PACE FALLS TO BRYANT, 12-8

PLEASANTVILLE, NY – The Pace University men's lacrosse team lost to Bryant University, 12-8, in a Northeast-10 Conference match-up at Pace Field on the Pleasantville campus of Pace University.  Pace drops to 1-2 overall and 1-2 in the Northeast-10 Conference while Bryant improves to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in NE-10 play.

Sophomore Justin Page (Eagan, MN/Eagan) (Eagan, MD/Eagan) scored the game's first goal at the 12:21 mark on an assist from senior Kenneth Lysik (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton).  The Setters would take a 3-0 lead on goals by Ryan Gregory (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) and Joseph Infante (Sleepy Hollow, NY/ Sleepy Hollow), both on assists by freshman T.J. Urban (Kinnelon, NY/Kinnelon) (Kinnelon, NJ/ Kinnelon).  Urban would finish with four assists on the day. 

Down 3-0, Bryant rattled off five unanswered goals as Matt McKeefrey (Melville, NY/ Half Hollow Hills East) and Kevin Hoagland (Glastonbury, CT/ Glastonbury) each scored two goals while Bryan Kauffman (Putnam Valley, NY/ Mahopac) also chipped in to give Bryant a 5-3 lead with 7:27 remaining in the first half.

Gregory would score on an assist by Urban to tie the game at 5-5, while Robert Cornetta (Huntington Station, NY/Half Hollow Hills West) (Huntington Station, NY/ Half Hollow Hills West) also netted one for the Setters, unassisted.  Bryant's McKeefrey would score with nine seconds remaining in the half to give Bryant a 6-5 lead heading into intermission.

Bryant picked up where they left off as they rattled off four straight goals in the second half to take a 10-5 lead with 12 minutes remaining in the game.  McKeefrey would score his 3^rd and 4^th goals of the game, while Craig Buckhout (South Salem, NY/ John Jay) would also score and Kauffman would net a pair to give him three on the day.  Kauffman would score again in the 4^th quarter to give him four on the day.  He also had two assists in the game while Buckhout finished with three assists. 

Zach Rosenow (Oyster Bay, NY/ Friends Academy) would cap off the scoring for Bryant on the afternoon, while Lysik and Steve Moriarty (Wantagh, NY/ Wantagh) would also score in the Setters' loss.

For Pace, Gregory and Page would each score twice while Urban finished with four assists.  In net, Timothy Matheis (Lindehurst, NY/Lindehurst) (Lindehurst, NY/ Lindehurst) had 10 saves in 60 minutes.  For Bryant, Michael Kennedy (Port Jefferson, NY/ Comsewogue) had two saves in the first half, before giving way to Brad Burkhardt (Branford, CT/ Branford) who had three saves in the second half.

Pace returns to action when they travel to Colchester, VT. on Saturday, April 1^st to take on the Purple Knights of Saint Michael's College in a Northeast-10 Conference match-up slated for 1:00 p.m.