MEN'S LACROSSE EDGED BY D'YOUVILLE
Buffalo, N.Y. (2/26/23) The Dominican University New York men’s lacrosse team fell to the Saints of D’Youville University this afternoon 13-12 in a non-conference game played at Dobson Field in Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y. (2/26/23) The Dominican University New York men's lacrosse team fell to the Saints of D'Youville University this afternoon 13-12 in a non-conference game played at Dobson Field in Buffalo, N.Y.
With the loss, the Chargers fall to 0-2 on the season. D'Youville improves to 1-2 after the win.
Charger goalkeeper Gerardo Caltagirone (Tappan, N.Y.) recorded 10 saves in the game but suffered the loss.
Reece Eck started in goal for the Saints and made 10 saves to help secure the win.
Jason Allen (Middletown, N.J.), Sean Cosgrove (Warwick, N.Y.), and Chad Keyser (Kingston, N.Y.) all scored two goals each. Daniel Carson (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) added one goal and recorded a team-high four assists.
William Gordon (Amityville, N.Y.) added a goal and took five shots while Patrick Roderka (Warwick, N.Y.) and Patrick Kiefer (Lincoln Park, N.J.) also added one goal. Zachary Souza (Stratford, Conn.) scored one goal and recorded one assist while Eric Greenwood (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) also added one goal.
D'Youville was led by Stefano Evan who scored a game-high six goals on nine shots and recorded one assist. Tristan Engelhardt scored three goals and recorded one assist. Steve Lucas finished with two goals and three assists.
D'Youville held a slim 3-2 lead after the first quarter over the Chargers. D'Youville added five goals in the second quarter while Dominican added three. The Chargers tied the game in the second but the Saints scored four out of the next five goals to end the first half.
Dominican outscored D'Youville 6-2 in the third quarter and opened the quarter with back to back goals and then three straight later in the quarter.
D'Youville tied the game at 10-10 before Jason Allen gave the Chargers the lead by the start of the fourth quarter. D'Youville opened the fourth quarter by tying the game and Dominican answered with the go ahead goal by Patrick Kiefer.
Brady Ruffalo tied the game and Steve Lucas scored the go ahead goal for D'Youville to secure the win.
The Chargers will look to bounce back when they travel Lynn University this Wednesday, March 1st for a non-conference game at 4:00 PM.