Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - The St. Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team welcomed Wesley College to the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) with a 9-5 victory over the Wolverines Saturday afternoon as the Seahawks won their fifth straight on Senior Day.

Seven Seahawk seniors were recognized for their careers on-and-off the field before the start of the contest: Brett Caron (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional), Steve Hutwelker (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West), Mike Kessler (New Britain, Pa./Central Bucks West), Ryan Mull (Fallston, Md./Fallston), Pat Oliphant (Chatham, N.J./Chatham), John Oliver (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) and Craig Sturgeon (Severna Park, Md./Chesapeake).

Goals from midfielders Shaun Summerville (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) and Ryan Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti) gave St. Mary's (7-5, 5-1 CAC) a 2-1 edge after the first period of play.

The Seahawks owned a 6-2 margin at halftime following a 4-1 run in the second quarter with scores from Oliphant, Alexander, and freshmen Dennis Rosson (Severna Park, Md./Severn) and Chris Morihlatko (Arnold, Md./Broadneck).

Oliphant tallied two goals in the third frame to stretch the Seahawk lead to 9-4 after 45 minutes of action.

Wesley's sophomore attackman Brad Smith (Glen Burnie, Md./Old Mill) finished a feed from freshman attackman Joe Trezza (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) for the game's last goal at 5:21 in the fourth stanza.

Oliphant led all players with a season-high three goals, while Alexander ended up with his two first-half goals.  Summerville, Rosson and sophomore attackman Josh Hostetler (Clarksville, Md./River Hill) each notched a goal and an assist.

St. Mary's fired off 43 shots to the Wolverines' 19, while the Seahawks won 34 of 51 ground balls.  Ranked eighth in Division III in face-off percentage, junior face-off specialist Marc DiPasquale (Joppa, Md./Boys' Latin) won 15-of-18 face-offs and recorded a game-high seven ground balls.

Freshmen goalies JJ Strombosky (Westford, Mass./Rivers) and Pat Simpson (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) split time between the pipes as the duo combined for seven saves.  Mull caused three turnovers and scooped up three ground balls in the Seahawk defensive end.

Smith finished with two goals for Wesley (7-5, 3-4 CAC), while Trezza and sophomore middie Nick Pisacano (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) each chipped in a goal and an assist.  Senior goalie Jim McCleaft (Media, Pa./Sun Valley) turned away 19 shots in the loss, while junior defenseman Kirk Waldie (Folsom, Pa./Ridley) caused a game-high five turnovers and had three ground balls.

The Seahawks will have a week to rest before traveling to Salisbury, Maryland to take on top-ranked and undefeated Salisbury University under the lights on Friday, April 11 at 7:00.