Box Score PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – The No. 6/7 Pace University men's lacrosse team honored five seniors prior to its final game of the regular season on Friday, a Northeast-10 Conference matchup with Franklin Pierce University. Pace rolled to an 18-8 victory, led by a nine-point effort for junior
Liam Brennan (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman).
FIRST QUARTER
- Franklin Pierce's Jack Carney got on the board 46 seconds into the game to give the Ravens a quick 1-0 lead.
- Pace tied it shortly after when sophomore
Daniel Keenan (Mount Sinai, NY/Mount Sinai) netted a man-up goal.
- The Ravens took the lead once again when Jake Castorf scored at the 12:09 mark.
- The Setters then went on a three-goal run with scores from sophomore
Matthew Simone (Seaford, NY/Seaford), freshman
Max Scandale (Port Jefferson, NY/Earl L. Vandermuelen) and Brennan to claim a 4-2 lead.
- Franklin Pierce's Joe Palmeri halted the run to get the Ravens back within a goal.
- Junior
Joshua Kreitler (Shelton, CT/Shelton) was set up right in front of the net by sophomore
Kevin Vogelsberg (Wantagh, NY/Holy Trinity Diocesan) for a score to put Pace ahead, 5-3.
- Brennan then netted his second of the day after juking past a defender to put the Setters ahead by three.
SECOND QUARTER
- Benjamin Lassow and Sean Delea scored back-to-back goals to start the second for Franklin Pierce to get the Ravens back within one.
- Pace then tallied the next four goals, including three by Brennan and the first-career goal for freshman
Sam Christman (Wilbraham, MA/Minnechaug Regional), giving the Setters a 10-5 lead with 3:59 left in the half.
- Castorf scored again for the Ravens to draw within four, but Kreitler added another man-up goal at 1:24 to send Pace to the locker room with an 11-6 advantage.
THIRD QUARTER
- Kreitler netted back-to-back goals to open the half to improve Pace's lead to 13-6.
- Junior
Michael Pappalardo (Ossining, NY/Ossining) scored shortly after to make it a 14-6 game.
- Lassow scored again for Franklin Pierce to get the Ravens back within seven at the 7:14 mark.
- Brennan then bounced in another goal at the 3:50 mark to give Pace an eight-goal advantage.
- Scandale then shot one behind his back past the keeper to make it a 16-7 game.
FOURTH QUARTER
- Freshman
Bruno Surace (Wantagh, NY/Wantagh) got on the board at the 12:19 mark of the fourth to make it a ten-goal lead for Pace.
- Kreitler connected off a feed from Brennan just eight seconds later to push Pace's lead to 11.
- Carney got the Ravens back on the board with 3:49 left to cut Pace's lead to 18-8.
GOALIE DECISIONS
Win:
Robert Beshlian (Wantagh, NY/Wantagh) (11-2)
Loss: Connor Wacksman (4-8)
Goalkeeper Notes
- Junior goalkeeper
Robert Beshlian (Wantagh, NY/Wantagh) stopped five shots to pick up his 11th victory of the year.
SETTER STATS
- Brennan scored six goals and dished out three assists for an impressive nine-point evening.
- Kreitler scored five times and scooped up three ground balls.
- Scandale picked up two goals, the first two of his career.
- Sophomores
Bradley Paterson (Caldwell, NJ/Depaul Catholic) and
Kevin Vogelsberg (Wantagh, NY/Holy Trinity Diocesan) each handed out two assists.
- Sophomore
Steven Weindler (Shoreham, NY/Shoreham Wading River) won 23-of-28 faceoffs and scooped up a game-high 15 ground balls.
- Senior
Brandon Donnellan (Chester, NY/Warwick Valley) caused a team-best two turnovers.
RAVEN LEADERS
- Castorf totaled four points on two goals and two assists.
- Carney scored twice and added an assist for three points.
- Lassow also added tow goals.
RECORDS
#6/7 Pace: 11-2 (9-2 NE10)
Franklin Pierce: 5-8 (2-9 NE10)
WHAT'S NEXT?
- The playoff-bound Setters will next play on Tuesday, May 2, in the Northeast-10 Conference Championship First Round. Pace's matchup and location will be determined once NE10 play concludes over the weekend.
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