Men's Lacrosse Falls at Catholic, 11-7
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Susquehanna University's sophomore attack
Dustin Breakey (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland
Valley) notched a game-high-tying four goals, but visiting
Susquehanna lost to The Catholic University of America, 11-7, in a
Landmark Conference men's lacrosse game at Cardinal Stadium on
April 17.
Breakey scored three of his four goals in the
first half, each assisted by a different SU player. His final goal
was tallied with 11 minutes, 17 seconds left in the third quarter
on an assist from sophomore midfielder Billy Spack
(Arlington, Va./Yorktown). Breakey now
has a team-high 26 goals this season.
Susquehanna (6-6, 1-3 Landmark) led Catholic (9-2, 2-1 Landmark),
2-1, after the first quarter but fell behind, 5-4, at halftime. SU
knotted the game back up at 6 with the final period to go, but the
Cardinals scored five times in that final frame to come away with
the victory.
SU's freshman attack Sean Ledwick (Weston,
Conn./Weston) scored the first goal of the game just 3:07
into regulation off a pass from freshman midfielder Marcus
Cheatham (Reisterstown, Md./Loyola HS).
Cheatham also picked up a team-high three
groundballs.
With five minutes left in the second period, sophomore midfielder
Jake Griffith (Wye Mills, Md./Easton) dished out
his third assist of the year on the second tally by
Breakey.
Crusaders sophomore attack Tim Pastore (Ridgewood,
N.J./Ridgewood) and sophomore midfielder Luke
Delavan (Madison, N.J./Madison) each registered a goal and
an assist in the loss. Pastore assisted on the
first Breakey goal, while Delavan
dished out his assist on Breakey's third score
with 2:33 left in the second quarter.
SU's junior midfielder Ryan Oakes (North Yarmouth,
Maine/Cheverus) won a team-high six faceoffs.
Crusaders sophomore Jordan Daney (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower
Merion) stopped nine shots in the first 19:40 of the game
before being replaced by freshman Will Torrence
(Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven). Torrence
suffered the loss in net, playing the final 40:20 and making nine
saves as well.
Susquehanna was outshot by the Cardinals, 48-25, and lost the
ground-balls battle, 17-12.
Next Game: Wednesday, April 21, vs. Marywood (non-conference game), 4 p.m.
