LAKE ERIE COLLEGE UPENDS MEN'S LACROSSE

Orangeburg, NY (4/14/12) The Lake Erie College men's lacrosse team upended host Dominican College, 13-6, this afternoon in an East Coast Conference (ECC) contest held on the DC Lacrosse Field. Following the loss, Dominican falls to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in conference play, while Lake Erie improves to 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the ECC.

LAKE ERIE COLLEGE UPENDS MEN'S LACROSSE

Team Stats

April 14, 2012

Orangeburg, NY (4/14/12)  The Lake Erie College men's lacrosse team upended host Dominican College, 13-6, this afternoon in an East Coast Conference (ECC) contest held on the DC Lacrosse Field.  Following the loss, Dominican falls to 1-8 overall and 0-5 in conference play, while Lake Erie improves to 4-5 overall and 2-4 in the ECC.

Lake Erie College scored the first three goals of the contest which consumed the first quarter and just about the first eight minutes of the second quarter. 

Dominican got on the board with 7:15 left in the second quarter as junior attacker Daniel Steigert (Copiague, NY) netted his third goal of the season off the assist from Nicholas Capano (Troy, NY).  A Storm goal made the score 4-1, but Thomas Dertinger (Nanuet, NY) scored his 13th goal of the season off an assist by Korin Pierce (Middleburg, VA) to cut the deficit to 4-2 with 3:03 to go before the intermission.

From there, Lake Erie College went on a 4-0 run that closed the second quarter and started things off in the third quarter to go ahead 8-2.  Dertinger broke the run with his second goal of the game with 9:13 left in the third quarter.  A man-up goal by the Storm gave them an 9-3 lead, but the Chargers closed out third quarter play with two straight goals off the sticks of Sean McGregor (Bloomingburg, NY) and Dertinger with assists credited to Dertinger and Chris Delaney (Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada) to cut the Storm lead to 9-5.

The Storm scored the first four goals of the fourth quarter, but Capano tallied his first goal of the season and the final goal of the game with 45 ticks left on the clock for the final 13-6 score.

Dertinger led the Chargers with four points (3 goals, 1 assist).

Goalie Andrew Slater (Brookfield, CT) made 12 saves in the loss.

DC is back in action next Saturday as they travel to ECC opponent, C.W. Post.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.