NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA (UMASS D Sports Info)- The University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's lacrosse team opened a 10-0 lead
after the first quarter and went on to defeat visiting Mitchell,
24-3, at Cressy Field Wednesday afternoon.
Walsh scored three goals within a span of three minutes in the
third quarter as the Corsairs raced to an 11-6 lead entering the
fourth quarter.
Senior attackman Robert Young (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS),
sophomore attackman Andrew Foster (Newbury, MA/Danvers HS) and
freshman midfielder Steve Espinola (Groton, MA/Groton Dunstable HS)
each scored three goals to lead the Corsair attack. Foster and
Young each added a pair of assists. Zach Ledvina, Tim Goldberg and
Jeff Dineen scored for the Pequots, who were out shot, 53-10.
Junior goalkeeper Steve Chase (Boston, MA/Boston Latin HS)
started and made one save for the Corsairs, before freshman Brendan
Casey (Groveland, MA/Pentucket HS) took over and registered five
saves while playing the final three quarters. Shane Gray and Jeff
Cretella combined to make 18 saves for Mitchell.
UMass Dartmouth improved to 2-0 with the victory, while Mitchell
dropped to 0-1 with the defeat. The Corsairs will return to action
when they host Becker next Thursday afternoon, while the Pequots
will host Lyndon State Saturday.
UMASS DARTMOUTH LACROSSE
Mitchell (0-1) vs. UMass Dartmouth (2-0)
Date: Mar 12, 2008 Location: North Dartmouth,
MA Stadium: Cressy Field
Attendance:100 Start time:4:00 pm End
time:6:00 pm Total time:2:00
Score by period 1 2
3 4 Tot
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Mitchell............ 0 1 1 1 - 3
UMass Dartmouth..... 10 6 5 3 - 24
Mitchell SCORING: GOALS: Zach Ledvina 1; Tim Goldberg 1; Jeff
Dineen
1.
ASSISTS: None.
UMass Dartmouth SCORING: GOALS: Robert Young 3; Andrew Foster 3;
Stephen Espinola 3; Matt Leary 2; Brian Flanagan 2; Charles
Spencer 2;
Timothy Walsh 1; Josh Arsenault 1; Timur Amirkanov 1; Pat Kohout
1;
Matt Swirbalus 1; Austin Savoie 1; Robert Smith 1; Robinson
Douglas 1;
Ross Douglas 1.
ASSISTS: Andrew Foster 2; Timothy Walsh 2; Robert Young 2; Timur
Amirkanov 1; Josh Arsenault 1; Brian Flanagan 1; Paul Hanna 1;
Steve
Jaillet 1; Matt Leary 1.
Mitchell GROUND BALLS: Joe MacFarland 4; Jeff Cretella 2; Tim
Goldberg
1; Ian Gosselin 1; Shane Gray 1; John Kearney 1; Ben Kessler 1;
Ryan
LaPak 1; Zach Ledvina 1; Adam Mavromatis 1; Josh Souza 1; Alex
Walker
1.
UMass Dartmouth GROUND BALLS: Josh Arsenault 3; Timothy Walsh 3;
Brian
Webber 3; Robert Young 3; Brian Flanagan 2; Andrew Foster 2;
Andrew
Getto 2; Steve Jaillet 2; Pat Kohout 2; Sean Perry 2; Brendan
Casey 1;
Steve Chase 1; Tarek Donnelly 1; Stephen Espinola 1; Jason Febo
1;
Paul Hanna 1; Matt Leary 1; Mike Lee 1; Austin Savoie 1; Robert
Smith
1.
SHOTS - MCLAX08 10; UMDML 53.
SHOTS ON GOAL - MCLAX08 9; UMDML 42.
PENALTIES - MCLAX08 2/1:30; UMDML 6/5:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MCLAX08 0-6; UMDML 0-2.
FACEOFFS - MCLAX08 4-20; UMDML 16-20.
GOALIES - MCLAX08: Jeff Cretella (30:00 minutes, 15 shots-7
saves, 8
GA) , Shane Gray 0-1 (30:00, 27-11, 16); UMDML: Brendan Casey
(45:00,
8-5, 3) , Steve Chase 2-0 (15:00, 1-1, 0).