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Updated at 7:18 a.m., Friday, February 8, 2008

Lacrosse: UMass player charged with 3 felonies in fight

Associated Press

AMHERST, Mass. — A University of Massachusetts lacrosse player was charged with three felonies in connection with a fight in Amherst that injured several people.

Police say Christian Haggerty was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (his shod foot) and breaking and entering during the night time.

Police allege the 19-year-old sophomore from West Nyack, N.Y., was part of a group that used baseball bats, lacrosse sticks and bottles during the Feb. 1 fight at an off-campus party. Three people were treated at a hospital for facial injuries.

Haggerty is scheduled to be arraigned Friday. He was among eight UMass lacrosse players who were suspended indefinitely from the team last weekend. The university said the players violated team rules.