TOP-SEEDED WILDCATS UPEND #4 MEN'S LACROSSE

Lakewood, N.J. (4/28/22) The top-seeded Wilmington University men's lacrosse team upended the fourth-seeded Chargers of Dominican College, 24-8, this afternoon in a 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Semifinal contest held today on the campus of Georgian Court University.

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

April 28, 2022

Lakewood, N.J. (4/28/22) The top-seeded Wilmington University men's lacrosse team upended the fourth-seeded Chargers of Dominican College, 24-8, this afternoon in a 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championship Semifinal contest held today on the campus of Georgian Court University.

With the win Wilmington improves to 11-3 on the season and advances to the CACC Championship Finals, while the Chargers end their season with an overall record of 6-7.

WU opened the scoring with 12:37 left in the first quarter, but Dominican countered with back-to-back goals for the 2-1 advantage.  Attacker Cole Vencak (Smithtown, N.Y.) tied the game with 11:55 on the clock following the pass from Angel Rosario (Staten Island, N.Y.).

Eric Greenwood (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) gave DC a 2-1 lead on an unassisted goal with 6:14 to play, but the 'Cats closed out the quarter on a 3-0 run for the 4-2 advantage.

Wilmington continued the run with the first four goals of the second before midfielder Terence O'Loughlin (Nanuet, N.Y.) broke the run with an unassisted score with 8:22 left before the half.  Following a WU goal, Rosario tallied a man-up goal off the dish from O'Loughlin to cut the lead to 8-3.  The Wildcats closed out the quarter as they began it on a 4-0 run and continued the run by scoring eight unanswered goals in the third quarter to increase their lead to 21-4.

The Chargers opened the final quarter with two goals off the stick of O'Loughlin and Daniel Carson (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) to make the score 21-6, but the 'Cats made two quick scores to add to their lead.  With 5:26 to play, Kyle Benedetto (Wantagh, N.Y.) netted his first game goal off the pass from O'Loughlin and Jordan Jones-Rivers (Bronx, N.Y.) ended the game with a goal off the dish from Patrick Roderka (Warwick, N.Y.) for the final 24-8 score.

O'Loughlin finished with two goals and two assists in the loss.

Starting keeper Patrick Gifford (Galloway, N.J.) made 12 saves in 38+ minutes, while Steffen Peabody (Brookhaven, N.Y.) had three saves in 14+ minutes.  John Haas (Staten Island, N.Y.) played the final seven minutes and made two saves.

 

 

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.