CARSON'S OT GOAL LIFTS DC OVER EAGLES

Hillburn, N.Y. (4/20/22) The Dominican College men’s lacrosse team edged the Eagles of Post University 13-12 in overtime.

CARSON'S OT GOAL LIFTS DC OVER EAGLES

Team Stats

April 20, 2022

Hillburn, N.Y. (4/20/22) The Dominican College men's lacrosse team edged the Eagles of Post University 13-12 in overtime. 

The Chargers improve to 6-5 (3-2 CACC) on the season after the win and the Eagles fall to 4-7 (2-3 CACC).

Daniel Carson (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) scored a team-high four goals including the tying goal in the fourth quarter and game winner in OT and recorded two assists. Carson also took a team-high nine shots. 

William Gordon (Amityville, N.Y.) added three goals and one assist. Cole Vencak (Smithtown, N.Y.) and James Conklin (Warwick, N.Y.) each scored two goals. 

Kyle Benedetto (Wantagh, N.Y.) finished with one goal and one assist while Terence O'Loughlin (Nanuet, N.Y.) scored one goal and added a team-leading four assists. 

Patrick Gifford (Galloway, N.J.) recorded a career high in saves with 21. The Charger face off man Patrick Roderka (Warwick, N.Y.) went 18-29 on face offs and picked up 15 ground balls. 

For the Eagles, John Carr made 21 saves in net. Braedan Lockyer led the team in goals with five and added one assist. Robbie McGrayne scored two goals while Dylan Heald also scored two goals and added two assists. 

Nick Meier, Justin Nogueira, and Brendan Kelleher each added one goal. 

The back and forth game had seven lead changes and seven ties. Both teams played an even first half with both teams scoring three goals in the first quarter and two in the second quarter. The largest lead for both sides was two goals. 

Post outscored DC in the third quarter 4-3. The Eagles held an early two goal advantage at the beginning of the fourth quarter. DC scored three unanswered goals by three different goal scorers to take an 11-10 lead. 

The Eagles answered with two straight goals to tie and then take the lead. The goal by Dylan Heald gave the Eagles the lead with 39 seconds remaining. 

The Chargers tied the game with 17 seconds remaining on Carson's third goal of the game which sent the game to OT. At the 2:43 mark of the OT period, Carson ended the game with the game winning goal which was assisted by O'Loughlin.

The Chargers will be back in action on Saturday, April 23rd when they travel to Georgian Court University for a CACC match up and regular season finale at 11:00 AM.

 

 

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.