Bombers and Pioneers Post Wins

3/8/2014 5:19:00 PM

Ithaca 6, Ursinus 5
The 13th-ranked Ithaca College men's lacrosse team (3-1) edged host Ursinus (2-1), 6-5, Saturday afternoon at Patterson Field.

Ithaca erased a two-goal deficit at intermission, scoring three goals in the third to outscore the Bears 4-1 in the second half. Senior Ryan Burns (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch) netted the game-winner with a man-up goal with 2:19 lingering in the game. It was the lone score of the fourth period.

Ursinus jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the first, and led 2-1 entering the second. The Bears again outscored Ithaca, 2-1, for a 4-2 advantage at the half. Ithaca powered to a 5-4 lead in the third with three straight goals, but Ursinus deadlocked action at 5-all with 2:23 left in the quarter. Over 15 scoreless minutes ticked off the clock before Burns' game-winner. Ithaca outshot Ursinus 45-29 for the game and 12-6 in the final frame.

The Bombers held a 34-26 advantage in ground balls. The teams split faceoff wins down the middle, 7-7.

Junior Jimmy Ryan (Chevy Chase, Md./The Hill School) collected seven ground balls throughout the game and forced three turnovers. Senior Brandon Henne (Port Washington, N.Y./Port Washington) was 6-for-11 in faceoff opportunities.

Sophomore Scott Sidnam (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) improved to 3-1 in goal with 11 stops.


Utica 16, Manhattanville 6
Sophomore attack Trent Jacobs totaled a career-best six points on four goals and two assists as the Utica College men's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 for the sixth time in program-history as the Pioneers topped Manhattanville College 16-6 at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium Saturday. 

Three different goalies saw action between the pipes for UC.  Andrew DiOrio picked up the victory after stopping eight shots in 45 minutes of work.  Senior Cory Spisak and freshman Parker Smith split the fourth quarter. Spizak did not allow a goal and Smith made his first two collegiate saves. 

The Pioneers rattled off 13 goals in the span of the second and third quarters to take control of the game against the Valiants.  The contest was knotted at 1-1 after one full quarter until the Pioneers used a 6-0 run in a span of just under 15 minutes to take a commanding 8-1 advantage early in the third quarter.  Five different Pioneers scored in the stretch, including two consecutive goals from Jacobs just before the half.  

Midway through the third quarter the Pioneers put the contest out of reach when Ross Cree, Sean Flanagan and Christian Reiller each netted a goal, in a span of 26 seconds, to push the Pioneers' lead to 12-4 with 5:54 to go in the third.  Utica outscored the Valiants 2-1 in the final quarter to secure their second consecutive home victory.


Salve Regina 17, Hartwick 11
he Hartwick men's lacrosse team opened its 2014 season against Salve Regina at Wright Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks rallied late in the fourth quarter but came up short in the end as visiting Salve Regina came away with a 17-11 victory. The Seahawks stay unbeaten at 4-0 while Hartwick starts at 0-1.

The Seahawks scored the game's first goal less than one minute into the first period on Curtis McKeon's first goal of the day. Later in the quarter with 6:09 showing on the clock, Chad Hollenshade scored unassisted to make it 2-0 Seahawks.

Hartwick would answer back in the second quarter on goals by Ciolino and Gropper to even the game at 2-2 at 11:39. 'Wick had an opportunity to take its first lead when Hollenshade was called for a one minute unsportsmanlike conduct and Nick LoCicero was given a 30 second delay of game penalty. The result was the opposite as LoCicero assisted Sharp Jones on a man-down score to put Salve Regina ahead 3-2 at 5:36. The Seahawk went ahead 4-2 on a man-up goal at 4:56 and added an even score at 2:22. Gropper got one back for the Hawks as the game stood at 5-3 in Salve Regina's favor at halftime.

The Seahawks jumped out to a 6-3 lead 10 seconds into the third stanza on McKeon's second score of the afternoon. Hartwick regrouped and gained some momentum with three goals in less than two minutes to knot the game up at 6-all with 9:22 remaining in the quarter. The Seahawks ran off five straight scores, however, to surge ahead 11-6 at the end of three. The Seahawks were decked with three unsportsmanlike penalties heading into the final quarter to give 'Wick extra-man opportunities.

The Hawks took advantage of the short-handed Seahawks as Gropper tallied his fifth goal of the day on an assist from Vaglica 10 seconds into the fourth period to get Hartwick to within four goals. Salve Regina rattled off three scores to go on top 14-7 with 8:13 left to play. 'Wick would not go down without a fight as goals from Gropper, Petillo, Simmons, and Ciolino narrowed the Hawks' deficit to three goals with 4:04 remaining on the game clock. It would be as close as Hartwick would get as the Seahawks tacked on three goals in the final 2:48 to claim the win.

The game was quite chippy as there were a total of 27 penalties called. The Hawks led in shots, 51-49. The Seahawks had the lead in groundballs, 40-31.

Salve Regina won 17 face-offs to seven for Hartwick. The Seahawks were 5-of-13 on the extra man to just 2-of-14 for 'Wick.


St. Lawrence 10, Nazareth 9
Nazareth's rally fell one goal short against St. Lawrence in a men's non-conference lacrosse game on Saturday afternoon. The Saints held off the Golden Flyers 10-9 after thwarting a final scoring opportunity in the last minute of regulation. Seniors Chris Aycock and Collin Clark each had a shot go high of the Saints' goal during the final 27 seconds. As senior Trevar Haefele tried to collect the loose ball in front of the Saints' goal, he was whistled for a loose-ball push with only three seconds to play in regulation.

