SPARTANS UPEND MEN'S LACROSSE

The Dominican College men's lacrosse team fell to non-conference opponent, St. Thomas Aquinas College, 14-3 this afternoon in a game played on Spartan Field.

March 24, 2018

SPARTANS UPEND MEN'S LACROSSE

Sparkill, N.Y. (3/24/18) The St. Thomas Aquinas College men's lacrosse team upended the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 13-4, this afternoon in a non-conference game played on Spartan Field.

Dominican University New York 0-6

St. Thomas Aquinas College 3-3

Final

Dominican University New York (0-6)

St. Thomas Aquinas College (3-3)

Sparkill, N.Y. (3/24/18) The St. Thomas Aquinas College men's lacrosse team upended the visiting Chargers of Dominican College, 13-4, this afternoon in a non-conference game played on Spartan Field.

Senior midfielder Chris Heegan (North Babylon, N.Y.) led the Dominican offense with three goals and one assist in the loss.

Marcos Pierce (Middleburg, Va.) netted the other Charger goal.

Dominican (0-6) opened the contest with the first two scores as Heegan recorded the unassisted goal with 6:34 remaining in the first quarter. Sophomore Pierce followed almost three minutes later with a goal off the pass from Heegan for the 2-0 DC advantage. The Spartans got on the scoreboard with one second left to make the score 2-1.

The second quarter belonged to STAC as they scored five straight goals to take a 6-2 lead into the intermission.

The Spartans continued on their run with seven more consecutive scores to increase their lead, before Heegan broke the run with 4:01 left in the third quarter on the man-up opportunity off the dish from Coleman Chrzan (Howell, N.J.).

Heegan completed the hat trick with 14:41 left in regulation off the assist from freshman Lorcan Teahan (Sparkill, N.Y.) to net the only goal of the final quarter for the final 13-4 STAC win.

Joseph Fabiilli (Glen Head, N.Y.) made five saves in 35:28 of play in the Charger net. Senior Matthew Sandelier (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) had four saves in 9:32 of action and John Rooney (Bellmore, N.Y.) made seven saves in the final 15 minutes.

The Chargers continue their road trip on Tuesday afternoon as they travel to non-conference foe, Molloy College.

Team Stats

Game Leaders

Dominican University New York

G: Chris Heegan - 3

A: 3 Players (#8, #29, #41) - 1

Sv: John Rooney - 7

GB: Kevin Mayer - 4

St. Thomas Aquinas College

G: 2 Players (#1, #91) - 3

A: 3 Players (#2, #8, #42) - 2

Sv: Ryan Mello - 7

GB: Tyler Senatore - 5

Team Stats

Dominican University New York

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

13-15

12-15

Turnovers

Face Offs Won

Man Up

0-4

1-7

Full stats

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.