Villanova, Pa. - The 19th ranked Wildcats (9-4, 3-2 CAA) recorded their third conference win Saturday, as they defeated Robert Morris (8-7, 1-4 CAA) 16-11. Senior Tim Langan (Madison, N.J.) led Villanova with three goals and an assist while senior goalkeeper Andrew DiLoreto (Wilton, Conn.) recorded the first goal of his career.

In their final home game, Villanova started out strong receiving goals from sophomore Mike Brennan (Manhasset, N.Y.), freshman C.J. Small (San Diego, Calif.) and Matthew Fritts (Dallas, Tex.) for a 3-2 lead to end the first quarter.

To being the second quarter, the Wildcats notched four straight goals including DiLoreto's cross field shot. Junior Mark Scioscia (East Hampton, N.Y.), freshman Kevin Cunningham (Garden City, N.J.) and Langan each scored in the streak to put Villanova up 7-2. Langan and freshman Matt Bell (Serverna Park, Md.) combined for three goals to put the game at 10-3 at half.

While allowing the Colonials to bring the score within five, Villanova held off Robert Morris by adding six more goals to make the final score 16-11.

DiLoreto, who leads the county in goals-against average, recorded 11 saves in the game while earning his ninth win of the year. DiLoreto now has 109 saves in the 2009 season.

Senior Chris MacDonald (Westfield, N.J.) notched two assists in the contest giving him 101 points in his career. MacDonald and Fritts have each tallied at least one point in each of the Wildcats 13 games this season.

Crobyn Tao-Brambleby led the Colonials with three goals and an assist in the game for four points on the day. Goalkeeper Sal Barcia notched 18 saves in the contest while allowing 16 goals.

Villanova returns to action Saturday April 25th for their final regular season game. They will travel to No. 5 Hofstra for a game set for 7:00 p.m.

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Villanova, Pa. - April 18, 2009 - The Robert Morris University Colonials outscored the Villanova Wildcats in the second-half, but a strong first-half performance by the Wildcats gave them the 16-11 win on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Dan Kerch (Chesterfield, Mo. / DeSmet) and sophomore Corbyn Tao-Brambleby (Coquitlam, B.C. /. Western Reserve Academy) led the Colonials with a trio of goals each. Tao-Brambleby also added an assist for a four point game. Sophomore Trevor Moore (Port Coquitlam, B.C. / Western Reserve Academy) gave a solid performance as well, scoring two goals and dishing out one assist for three points.

Junior goalie Sal Barcia (West Islip, N.Y. / West Islip) finished the contest with an impressive 18 saves and sophomore Keith Lee (Hudson, Ohio / Western Reserve Academy) led the team in ground balls with six, while also going 12-for-21 in the face-off circle.

Villanova started of play just 29 seconds in when Mike Brennan found the RMU net on an unassisted play. The Colonials quickly responded when Kerch took a pass from Tao-Brambleby and beat Wildcat goalie Andrew Diloreto at 1:12 to knot the score 1-1.

Throughout the next six minutes Villanova added two more goals to its collection, while Robert Morris tallied one. Neither squad's defense would let anyone through in the final 7:46 of play to leave the score 3-2 in Villanova's favor heading into the second quarter.

The Wildcats dominated in the second quarter scoring four unanswered goals throughout the first eight minutes of play. Tao-Brambleby was finally able to get a score on the board for RMU with 6:09 left in the quarter. However, Villanova's Tim Langan Jr. scored back-to-back goals and then Matt Bell added another score for the Wildcats before the end of the first-half to give Villanova the 10-3 advantage.

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