GORDON SCORES CAREER HIGH IN WIN OVER GOLDEN FALCONS

March 26, 2022

GORDON SCORES CAREER HIGH IN WIN OVER GOLDEN FALCONS

Hillburn, N.Y. (3/26/22) Midfielder William Gordon (Amityville, N.Y.) scored a career high five goals to lead the Dominican College Men's Lacrosse Team to a 13-9 victory over the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played tonight at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.

Felician University 5-4, 1-1

Dominican University New York 5-3, 2-0

Final

Felician University (5-4, 1-1)

Dominican University New York (5-3, 2-0)

Hillburn, N.Y. (3/26/22) Midfielder William Gordon (Amityville, N.Y.) scored a career high five goals to lead the Dominican College Men's Lacrosse Team to a 13-9 victory over the visiting Golden Falcons of Felician University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) game played tonight at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.

With the win Dominican wins their fourth straight game and improves to 5-3 overall and 2-0 in conference play.

Gordon finished with five goals, three ground balls and one caused turnover in the win.

Midfielder Kyle Benedetto (Wantagh, N.Y.) scored three goals, one assist and four groundballs.

Angel Rosario (Staten Island, N.Y.) led the team with three assists, while Terence O'Loughlin (Nanuet, N.Y.) added two assists.

Dominican accounted for all of the scoring in the first quarter as Gordon and Benedetto got things going for the early 2-0 lead. Gordon made the score 3-0 with 6:11 left in the quarter and Rosario closed out the quarter with his first game goal off the assist by James Conklin (Warwick, N.Y.) for the 4-0 lead.

Benedetto extended the Chargers lead with two goals to start the second quarter to make the score 6-0 and they cruised into the intermission with a 7-1 lead.

The Golden Falcons outscored the Chargers 4-2 in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 9-5, but DC opened the final quarter with back-to-back scores to go ahead 11-5. Over the remaining 10:22 Felician scored four goals, while Dominican added two more for the final 13-9 score.

Goalkeeper Patrick Gifford (Galloway, N.J.) made 15 saves in the win.

The Chargers return to action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Chestnut Hill College.

Team Stats

Game Leaders

Felician University

G: 3 Players (#05, #09, #18) - 2

A: Jabes Escalante - 1

Sv: Nick Grebe - 10

GB: Tajae McLean-Byrd - 5

Dominican University New York

G: William Gordon - 5

A: Angel Rosario - 3

Sv: Patrick Gifford - 15

GB: Patrick Roderka - 7

Team Stats

Felician University

Dominican University New York

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

15-18

19-18

Turnovers

Face Offs Won

Man Up

1-8

1-3

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.