April 14, 2007

Box Score

Old Westbury, N.Y. - Adelphi got four goals from both Jason Fietta and Ian Kuchta but it was not enough as the Panthers fell to NYIT 13-9 in East Coast Conference men's lacrosse action on April 14. The win improves NYIT to 8-0 on the season and 3-0 in the ECC, while Adelphi falls to 5-5 overall and 1-2 in the league.

Adelphi jumped out to a 1-0 lead four minutes into the first period as Fietta scored off of a feed from Stephen Mortimer. NYIT responded by scoring four consecutive goals over the next three minutes. Al Maione tied the score at 1-1 with 8:45 remaining, Jeremy Hobson followed just over a minute later to give the Bears their first lead and Hennessy netted back-to-back scores 28 seconds apart to give NYIT a 4-1 advantage with 6:01 left in the quarter.

Adelphi came out in the second quarter and outscored NYIT 4-2. Fietta and Kutchta sandwiched scores around Hobson's second goal of the day to make it 5-3 and after Hennessy's third goal of the game gave NYIT a 6-3 lead, Adelphi ripped off three straight scores. Kutchta started the scoring, Fietta followed with his third of the day and Brandon Butler tied the game at 6-6 with just 2:13 remaining in the half.

Matt Messina scored the last goal of the half and gave NYIT the lead for good with 1:31 left in the second quarter. Starting with Messina's score and spanning the third and fourth quarters, the Bears would take control of the game by scoring seven of the next nine goals.

Paul Flowers followed Messina, scoring the first goal of the second half at 7:04 of the third quarter to give NYIT an 8-6 lead. After Fietta netted his fourth of the day to bring the Panthers to within 8-7, the Bears reeled off three straight scores and five of the next six goals, to build a commanding 13-8 lead with 8:46 left in the game.

Kutchta scored his fourth of the game with 1:45 remaining to provide the final score.

The game was evenly played, with both teams recording 36 shots and going 1-4 on extra man opportunities. NYIT picked up 50 ground balls to the Panthers 39, but Adelphi held the slight advantage in face-offs, winning 13-24.

The Panthers return to action on April 21, when they play host to C.W. Post at 1:00 pm.