ITHACA, N.Y. – The 13th-ranked men's lacrosse team improved to 7-1 on the season with a 14-13 overtime victory over 11th-ranked Geneseo Friday afternoon. Junior Matt Nelligan (Pingree School/Rowley, Mass.) scored 1:05 into the extra frame off a faceoff win by sophomore Matt Ruhnke (Brien McMahon/Norwalk, Conn.). Junior Kevin Bush (Arapahoe [Colo.]/East Point, Fla.) scored with 41 seconds left in the second half to force overtime.

Geneseo scored five of six goals to open the second half, taking an 11-8 lead with 3:21 remaining in the third quarter. Ithaca responded with three straight goals to tie the game at 11. The teams then traded goal to close out the game.

Sophomore Mike Cintineo (Honeoye Falls-Lima/Honeoye Falls) and Nelligan led the Bombers with three goals each, while classmates Craig Lepiane (West Irondequoit/Monroe) and Bush picked up two goals each.

Junior Brandon Rose (Rush-Henrietta/Rochester) recorded four caused turnovers in the game for Ithaca and also tallied a goal. Mike Nowak (Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa), Chris Carman (Monte Vista/Alamos, Calif.) and Kyle Golden (Ossining/Briarcliff) each recorded one goal. Goalie Dennis Butler (Pleasantville/Pleasantville) made 16 saves for the win.

Goalie Tim Garback (Henninger/Syracuse) made six saves for Geneseo and freshman Andrew Hanover (West Genesee/Camillus) notched six goals in the loss. Senior Colin Ireland (West Islip/West Islip) recorded three goals in the game and sophomore Jim Fiacco (Jamesville-Dewitt/Jamesville) tallied two goals. Junior Tim McDermott (Homer/Cortland) won 22 of 30 faceoffs in the game.

The Bombers travel to Clinton, N.Y. to take on Hamilton, Tuesday, March 27 at 7:00 p.m.

Score by Period   1  2  3  4  OT  Total
Geneseo           2  3  6  2   0   13
Ithaca            3  3  3  4   1   14

Geneseo SCORING:
GOALS: Andrew Hanover 6; Colin Ireland 3; Jim Fiacco 2; Steve Hutton 1; Dan Balestra 1.
ASSISTS: Rick Bova 1; Tom Costanza 1.

Ithaca SCORING:
GOALS: Matt NELLIGAN 3; Mike CINTINEO 3; Craig LEPIANE 2; Kevin BUSH 2; Mike NOWAK 1; Chris CARMAN 1; Brandon ROSE 1; Kyle GOLDEN 1.
ASSISTS: Craig LEPIANE 2; Tim PFEFFER 2; Logan BOBZIEN 1; Chris CARMAN 1; Mike NOWAK 1.

PENALTIES - Geneseo 4/2:30; Ithaca 1/1:00.

SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 11 8 13 12 0 44
Ithaca 11 10 10 9 1 41

SAVES 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 1 2 2 1 0 6
Ithaca 4 3 3 6 0 16

GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 11 12 14 12 0 49
Ithaca 5 9 13 15 1 43

TURNOVERS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 4 5 6 6 0 21
Ithaca 3 3 6 8 0 20

FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 5-6 7-7 7-10 3-7 0-1 22-31
Ithaca 1-6 0-7 3-10 4-7 1-1 9-31

CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 2-2 3-3 2-3 4-4 0-0 11-12
Ithaca 4-5 6-6 4-6 5-7 0-0 19-24

EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 OT Total
Geneseo 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1
Ithaca 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 1-4

Scoring Summary
 
#  Prd  Time  Team  Type  Goal Scorer  Assists  H-V
 1. 1st   8:13  IC  EVEN  Mike NOWAK (4)  Unassisted  1-0
 2.       4:48  GEN EVEN  Colin Ireland (5)  Unassisted  1-1
 3.       2:24  IC  EVEN  Mike CINTINEO (12)  Craig LEPIANE (8)  2-1
 4.       1:44  GEN EVEN  Jim Fiacco (3)  Unassisted  2-2
 5.       0:34  IC  EVEN  Chris CARMAN (3)  Tim PFEFFER (7)  3-2
 6. 2nd  11:36  GEN EVEN  Andrew Hanover (4)  Unassisted  3-3
 7.       6:14  IC  EVEN  Matt NELLIGAN (23)  Unassisted  4-3
 8.       4:55  GEN EVEN  Steve Hutton (2)  Unassisted  4-4
 9.       3:41  GEN EVEN  Colin Ireland (6)  Unassisted  4-5
10.       1:30  IC  EVEN  Matt NELLIGAN (24)  Craig LEPIANE (9)  5-5
11.       0:43  IC  EVEN  Brandon ROSE (2)  Mike NOWAK (2)  6-5
12.  3rd 14:45  GEN EVEN  Andrew Hanover (5)  Rick Bova (1)  6-6
13.      11:30  GEN EVEN  Andrew Hanover (6)  Unassisted  6-7
14.       9:41  IC  EVEN  Mike CINTINEO (13)  Unassisted  7-7
15.       6:53  GEN UP    Dan Balestra (5)  Tom Costanza (1)  7-8
16.       4:17  GEN EVEN  Jim Fiacco (4)  Unassisted  7-9
17.       3:21  GEN EVEN  Andrew Hanover (7)  Unassisted  7-10
18.       2:30  IC  EVEN  Kyle GOLDEN (6)  Unassisted  8-10
19.       1:43  GEN EVEN  Colin Ireland (7)  Unassisted  8-11
20.       0:07  IC  EVEN  Craig LEPIANE (15)  Unassisted  9-11
21.  4th 10:29  IC  EVEN  Kevin BUSH (13)  Chris CARMAN (1)  10-11
22.       8:06  IC  UP    Craig LEPIANE (16)  Tim PFEFFER (8)  11-11
23.       7:55  GEN EVEN  Andrew Hanover (8)  Unassisted  11-12
24.       6:58  IC  EVEN  Mike CINTINEO (14)  Unassisted  12-12
25.       3:02  GEN EVEN  Andrew Hanover (9)  Unassisted  12-13
26.       0:41  IC  EVEN  Kevin BUSH (14)  Unassisted  13-13
27.  OT   2:55  IC  EVEN  Matt NELLIGAN (25)  Logan BOBZIEN (10)  14-13

2007-03-23