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Monday, April 16, 2012

SU MEN’S LAX STAYS UNDEFEATED, BUT BARELY: UPDATE

Under the lights last night at Stevenson, the top ranked Sea Gulls capped a real come-from-behind rally in the fourth quarter with a goal in the final seconds to beat the number 4 ranked Mustangs 11-10.

A podcast of the game is on-line at SFMsports.net. Here’s a recap of the action.

Salisbury's Matt Cannone scored his fourth goal of the game with just 11 seconds remaining to cap an 8-1 rally, as the No. 1-ranked Sea Gulls rallied from a six-goal deficit over the final 15:45 to post an 11-10 victory over fourth-ranked Stevenson Saturday night at Mustang Stadium.

Stevenson led 9-3 with 52 seconds remaining in the third quarter following the second goal of the game from freshman Stephen Banick off an assist from sophomore defender Warren Pumphrey.

However, Salisbury (15-0, 7-0 CAC) scored the next three goals in a span of just 1:01, including two from Tony Mendes, to pull within three at 9-6. Mendes, Matt Cannone and Ryan Clarke combined to score the last eight goals for the Sea Gulls with three each coming from Cannone and Mendes. Cannone also had a game-high five points with four goals and one assist while Mendes also netted four goals. Clarke had two goals and two assists.

Salisbury outscored the Mustangs 6-1 in the fourth quarter while winning 6 of 7 face-offs and holding a 13-2 edge in shots. For the game, the Sea Gulls won 14 of 21 face-offs and outshot Stevenson 39-28, including 24-11 in the second half.

The game featured 18 penalities including for a total of 16:30, but neither team could capitalize as they went a combined 3-17 on extra-man opportunities. The two teams also combined for three man-down goals.

Stevenson sophomore Chris Dashiell (Salisbury, Md./Parkside High School) had two goals for the Mustangs.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

They are undefeated - and your headline takes away from that status by adding "barely". Why not say "Congratulation to SU Men's LAX for being undefeated"?

Kerrie said...

9:12, thought the same thing!!! GO GULLS!

Anonymous said...

It was a squeaker -- Stevenson lost a good goal because the coach called time out a few seconds before the shot. Another on a simple crease violation that did not matter in the score.

Look for a fight with them here during the playoffs. If tradition holds -- Stevenson will win that one.

And most of the hot Mustangs are younger -- including Chris Dashiell from Parkside -- one that got away from Berkman. So look for improvement by then.

SU Fan