Blauvelt, NY (3/28/07) -- The Dominican College Chargers lacrosse team dropped an East Coast Conference (ECC) game to #10 Adelphi University, 18-4 this afternoon at the DC Lacrosse Field. AU took a 5-1 lead after the first quarter and led 9-3 at the half. The Panthers added five more in the third quarter and four in the fourth for the 19-4 victory. DC goals came in the first quarter, two in the second and one in the fourth.

Freshman Ian Kuchta (Norwalk, CT) led the panthers with 7 goals , while Stephen Mortimer (Adelaide, Australia) had three goals. Michael Gongas (Port Jefferson, NY), Tyler Burton (Elbridge, NY) and Jason Fietta (Syracuse, NY) all had two goals in the win. Gongas led the panthers with eight assists, while Marc Burton (Mississauga, Ontario ) had three assists. The Chargers were led by Alex Jones (St. Albert, AB) with two goals. Joe Cobis (Riverhead, NY) and Dan Celebre (Lake Grove, NY) each had a goal in the loss. Sean Murphy (Pearl River, NY) had two assists, while Owen Smith III (Cornwall, NY) had one assist.

The Panthers out shot the Chargers, 37-16 and had the advantage on the faceoffs, 16 to 8. Panther keeper Devin Schneiderbauer (Pepperell, MA) had four saves in 46:27 minutes, while Drew Smith (East Hampton, NY) had two saves. Charger keeper Joe Assante (Weston, NY) had 13 saves in the loss.

With the win, Adelphi improves to 3-3 overall and 1-0 in the ECC, while the Chargers fall to 1-6 overall and 0-4 in the ECC. Dominican is back in action on Wednesday, April 4th when they host New York Institute of Technology in ECC men's lacrosse action. Game time is 4pm at the DC Lacrosse Field.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Adelphi University..  5  4  5  4 - 18
Dominican College NY  1  2  0  1 -  4
 
Adelphi University SCORING:
GOALS: Kuchta, Ian 7; Mortimer, Stephen 3; Gongas, Michael 2;
       Burton, Tyler 2; Fietta, Jason 2; Burton, Marc 1;
       Pescitelli, Dale 1.
ASSISTS: Gongas, Michael 8; Burton, Marc 3; Burton, Tyler 1;
         Pescitelli, Dale 1.
 
Dominican College NY SCORING:
GOALS: Jones, Alex 2; Cobis, Joe 1; Celebre, Dan 1.
ASSISTS: Murphy, Sean 2; Smith III, Owen 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Adelphi University.. 11  7 10  9 - 37
Dominican College NY  3  8  2  3 - 16
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Adelphi University.. 10  6  4  4 - 24
Dominican College NY  5  7  5  7 - 24
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Adelphi University..  4-7   4-6   4-5   4-6  - 16-24
Dominican College NY  3-7   2-6   1-5   2-6  -  8-24
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Adelphi University..  4-4   3-3   4-4   6-7  - 17-18
Dominican College NY  3-4   3-5   3-5   1-1  - 10-15
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Adelphi University..  1-2   1-1   2-2   2-5  -  6-10
Dominican College NY  0-0   0-0   0-1   1-3  -  1-4
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Adelphi University..  1  1  2  2 -  6
Dominican College NY  5  1  4  3 - 13
 
PENALTIES - ADELPHI 4/4:00; DOMINICA 10/8:30.

2007-03-28