ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Freshman C.J. Estes (Medfield, MA) scored three goals and added two assists and sophomore Joe Jacobs-Ferderbar (Orchard Park, NY) also scored three times as host Nazareth outscored Geneseo, 14-12, Saturday in a non-league men's lacrosse game. The Golden Flyers, ranked 20th nationally in Division III, improved to 2-0, while 16th-ranked Geneseo is 0-1.

After falling behind 5-3 after one quarter, Nazareth exploded for eight goals in the second quarter to take the lead for good. Nazareth still led 12-7 in the third quarter, but Geneseo rallied to within one goal, 12-11, after three quarters. Nazareth preserved the win with fourth-quarter goals from R.J. Gringeri (Geneva, NY) and Jacobs-Ferderbar.

Estes scored all three of his goals in the second quarter, including his second goal of the game off a pass from Mark DeCirce (Binghamton, NY) to tie the score at 5-5 with 11:34 left in the half. After Geneseo regained the lead on a goal by Craig Lange (CBA/Syracuse, NY), Nazareth closed the half with six straight goals.

Jacobs-Ferderbar started the string with an unassisted score with 10:07 left. Consecutive goals by Sean Dennison (Redding, CT), Mike Cummings (Elmira, NY) and Scott Castle (Skaneateles, NY) followed before Estes added two more goals to give Nazareth an 11-6 advantage.

Geneseo rallied in the third quarter by scoring five times, including two goals by Mike Cintineo (Honeoye Falls, NY) to close the gap to 12-11. Cintineo and DeCirce exchanged scores to open the quarter, then Geneseo got consecutive goals from Lange, Chris Adams (Gansevoort, NY), Tom Costanza (Webster Schroeder) and Cintineo to close within a goal.

In the fourth quarter, Gringeri won the opening face-off, then scored off an assist from Estes to enable Nazareth to regain its two-goal cushion. Jim Fiacco (Jamesville, NY) brought Geneseo back to within one with an unassisted score less than a minute later. Jacobs-Ferderbar closed out the scoring with an unassisted score with 11:46 left.

Each team had chances thereafter, but Nazareth goalie Todd Dermody (Selden, NY) made seven of his 18 saves in the fourth quarter to help the Golden Flyers stay ahead.

Geneseo led 5-3 after one quarter as Costanza scored twice. Castle, Jacobs-Ferderbar and Kurt Detwiler (Webster Thomas) scored for the Golden Flyers.

Nazareth had a 43-42 edge in shots and was successful on 18 of 20 clearing attempts. Geneseo had a 37-36 advantage in ground balls.

The Golden Flyers are off until Friday, when they visit Oswego for a non-conference game at 4:00 p.m. Nazareth then heads to Dallas for two games -- March 16 vs. St. Lawrence and March 21 vs. Western New England.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  5  1  5  1 - 12
Nazareth............  3  8  1  2 - 14
 
Attendance: 500
 
Geneseo SCORING:
GOALS: Tom Costanza 3; Mike Cintineo 3; Craig Lange 2; Jim Fiacco 2;
       Austin Johnson 1; Chris Adams 1.
ASSISTS: Ray Ryan 2; Erik Baranowski 1; Dylan Bittlingmaier 1;
         Joe McCormack 1; Justin Rand 1.
 
Nazareth SCORING:
GOALS: C.J. Estes 3; Joe Jacobs-Ferderbar 3; Mark DeCirce 2; Scott Castle 2;
       Mike Cummings 1; Kurt Detwiler 1; R.J. Gringeri 1; Sean Dennison 1.
ASSISTS: C.J. Estes 2; Scott Castle 1; Mike Cummings 1; Mark DeCirce 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo............. 12  8 14  8 - 42
Nazareth............  9 22  6  6 - 43
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo............. 10  5 14  8 - 37
Nazareth............ 12 13  5  6 - 36
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Geneseo.............  2-9   5-9   6-7   2-4  - 15-29
Nazareth............  7-9   4-9   1-7   2-4  - 14-29
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Geneseo.............  3-3   3-4   3-6   3-3  - 12-16
Nazareth............  3-3   5-5   4-5   6-7  - 18-20
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Geneseo.............  0-1   0-1   1-2   0-1  -  1-5
Nazareth............  0-0   1-3   0-1   0-1  -  1-5
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  0  9  1  2 - 12
Nazareth............  5  3  3  7 - 18
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  0  5  7  4 - 16
Nazareth............  6  2  8  5 - 21
 
Penalties - Geneseo 6/5:30; Nazareth 7/5:00.

2009-03-07