STANDISH, Maine – Wentworth Institute (3-1) outlasted Saint Joseph's College (1-2), 13-10, in a non-conference men's lacrosse contest at the SJC Athletics Complex on Saturday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Senior Tim Goodfellow (Wayland, Mass.) kicked off the scoring with a strike 2:12 after the opening whistle, but the Leopards countered by netting five of the game's next six goals, as man-up tallies from Colin Ocampo (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) and Logan Maklan (Boca Raton, Fla.) early in the second stanza to stake a 5-2 lead 1:09 into the frame.
The Monks' offense finally came to life with three straight goals, as grad Xavier Michaud (Wales, Maine) netted a pair and Nathaniel Girardin (Brunswick, Maine) struck to tie the game at five apiece with 2:17 before the break. Unfortunately for the Royal Blue, the Leopards received a goal from Jared Hiller with 15 seconds on the second quarter clock and opened the third frame with five unanswered scores to claim an 11-5 cushion with 9:08 to play in the penultimate period.
After a timeout, Saint Joseph's rallied with a 4-0 run that included a pair of Tyler Moscato (West Haven, Conn.) goals and cut the Wentworth advantage to 11-9 with 10:38 left in the final quarter, but the Leopards' defense clamped down and the visitors scored twice during the following three minutes to build an insurmountable lead.
TEAM STATS:
Wentworth held the lead in shots (45-37), ground balls (35-28), and face-off wins (21-6) while Saint Joseph's posted the advantage in shots on goal (28-25) and caused turnovers (18-5).
THE KEEPERS:
SJC junior Liam Greene (Mansfield, Mass.) logged 54:29 minutes and made 11 saves while freshman Reed Wescott (Windham, Maine) posted one stop in 5:31 between the pipes.
Wentworth junior Tom Gardner (West Windsor, N.J.) registered 18 stops in the winning performance.
LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:
- Moscato scored a career-high four goals on six shots with a pair of caused turnovers
- Michaud netted three goals with an assist and two ground balls
- Girardin and Goodfellow tallied a goal and an assist apiece
- Junior Anthony Samiotes (Hampstead, N.H.) picked up four ground balls with two caused turnovers
- Junior Ryan Bogdanski (Southington, Conn.) notched four caused turnovers with two ground balls
LEADERS – WENTWORTH INSTITUTE:
- Senior Connor Charron (Tewksbury, Mass.) won 21-of-27 face-off attempts and picked up a game-high 12 ground balls
- Sophomore Tyler Longo (Kingston, N.Y.) scored two goals with an assist
- Maklan, Kobi Buffa (Craryville, N.Y.), and Gabe Cobham (Westbury, N.Y.) netted two goals apiece
- Ocampo and Brendan Kroll (Wakefield, R.I.) tacked on a goal and two assists each
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
With the loss Saint Joseph's falls to 1-5 all-time versus Wentworth Institute.
NEXT!
The Monks will host Southern Maine on Tuesday at 4:00 PM.
