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Newport News, Va. - Sophomore
attackman Chris Becraft (Rockville, Md./Good
Counsel) tallied five points in leading the St. Mary's College of
Maryland men's lacrosse team to an 18-7 victory over Christopher
Newport University in the Seahawks' 2009 season finale Saturday
afternoon.
Becraft paced the dominating St. Mary's offense
with a hat trick and two helpers, while sophomore attackman
Dennis Rosson (Severna Park, Md./Severn)
contributed three points on a goal and two assists. Junior
midfielders Ryan Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti)
and Taylor Burgdorf (South Portland, Maine/South
Portland) and freshman attackman JP Lennon
(Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) each added two goals.
First-year head coach Chris Hasbrouck (Suffern,
N.Y.) ends his first year at the helm of the Seahawk men's lacrosse
program with an 8-7 overall record, including going 5-2 in
conference action to finish second in the league standings ahead of
nationally-ranked Salisbury University.
The Seahawks owned a 3-1 advantage after the first period as
Burgdorf, Rosson, and sophomore
attackman Chris Lacy (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's)
all found the back of the net.
Becraft scored twice in the second quarter as
St. Mary's outscored the Captains, 6-2, to take a 9-3 advantage
into halftime.
The Captains (8-7) were shutout in the third stanza by the
Seahawk defense as seven different players notched a goal for the
visitors to claim a 16-3 lead heading into the final period of
play.
After St. Mary's opened up the fourth quarter with two goals by
sophomore middie Cole Columbus (Charlottesville,
Va./St. Anne's Belfield) and Lennon, CNU's
midfielders Rob Koster (Vienna, Va./Oakton) and
Justin King (Crofton, Md./Spalding) each scored
twice to make the final, 18-7.
The Seahawks controlled the face-offs, winning 23-of-29 as
senior Marc DiPasquale (Fallston, Md./Boys' Latin)
was 18-of-22 with a game-high eight ground balls.
DiPasquale also chipped in a goal and an assist.
St. Mary's fired off 47 shots to the Captains' 35, while the
Seahawks won the ground ball battle, 45-32, as
DiPasquale, senior long-stick middie Ryder
Henry (Washington, D.C./St. John's College [D.C.]), and
sophomore midfielder Bobby Cooke (Ellicott City,
Md./Mt. Hebron) combined for 18 loose ball pick-ups.
SMCM sophomores Pat Simpson (Arnold,
Md./Broadneck) and JJ Strombosky (Westford,
Mass./Rivers) combined for 18 saves as Simpson
made 14 stops and gave up three goals in 45 minutes.
Koster and King led the
Captains with two goals apiece, while junior middie Ray
Fitzgerald (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) dished out two
assists. Freshman Jackson Tyler (Culpeper,
Va./Culpeper) and sophomore Matt Miller (Oak Hill,
Va./Chantilly) combined for 10 saves in the loss.
