Men's Lacrosse Season Ends at USMMA, 11-9

KINGS POINT, N.Y. -- Susquehanna University's sophomore attack Dustin Breakey (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) tallied a team-high three goals, but visiting Susquehanna lost to the United States Merchant Marine Academy, 11-9, in a Landmark Conference men's lacrosse game at Captain James Harvey Tomb Field on May 1.

The loss marks Susquehanna's final contest of the 2010 season.

Breakey scored a man-up goal with 9 minutes, 26 seconds left in the third quarter and a man-down goal with 31 seconds left in the same period. Sophomore attack Tim Pastore (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) dished out his team-leading 20th assist on the man-down score.

Susquehanna (8-8, 2-4 Landmark) fell behind the USMMA (7-7, 3-3 Landmark), 5-0, after the first quarter and eventually 7-0 with 13:02 left in the second quarter. The Crusaders needed a strong comeback and got one by erupting for eight straight goals over the remainder of the second period and into the first 13:10 of the third quarter to take their first lead of the contest, 8-7. The USMMA regained the lead, 9-8, before Breakey netted the man-down goal to end the third period. SU could only take five shots in the final quarter of play but got none on goal.

SU's freshman midfielder Marcus Cheatham (Reisterstown, Md./Loyola HS) scored a goal, assisted on another and picked up a game-high-tying three ground balls. Cheatham's goal came unassisted with 2:24 left in the third quarter.

Teammate and freshman attack Sean Ledwick (Weston, Conn./Weston) notched a goal off a Cheatham assist with 10:50 left in the second and tied Cheatham with three ground balls.

SU's sophomore midfielders Billy Spack (Arlington, Va./Yorktown) and Luke Delavan (Madison, N.J./Madison) and freshmen midfielders Tylere Fritts (Chatham, N.J./Chatham HS) and Jon Horbert (Longwood, Fla./Lake Brantley) each registered a goal in the game. Delavan netted a man-up goal with 12:16 left in the second period. Spack, Fritts and Horbert all scored during SU's eight-goal run.

Crusaders sophomore midfielder Trae Humphreys (Wilmington, Del./Sanford) won a team-high eight faceoffs.

Sophomore Jordan Daney (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion) played the final 30 minutes of the contest and stopped eight shots in the loss. Freshman Will Torrence (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) was in the cage for the first 30 minutes and made seven saves.

Susquehanna needed a win to keep its chances for a Landmark playoffs spot alive.

End of season