Mercy Men's Lacrosse Beats St. Anselm in Season Opener 7-6
For the second time in as many seasons, the Mercy College
men's lacrosse team won the season opener by one goal,
defeating St. Anselm on Saturday 7-6. Mercy jumped out to a 6-1
lead, and held off a late charge by St. Anselm.
Sophomore John
Lionetti (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) won
the game's opening faceoff cleanly for Mercy. Just 43 seconds
after the initial whistle, freshman Quadear
Mike (Syracuse, N.Y./East Syracuse Minoa) scored his
first collegiate goal. Minutes later, classmate Jesse Wood
(Binghamton, N.Y./Seton Catholic) scored the first of
his two goals on the day, taking a pass from sophomore John Fitzpatrick (Yorktown, N.Y./Lakeland).
Junior Craig Blom (Port Jefferson Station,
N.Y./Comsewogue) scored, unassisted, and the Mavericks
led 3-0, with 5:43 to play. St. A's Daniel Sullivan scored a
man-up goal with 4:03 to play, and the lead was cut to 3-1.
Freshman Pat Hodapp (Oak Ridge, N.Y./Jefferson)
scored Mercy's fourth goal, and the Mavericks led 4-1 after
the first quarter.
In the second, junior Sal
Spinelli (East Islip, N.Y./Suffolk CC) and Wood scored
back-to-back to extend the lead to 6-1. Tim Glynn then scored the
first of his three goals for the Hawks, and the score was 6-2 at
the half.
In the second half, St. Anselm came alive. Andrew Messner scored
the only goal of the third quarter, cutting the lead to 6-3. In the
fourth, a pair of Hawk goals early made the game 6-5 with 7:27 to
play. The eventual game-winning goal came at the 3:42 mark for
Mercy, as Fitzpatrick fed sophomore Mike
Marzocca (North Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) for the
goal.
In the game's wining moments, Glynn scored for St.
A's with 28 seconds to go. The Hawks won the ensuing faceoff,
and called timeout with 18 seconds to play. The Hawks plan of
action was thwarted by sophomore Mike Munch
(West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon), who played solid
defense, and held the visitors shotless.
In goal, sophomore T.J.
DiCarlo (Farmingdale, N.Y./Farmingdale) played
exceptionally well, making four of his 12 saves in the fourth
quarter.
For the game, Wood led Mercy with a pair of goals and an assist.
Marzocca added one goal and one assist, while Fitzpatrick added two
assists. For the Hawks, Glynn had three goals, while Ryan Henry
added a pair of helpers.
The Mavericks play again on Wednesday, March 2, hosting NYIT in
the East Coast Conference opener. NYIT is currently ranked fifth in
the USILA Division II Preseason Poll.
