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Frederick, Md. - The St.
Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team posted a dominating
17-2 Capital Athletic Conference victory over Hood College Tuesday
afternoon.
Sophomore attackman Dennis Rosson (Severna
Park, Md./Severn) paced the Seahawks with a game-high six points on
two goals and four assists, while freshman attackman Will
Dempster (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) notched his first
collegiate points as Dempster tallied a hat trick
and a helper. Midfielders Chris Becraft
(Rockville, Md./Good Counsel) and Billy Scheurer
(Telford, Pa./Souderton Area) each contributed two goals and an
assist apiece.
St. Mary's (6-5, 4-2 CAC) got to work early and often as the
Seahawks shutout Hood in the first period and netted six unanswered
goals from six different players. The visitors opened up the
second quarter with four straight, including back-to-back goals
from Rosson, before freshman middie Troy
Hubbard (Frederick, Md./Walkersville) tallied an
unassisted goal at 4:20 to stop the onslaught and put the Blazers
on the board. Scheurer scored his second of
the day to give SMCM an 11-1 halftime lead.
Dempster scored two consecutive goals and
Becraft chipped in one as the Seahawks tacked on
three more in the third stanza. Sophomore midfielder
Dominique Shorter (Baltimore, Md./Lansdowne)
picked up the Blazers' (1-12, 0-6 CAC) final tally at 4:08 to be
down 14-2 at the start of the fourth period.
Sophomore attackman Sean Reitenbach
(Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) recorded his first two collegiate
goals as the Seahawks outscored Hood, 3-0, in the final period.
The Seahawks dominated all offensive categories: shots (58-9),
ground balls (49-25), and face-offs (19-of-23).
Senior captain Marc DiPasquale (Fallston,
Md./Boys' Latin) was flawless on the face-off as
DiPasquale was a perfect 17-of-17, including
winning all 14 face-offs in the first half. He also scooped
up a game-high six ground balls.
In goal, sophomore Pat Simpson (Arnold,
Md./Broadneck) made three saves and gave up both goals in 45
minutes, while sophomore JJ Strombosky (Westford,
Mass./Rivers) turned away one shot in the final 15 minutes of the
game.
For Hood, sophomore Nicholas O'Brien
(Baltimore, Md./Woodlawn) picked up 14 stops.
St. Mary's returns to action this Friday, April 10 as the
Seahawks welcome No. 5 Salisbury University to Seahawk Stadium for
a league tilt at 4:00.