After surrenduring the first five goals in the opening 11:47 of the contest, Nazareth outscored the Saints 4-1 in the second period to close its deficit to 6-4 at halftime. Aycock broke the Golden Flyers' scoring drought with a man-up score 5:40 into the second. Roughly 2:30 later, Haefele scored his first goal of the game on another man-up opportunity. Sophomore Luke Wooters assisted on both goals.

The Saints' Tommy Hovey interrupted Nazareth's scoring run with his second goal of the game, and he finished with a game-high four goals. Seven seconds after Hovey's goal, however, sophomore Troy Haefele answered for the Golden Flyers after receiving a pass from Wooters. The scoring chance was set up by the faceoff victory by juniorDrew Simoneau, which started a fast-break. With 1:15 to play in the first half, Wooters tallied an unassisted goal to bring Nazareth to within two goals at the break.

In the second half, the Golden Flyers closed to one goal on two occasions, but were unable to tie the score. Aycock scored his second goal of the game about three minutes into the half, but it was sandwiched around two St. Lawrence goals. Wooters and Clark recorded consecutive goals spanning the third and fourth quarters to cut the Saints' advantage to 8-7. Wooters scored with 3:31 to play in the third quarter, and Clark found the back of the net 1:18 into the fourth quarter. St. Lawrence answered with a pair of scores in a span of 2:43 to reclaim a three-goal lead, 10-7, with 9:12 to play in regulation. Hovey's fourth goal was the eventual game-winner for the Saints. Junior Will Falloand Clark scored on man-up chances to bring the Golden Flyers to within one goal, 10-9, with 6:38 to play in regulation. The Saints' Nick Ford made five saves in the fourth quarter to stymie Nazareth's rally.

Ford played 59:52 in goal for the Saints. He earned the victory with 12 saves and eight goals allowed. Andrew Butturini saw eight seconds of action in the St. Lawrence goal when Ford took an unnecessary roughness penalty in the fourth quarter. Clark's goal was only eight seconds into Ford's penalty while the Saints were already down a player for a hit to the head. Butturini allowed one goal in his short stint in net.

Sophomore Scott Brown started and played the first 11:47 in net for Nazareth. He was credited with one save and five goals against in the loss. Freshman Michael Cuciti played the final 48:13 in the Golden Flyers' goal and recorded five goals against and eight saves.

Simoneau finished with victories in 14-22 faceoffs, and he collected a game-high 12 ground balls. The Golden Flyers finished with a 33-28 advantage in total ground balls, and Nazareth recorded a 43-24 advantage in total shots.


Baldwin Wallace 19, Houghton 2
Houghton men's lacrosse started the 2014 campaign with a 19-2 loss to Baldwin-Wallace College at home Saturday.

The visiting Yellowjackets scored three times in the opening period and added five more in the second to go up 8-0 at the half. The visitors would score four more times in the three quarter before the Highlanders got on the board thanks to a Sean Daigler goal at the 3:08 mark of the third.

Baldwin-Wallace finished the quarter with two more goals and added three to start the fourth, before Josh Bailey scored for the Highlanders to make it 17-2. The Yellowjackets finished the game with two more goals over the last five minutes.

Houghton was outshot 63-16.

Josh Haingray started in goal, playing the first 30 minutes while giving up eight goals and making 13 saves. Gabe Browning played the second half, recording 11 goals allowed and nine saves.

Keuka 17, Elmira 6
The Elmira College men's lacrosse team (0-2) fell 17-6 to Keuka College (2-0) in the Soaring Eagles' home opener. Griffin Foley '17 led the Purple and Gold with two assists and one goal in the loss today.

EC struggled to contain Keuka's offensive pressure today as the Storm completed the first quarter with an 8-0 lead.  The Storm used the momentum from the first quarter in the second as Kueka would score the first two goals of the quarter, increasing their lead to 10-0. EC took advantage of a man-up opportunity when Christian Archambeault '14 scored his second goal of the season after receiving a pass from Brian Conzola '14. Keuka finished off the half with one more goal to take an 11-1 lead.

The Storm found the back of the net first in the third quarter to up their lead to 12-1. EC responded with back-to-back goals from Myles Richards '17 and Archambeault with Foley picking up both assists to chip into Keuka's lead, 12-3. Keuka started the fourth quarter by scoring five straight goals to up the Storm's lead to 17-3. With 8:30 left in the game Jackson Correia '14 scored his first goal of the season, unassisted.  19 seconds later, Dustin Gatt '14 received a pass from David Evert '14 and tossed the ball past the Storm netminder. Foley tallied the last goal of the game, unassisted, with 2:21 left in the fourth quarter to bring the score to the 17-65 final.

Four different EC netminders saw action in today's game with Mike Knowlton '14 starting and recording two saves in the loss. Wyatt Katsos '17 made eight saves, Cameron Prior stopped four shots and Kyle Cooke '17 saw 4:29 in the net and did not face a single shot.


Cortland 10, Stevens 5
The Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team dropped a 10-5 decision to No. 2 SUNY Cortland on Saturday at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y. Cortland netted five third quarter goals to break a 2-2 tie at halftime.

Stevens (1-3) led, 2-1, after the first quarter on goals from sophomore Tim Fair (West Deptford, N.J.) with 9:03 on the clock and junior Charlie Cronin (Northampton, Mass.)on a man-up chance with 5:29 to go. Cortland (4-0) got on the board with just over two minutes remaining in the period.

The Red Dragons knotted the game up at 2-2 midway through the second quarter to account for all the offense in the first 30 minutes.

Cortland ripped off four quick goals to start the third quarter to turn a deadlocked matchup into a four-goal differential less than five minutes into the third period.