Box Score #9 PACE LACROSSE DEFEATES ASSUMPTION,
11-4
WORCESTER, MA - Robert Cornetta (Huntington Station, NY/Half Hollow Hills West) (Huntington
Station, NY/Half Hollow Hills West) and Jake
Sheppard (Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia/East
Victoria) each recorded hat tricks scoring three goals
apiece to help the #9 ranked Pace University men's lacrosse team
cruise past the Greyhounds of Assumption College in a Northeast-10
Conference match-up. The Setters improve to 6-3 on the season, 3-3
in the NE-10, while the Greyhounds fall to 2-7 overall, 2-5 in
conference play.
After a scoreless first period, both teams combined for six
goals in the second to go into the half tied at three. Taking
advantage of an extra man opportunity, Matt Klaskin put the
Greyhounds on the board first scoring at the 10:40 mark.
T.J Urban (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) (9:29) and
James Hammel (North Caldwell, NJ/West Essex)
(5:19) scored back-to-back goals to put Pace up 2-1. Hammel would
finish the afternoon with two goals. Assumption would retake the
lead with goals from Mike Molk (4:38) and Neil Donnelly (3:11), but
Shepard (2:29) would tie the game at three before heading into the
break.
The Setters would take control in the second half outscoring the
Greyhounds 8-1, including five goals in the third. Molk's second
goal of the game cut the home teams deficit to 5-4, but that's as
close as Assumption would get as Pace rattled off six unanswered
goals to end the game. Ryan Gregory (Bethpage, NY/Bethpage) (Bethpage,
NY/Bethpage) rounded out the scoring finishing the game
with a pair of goals, to go along with an assist. Urban added three
assists on the day, while Dan Abberton (Hicksville, NY/Hicksville) (Hicksville,
NY/Hicksville) and Sheppard each had two.
Pace out shot Assumption 31-19 and also controlled the face offs
winning 11 out of 17.
Timothy Matheis (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst)
made eight saves in net for the Setters.
#9 Pace returns to action on Tuesday, April 17th, as
the Setters host Northeast-10 Conference rival and defending
National Champion #3 Le Moyne College. Scheduled to start at
4:00 p.m.
