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St. Mary's City, Md. - Sophomores Pat
Gillen (Merrick, N.Y.) and Matt Angle
(Manchester, Md.) each scored in a 2:05-minute span to give the
Ursinus College men's lacrosse team an 11-10 non-conference victory
over St. Mary's College of Maryland, spoiling Senior Day on a
stormy Wednesday afternoon.
Sophomore attackman Dennis Rosson (Severna
Park, Md./Severn) finished off a pass from junior captain
Ryan Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti) with 21
ticks on the clock to bring the Seahawks (7-7) within one.
However, sophomore Reilly Hannapel (Stillwell,
Kans.) won the ensuing face-off and Ursinus effectively killed the
clock for its third consecutive win.
Senior attackman Jason Orlando (Morton, Pa.)
coordinated the Bear offense, leading his team with two goals and
an assist, while freshmen midfielders Jeff Ocampo
(Palm Coast, Fla.) and David Kraus (Madison,
Conn.) each tallied two goals apiece.
The Seahawks (7-7) jumped out to a 4-2 lead in the first period
as Alexander found the back of the net twice -
once to start the quarter and one to end it.
Ursinus (6-8) came out roaring in the second stanza, outscoring
the home team 5 to 2. The Bears notched the quarter's first
two goals before sophomore attackman Chris
Morihlatko (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) slowed down their
momentum with his ninth tally of the season at 7:34 to return the
advantage back to St. Mary's. After the teams traded the next
two goals, UC scored the half's final two goals for a 7-6 Bear
halftime lead.
Orlando started the third quarter scoring with
an unassisted goal at 13:11 to double the visitor's lead before
Rosson and Alexander notched
back-to-back goals to knot the game at 8-all at 9:52. The
Bears headed into the final period ahead 9-8 as junior attackman
Dan Monzo (Collegeville, Pa.) tallied a man-up
goal with 24 seconds left.
Sophomore attackman Chris Becraft (Rockville,
Md./Good Counsel) tied the game for the fifth and final time at 9-9
as Becraft took a feed from
Rosson and found the back of the net with 9:59
left in the game.
Rosson led the Seahawks with three goals and
three assists, while Alexander finished with three
goals and an assist and Becraft contributed a goal
and two assists.
St. Mary's fired off 45 shots to the Bears' 23, while the
Seahawks won the ground ball battle, 35-22, as senior Marc
DiPasquale (Fallston, Md./Boys' Latin) scooped up a
game-high five ground balls. DiPasquale also
won 14-of-24 face-offs.
Senior Tony Aquilino (Abington, Pa.) made 11
saves in the win, while SMCM sophomores Pat
Simpson (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) and JJ
Strombosky (Westford, Mass./Rivers) combined for three
saves.
St. Mary's returns to action this Saturday as the Seahawks will
wrap up the 2009 campaign in Newport News, Virginia against
Christopher Newport University at 1:00.