DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Mar. 5, 2022) – Despite graduate student Dominic Scorcia (Franklin Square, N.Y./Carey) recording his 200th career point, the No. 3/5 Mercy College men's lacrosse team dropped a hard-fought 8-7 decision to defending National Champion No. 1 Le Moyne College on Saturday afternoon at Mercy Field.
The Mavericks (3-1) see their five-game winning streak dating back to last year snapped, while the Dolphins (3-0) remain unbeaten on the year.
Scorcia recorded his 200th career point on a goal and added three ground balls. The graduate student becomes just the third Maverick in program history to record 200 points. Senior Brady Kearnan (Courtice, Ontario/Newberry College) added two goals and an assist and graduate student Matt Eccles (Syracuse, N.Y./University at Albany) netted a goal and two assists. Sophomore Andrew Calabria (Sachem, N.Y./Sachem North) had two goals and senior Jack Gibbons (North Bellmore, N.Y./Mepham) also scored. Senior Jack Kipnes (Wantagh, N.Y./MacArthur) had a team-high two caused turnovers. Junior PJ Argiros (Levittown, N.Y./Nassau CC) went 12-of-18 on faceoffs and had five ground balls. Senior Tommy Umano (Seaford, N.Y./Seaford) made 10 saves to take the loss.
Le Moyne was led by Zach Pierce who had two goals and two assists. Frank Delia made a game-high 18 saves to earn the win.
Mercy won the opening faceoff and Gibbons wasted little time in scoring as he gave Mercy a 1-0 lead with 14:06 left in the opening quarter after an assist from Eccles. Kearnan later made it 2-0 at the 12:29 mark following his first goal of the game. Calabria netted his first goal of the game with 9:44 on the clock to put the Mavericks up 3-0. Carter Collins got the Dolphins on the scoreboard just 34 seconds later to make it 3-1. Calabria and Scorcia ended the quarter with back-to-back goals to give Mercy a 5-1 lead over the defending National Champions after one quarter of play.
Pierce scored the first goal of the second quarter to get the visitors within three, 5-2. Kearnan picked up his second goal of the game at the 12:44 mark to once again give Mercy a four-goal lead, 6-2. Back-to-back goals from Le Moyne made it 6-4 with 8:29 left in the quarter. Eccles scored the final goal of the half with 26 seconds left, following an assist from Kearnan, to put the Mavericks up 7-4 at halftime.
Mercy maintained a three-goal lead until the 8:15 mark of the third quarter when Pierce scored again to make it 7-5. Kevin Sheehan added a goal just over a minute later to get Le Moyne within one, 7-6. Ben McCreary scored the final goal of the quarter to tie the game at 7-7 after three quarters.
The game remained tied until the 6:05 mark of the fourth quarter when Collins took the ball from behind the net and finished himself to give the visitors an 8-7 lead. Delia made six saves in the fourth quarter to keep the Mavericks from scoring and stopped nine shots in the second half overall to keep Mercy from scoring in the second half.
Mercy held a 35-32 edge in shots, a 33-22 edge in ground balls and went 12-of-19 on faceoffs.
Head Coach Jordan Levine and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday, March 12th when they play at Bentley at 12 p.m.
