goal. Freshman Landon Honig (Glen Allen) had the ball behind the net and made a pass to his right to find Burke on the edge of the crease open for the catch and finish to make it 13-2 going into halftime.

H-SC got the scoring started in the second half, as White kept the ball after being knocked down and kept his eyes up to find freshman Drew Filipovits (Schnecksville, PA) open for his first career goal. Helfgott got his second of the evening as a rebound fell perfectly, picking it up off a bounce and put it past the goalie to make it 15-2. Freshman Jake Bell (Cary, NC) got his first career goal, picking up the rebound off his shot before the goalie and beating him while he was out of position for the goal.

After two goals for the Vikings to start the fourth quarter, freshman Ryan Estay (Cypress, TX) picked up a loose ball on the right side of the net and put it past the goalie for his first career goal. The Tigers made it two unanswered as sophomore Evan Yntema (Summerfield, NC) took it himself from up top and raced down the right wing and fired a right-handed shot into the top of the net. Berry climbed back with three unanswered goals to end the quarter, but the Tigers cruised to an 18-9 victory.

Leone led the Tigers with four goals and two assists, and Saunders scored three goals to go along with two assists. Helfgott was the only other Tiger to score multiple goals, scoring two on the night. Burke had two assists to go along one goal and White scored one goal and had one assist. Black, Bell, Ray, Kilfeather, Estay, Filipovits, and Yntema all scored one goal. Weis and Honig both had one assist.

Smith got the win in net, playing the first 30 minutes, making four saves on six shots on goal. Sophomore Will Palmer (Atlanta, GA) played 15 minutes making two saves on four shots. Junior Conner McMullen (Puyallup, WA) played 7:27 minutes making one save, and junior Owen Hegadorn (Falls Church) played 7:33 minutes.

The Tigers will return home on Saturday, March 16 to take on Ohio Wesleyan University in the final non-conference game of the season. The game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Lewis C. Everett Stadium.