2008 Woodie Awards
Men's Lacrosse defeated by Manhattan
Alyssa Iannotti
Issue date: 3/15/07 Section: Sports
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The men's lacrosse team started its four straight road games verses Manhattan on Saturday, where it fell short with a score of 10-8.
Sacred Heart set off on the right foot by putting themselves on the board with a goal by Peter Greco, just 38 seconds in the game. Manhattan's freshman Matt Ryan responded by scoring at the 6:35 mark.
About 1:10 later senior midfielder Chris Oppito scored too, putting Manhattan in the lead with a score of 2-1. With only seven seconds left in the first period senior attackman Brian Murray added another goal to bring the score to 3-1.
In the second quarter Sacred Heart roared back taking the lead 4-3. Manhattan took nine shots in the second period, but none of which found the back of the net.
The Jaspers were the first to score in the second half to bring the score to a tie of 4-4, when sophomore attackman Marc Labelle put one in only 1:31 into the period.
Jaspers' goalkeeper John Geagan made seven of his 19 saves in the fourth quarter, with a score of 7-6, helping Manhattan make sure that they kept their lead. Manhattan's defense soon was put to a test when both freshmen Steven Sternberg and Tim Clancy were both given a slashing penalty within seventeen seconds apart.
Regardless of having two men sheltered in the penalty box, Manhattan still came out strong. Attacking Sacred Heart's goalie Ricardo Vargas, Jaspers own Murray scored another goal bringing the score up to 8-6 with 10:39 to go in the fourth quarter and Manhattan still in the lead.
Scoring two goals and two assist in Saturday's game, Murray now leads the Manhattan Jaspers' with seven goals and six assists in just the first three games of the season.
Manhattan freshman Luke Dilillo, scored an unassisted goal with 8:33 left in the final period. Dilillo's goal pushed Manhattan's lead to 9-6. Just 26 seconds later, Dilillo set up senior Jeremy Marrano to put yet another goal in to bring Manhattan's lead to a game high, four.
Sacred Heart midfielder Bobby Rushton scored a goal at the 7:33 mark of the fourth period to cut the lead to only three, 10-7. But the Pioneers could only muster one more goal from Evan Morgan with 14 seconds left in the game bringing the final score to 10-8.
The Pioneers next game is upstate New York, where they are set to face Binghamton next Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart set off on the right foot by putting themselves on the board with a goal by Peter Greco, just 38 seconds in the game. Manhattan's freshman Matt Ryan responded by scoring at the 6:35 mark.
About 1:10 later senior midfielder Chris Oppito scored too, putting Manhattan in the lead with a score of 2-1. With only seven seconds left in the first period senior attackman Brian Murray added another goal to bring the score to 3-1.
In the second quarter Sacred Heart roared back taking the lead 4-3. Manhattan took nine shots in the second period, but none of which found the back of the net.
The Jaspers were the first to score in the second half to bring the score to a tie of 4-4, when sophomore attackman Marc Labelle put one in only 1:31 into the period.
Jaspers' goalkeeper John Geagan made seven of his 19 saves in the fourth quarter, with a score of 7-6, helping Manhattan make sure that they kept their lead. Manhattan's defense soon was put to a test when both freshmen Steven Sternberg and Tim Clancy were both given a slashing penalty within seventeen seconds apart.
Regardless of having two men sheltered in the penalty box, Manhattan still came out strong. Attacking Sacred Heart's goalie Ricardo Vargas, Jaspers own Murray scored another goal bringing the score up to 8-6 with 10:39 to go in the fourth quarter and Manhattan still in the lead.
Scoring two goals and two assist in Saturday's game, Murray now leads the Manhattan Jaspers' with seven goals and six assists in just the first three games of the season.
Manhattan freshman Luke Dilillo, scored an unassisted goal with 8:33 left in the final period. Dilillo's goal pushed Manhattan's lead to 9-6. Just 26 seconds later, Dilillo set up senior Jeremy Marrano to put yet another goal in to bring Manhattan's lead to a game high, four.
Sacred Heart midfielder Bobby Rushton scored a goal at the 7:33 mark of the fourth period to cut the lead to only three, 10-7. But the Pioneers could only muster one more goal from Evan Morgan with 14 seconds left in the game bringing the final score to 10-8.
The Pioneers next game is upstate New York, where they are set to face Binghamton next Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
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