ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Visiting Geneseo scored the game-winning goal with just :06 left in regulation Tuesday, as the Blue Knights defeated Nazareth in a non-conference men's lacrosse game, 13-12. The game was originally scheduled to be played Saturday, but was rescheduled due to inclement weather. Conditions were much better Tuesday as Geneseo, ranked 17th nationally, improved to 2-0. Nazareth, ranked 15th nationally, is 1-1.

Geneseo's Joe Malach (Rush-Henrietta) scored the game-winning goal off the fifth assist of the game from Mike Pizzuto (Amherst, NY) to snap the 12-12 deadlock. The game was tied eight times, including 2-2 after one quarter and 4-4 at halftime. Nazareth had the lead at 12-11 following the third goal of the game by Matt Aloi (Jamesville-DeWitt HS) with 3:45 to play. Geneseo, however, tied the score at 12-12 on a goal by Pizzuto with 2:33 left.

The Blue Knights then were successful in killing off a Nazareth extra-man opportunity that resulted from a one-minute slashing penalty with 1:24 left.

Geneseo scored four of the first five goals of the second half to break up a 4-4 halftime tie. Tom Costanza (Webster Schroeder HS/Webster, NY) scored two of his four goals in that stretch, while Mike Cintineo (Honeoye Falls-Lima) and Ryan Plante (IHC/Watertown, NY) also scored. Nazareth came back, though, with three straight goals to tie the score again. Aaron Civalier (Penfield HS/Rochester, NY) scored unassisted with 1:09 left in the third quarter, then Aloi scored with :47 left and again to open the fourth quarter.

Geneseo reclaimed a two-goal advantage, 11-9, as Steven Hutton (Webster Thomas/Webster, NY) and Craig Lange (CBA/Syracuse, NY) scored just over a minute apart. Nazareth closed to within 11-10 on an extra-man goal by Civalier with 5:37 left and then took the lead, 12-11, on goals by freshman Corey Remoli (Asbury, NJ) and Aloi.

Remoli finished with a career-best four goals, while Aloi and Civalier each had three. Erinn O'Hara (Salisbury School/Camillus, NY) had a first-quarter goal and sophomore Joe Valasiadis (North Shore HS/Glen Head, NY) scored his first career goal in the second quarter. Senior attackman Steve Cutia contributed three assists.

For Geneseo, Pizzuto finished with one goal and five assists, Costanza scored four times, Cintineo and Lange each scored twice.

Nazareth had a 46-33 edge in shots and won 17 of 29 face-offs, ledby junior Chris Law (Catonsville, MD) taking 13 of 21. Sophomore goalie Todd Dermody (Selden, NY) made 13 saves. Eddie Watts (Mt. Kisco, NY) and Dennis Costanza (Webster Schroeder HS/Webster, NY) combined for 15 saves for Geneseo.

Nazareth opens its Empire 8 Conference schedule Saturday against Elmira at 1:00 p.m. at Corning East High School.

Score by Period       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  2  2  4  5 - 13
Nazareth............  2  2  3  5 - 12
 
Attendance: 347
 
Geneseo SCORING:
GOALS: Tom Costanza 4; Mike Cintineo 2; Craig Lange 2; Mike Pizzuto 1;
       Steve Hutton 1; Joe Malach 1; Dylan Bittlingmaier 1; Ryan Plante 1.
ASSISTS: Mike Pizzuto 5; Ray Ryan 3; Jim Fiacco 1; Steve Hutton 1;
         Joe Malach 1; Joe May 1.
 
Nazareth SCORING:
GOALS: Corey Remoli 4; Matt Aloi 3; Aaron Civalier 3; Erinn O'Hara 1;
       Joe Valasiadis 1.
ASSISTS: Steve Cutia 3.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  9  6  9  9 - 33
Nazareth............ 10 12 10 14 - 46
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo............. 10  9 13 10 - 42
Nazareth............ 10 10 13  4 - 37
 
FACE-OFFS BY PRD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Geneseo.............  1-5   3-5   3-8   5-11 - 12-29
Nazareth............  4-5   2-5   5-8   6-11 - 17-29
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     3     4     Total
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Geneseo.............  4-5   2-5   6-8   3-5  - 15-23
Nazareth............  4-4   6-6   4-4   4-4  - 18-18
 
EXTRA-MAN OPPS         1     2     3     4     Total
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Geneseo.............  1-1   1-1   0-2   0-0  -  2-4
Nazareth............  0-0   0-1   0-2   1-3  -  1-6
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  6  6  1  2 - 15
Nazareth............  6  3  2  2 - 13
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  3  4  Tot
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Geneseo.............  2  8  6  4 - 20
Nazareth............  4  5 10  5 - 24
 
PENALTIES - Geneseo 6/4:00; Nazareth 5/3:00.
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
    Prd  Time Team     Type Goal Scorer            Assists          H-V
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 1. 1st 13:02 NAZARETH EVEN Erinn O'Hara.......... Steve Cutia....  1-0
 2.     10:20 NAZARETH EVEN Corey Remoli.......... Steve Cutia....  2-0
 3.      7:36 GENESEO  UP   Craig Lange........... Joe Malach.....  2-1
 4.      2:29 GENESEO  EVEN Dylan Bittlingmaier... Ray Ryan.......  2-2
 5. 2nd 12:02 NAZARETH EVEN Aaron Civalier........ Unassisted.....  3-2
 6.      7:20 GENESEO  UP   Mike Cintineo......... Mike Pizzuto...  3-3
 7.      6:53 GENESEO  EVEN Tom Costanza.......... Ray Ryan.......  3-4
 8.      4:10 NAZARETH EVEN Joe Valasiadis........ Steve Cutia....  4-4
 9. 3rd 13:46 GENESEO  EVEN Tom Costanza.......... Mike Pizzuto...  4-5
10.     11:22 GENESEO  EVEN Tom Costanza.......... Joe May........  4-6
11.      8:53 GENESEO  EVEN Mike Cintineo......... Unassisted.....  4-7
12.      6:09 NAZARETH EVEN Corey Remoli.......... Unassisted.....  5-7
13.      4:25 GENESEO  EVEN Ryan Plante........... Steve Hutton...  5-8
14.      1:09 NAZARETH EVEN Aaron Civalier........ Unassisted.....  6-8
15.      0:47 NAZARETH EVEN Matt Aloi............. Unassisted.....  7-8
16. 4th 12:18 NAZARETH EVEN Matt Aloi............. Unassisted.....  8-8
17.     10:46 GENESEO  EVEN Tom Costanza.......... Mike Pizzuto...  8-9
18.     10:20 NAZARETH EVEN Corey Remoli.......... Unassisted.....  9-9
19.      8:00 GENESEO  EVEN Steve Hutton.......... Mike Pizzuto...  9-10
20.      6:57 GENESEO  EVEN Craig Lange........... Jim Fiacco.....  9-11
21.      5:37 NAZARETH UP   Aaron Civalier........ Unassisted..... 10-11
22.      4:04 NAZARETH EVEN Corey Remoli.......... Unassisted..... 11-11
23.      3:45 NAZARETH EVEN Matt Aloi............. Unassisted..... 12-11
24.      2:33 GENESEO  EVEN Mike Pizzuto.......... Ray Ryan....... 12-12
25.      0:06 GENESEO  EVEN Joe Malach............ Mike Pizzuto... 12-13

2008-03-11