Boxscore
SELINSGROVE, Pa. -- Susquehanna University's junior midfielder
Ryan Oakes (North Yarmouth, Maine/Cheverus) led
all players with a career-high 14 ground balls, but Susquehanna
lost a non-conference men's lacrosse game to visiting Elmira
College, 16-13, at Sassafras Fields on March 24.
Oakes dominated in the faceoffs department,
winning a game-high 21 of them (on 31 attempts). Susquehanna (5-3
overall) won 22 of 33 faceoffs as a team, but Elmira (3-2 overall)
won some crucial draws late in the game, leading to an important
string of goals.
SU also held the advantage in shots, 43-37; ground balls, 41-35;
and clears, 21-for-26, compared to Elmira's 18-for-27, but the
Soaring Eagles' goalkeeper made a game-high 12 saves, including
three in the fourth quarter.
Sophomore Jordan Daney (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower
Merion) suffered the loss in goal despite making 11 saves
in 30 second-half minutes, including 10 in the third quarter alone.
Daney relieved sophomore Anthony Maiorella
(Mountain Lakes, N.J./Mountain Lakes), who made two saves
in the first half while allowing the first seven Elmira goals.
Elmira opened the game with a 3-0 run, but the Crusaders scored
the next four goals to take their first lead with 7 minutes, 28
seconds left in the second quarter.
Play truly went back-and-forth from there with neither team able
to take control of the game. The score was tied at 7 at halftime
and at 11 entering the fourth quarter.
Elmira pulled away from there, winning five of eight
fourth-quarter faceoffs, including four in a row at one point, and
scoring the first four goals of the final period.
Crusaders sophomore midfielder Billy Spack (Arlington,
Va., Yorktown) led all players with five goals. Teammate
and sophomore attack Tim Pastore (Ridgewood,
N.J./Ridgewood) scored two goals and added two assists.
Sophomore midfielder Luke Delavan (Madison,
N.J./Madison) and sophomore attack Dustin Breakey
(Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) also scored twice
for SU. Delavan had an assist as well.
Oakes and freshman midfielder Marcus
Cheatham (Reisterstown, Md./Loyola HS) both notched one
goal. Cheatham also had eight ground balls.
Freshman attack Sean Ledwick (Weston,
Conn./Weston) assisted on two Susquehanna scores, while
junior midfielder Henry Weismantel
(Chatham, N.J./Chatham HS) and freshman
midfielder Tylere Fritts (Chatham, N.J./Chatham
HS) both assisted on one.
Next Game: Saturday, March 27, vs. Goucher (Landmark
Conference game – 10th Anniversary Celebration), 1 p.m.
