Box Score
Owings Mills, Md. – No.
3 Stevenson University used a 6-2 second period to break a 4-4 draw
and post a 13-10 Capital Athletic Conference victory over the St.
Mary's College of Maryland men's lacrosse team Tuesday
afternoon despite the Seahawks receiving a game-high five goals
from junior Dennis Rosson (Severna Park,
Md./Severn).
Junior Neal Barthelme (Towson, Md./Dulaney)
paced the nationally-ranked Mustangs with three goals while junior
Richie Ford (Baltimore, Md./Towson) tallied four
points on two goals and two assists. Junior Jimmy
Dailey (Westminster, Md./Winter Mills) added two goals and
an assist.
After Stevenson notched the first goal of the game, St.
Mary's staked its first lead of the game at 7:38 behind goals
by Rosson and sophomore Michael Mules (Ellicott City, Md./Boys' Latin) in a
31-second span. The Mustangs scored twice in 14 seconds to
reclaim the lead before Rosson picked up
back-to-back goals to return the edge to the Seahawks at
2:26. Senior Shane Clift (Baltimore,
Md./North Carroll) found the back of the net for the final tally of
the period with 30 seconds left to knot the contest at 4-all.
Stevenson (13-1, 5-1 CAC) came out strong in the second quarter
with three unanswered goals, including a pair from
Barthelme, to put the momentum on the Mustang
side. Ryan Alexander (Laurel, Md./Pallotti)
and Bobby Cooke (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron)
sandwiched a senior Sean Calabrese (Rockville,
Md./DeMatha) goal to cut the deficit to 8-6 at 2:08. The
Mustangs scored the final two of the period to head into
intermission with a 10-6 advantage.
Rosson finished the afternoon with a game-high
six points as he picked up an assist as well.
Alexander contributed a goal and two helpers while
first-year Patrick Mull (Fallston, Md./Fallston)
dished out four assists.
St. Mary's (7-5, 4-2 CAC) scored two in less than a minute
to pull within 11-8 at the end of three as Rosson
and sophomore J.P. Lennon (Huntington, N.Y./St.
Anthony's) each broke through the Stevenson defense.
Rosson completed a feed from
Mull for the first goal of the final stanza before
the Mustangs netted a pair in 19 seconds.
Mules recorded the final tally of the game at 3:52
for the 13-10 final. The Seahawks came at Stevenson with a
barrage of shots, outshooting the Mustangs 15-4 in the last
quarter, but sophomore Ian Bolland (Mountain
Lakes, Pa./Mountain Lakes) stood his ground and turned away nine
shots as Bolland finished with 16 stops.
Stevenson edged the Seahawks in shots, 44-40, while posting a
33-27 margin in ground balls as junior Ray Witte
(Annapolis, Md./St. Peter and Paul) scooped up a game-high seven
and won 16-of-26 face-offs.
Junior Stu Wheeler (Baltimore, Md./St.
Paul's) finished with nine saves in the loss.
The Seahawks will return to action this Thursday, April 15,
hosting University of Mary Washington in the CAC regular-season
finale at 4:00 pm.
