Garden City, N.Y. - Starting off the week of Northeast-10 Conference tournament play, the Adelphi University men's lacrosse team kept no. 6 Pace University quiet for nearly two quarters en route to a 9-7 win in first round action Tuesday evening on Motamed Field.
It was all Adelphi in the first quarter, as four different players scored for the Brown and Gold.
Sean McGovern caused a Setter turnover in their offensive third and managed to get all the way down field to net the first tally of the game after five minutes had gone by. He sparked a four-goal run that starred
James Hall,
Dylan Crossan and
Angelo Caiazzo all after the six-minute mark. The Panthers were supported in the faceoff X by
Mark Andrejack who won all five in the first frame and went 19-21 for the contest.
Pace was held scoreless for the game until the 5:44 mark in the second quarter, when Joseph Diggle got the visitors on the board. In goal for the Setters, Robert Beshlian accounted for 11 saves in the first half against strong offensive pressure from Adelphi. In-all, he fell one save short of his career high, ending the night with 16.
The Panthers did not score a goal in the second half, but outscored their opponents 3-2 in the following quarter to maintain their advantage.
Michael Osmundsen and
Justin Napolitano both scored in the third en route to a 7-3 lead heading into the final 15 minutes of play.
Pace's Peter Bashar was the first to strike in the last frame, but was quickly answered by
John Arcidiacono in a man-up possession. He netted his second almost two minutes later to help Adelphi extend their lead to five. The Setters continued to press on defense, causing a few turnovers that led to back-to-back goals from Ryan O'Hagan to cut the deficit to three with less than four minutes remaining.
Brendan McDougal, who managed nine saves between the pipes for the hosts came up with a big save down the stretch, however a late tally from Diggle kept the Setters alive.
Andrejack won the final faceoff of the game and time expired, eliminating Pace from the NE10 tournament for the second consecutive season.
The men's lacrosse program will travel to take on second-seeded Merrimack in North Andover, Mass. on Friday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m.
About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past eight seasons, has collected 26 regular season conference titles, 28 tournament championships, 37 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while winning six NCAA Division II National Championships.
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