Men's Lacrosse
May 6, 2007
LE MOYNE CAPTURES 8TH NORTHEAST 10 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 5-4 VICTORY OVER BRYANT
SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team captured the program's seventh consecutive Northeast 10 Conference Tournament title with a 5-4 victory over Bryant. The victory gives the Dolphins their 8th conference title in program history and avenges a loss earlier in the season to Bryant that halted Le Moyne's 70 game conference winning streak.
Brian Cost (Camillus, N.Y. /West Genesee) delivered the first goal for the Dolphins to put them ahead 1-0 with :22 remaining in the first quarter. Le Moyne would score quickly in the second quarter on a Tom Donahue (Syracuse, N.Y. /West Genesee) goal from Nick Gatto (Syracuse, N.Y. /Henninger). The Bulldogs would break through for their first goal from Bryan Kaufmann and head into the locker room at halftime trailing 2-1.
Bryant would come away with the only goal in the third period from Jim Long and the Bulldogs and Dolphins would enter the fourth period deadlocked at 2-2. Le Moyne would score the first two goals of the fourth period. Brian Cost and Nick Gatto once again connected for a Le Moyne goal to lift the Dolphins to a 3-2 edge. Mike McDonald (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) would tally an unassisted goal with 6:26 remaining to give Le Moyne a two goal lead. Bryant would quickly strike back on Kaufmann's second of three goals on the day to pull within one at 4-3. McDonald's goal with 3:29 remaining would be the eventual game-winner as the Dolphins took a 5-3 lead into the final minutes. Kaufman would score a last second goal for Bryant to wrap up the game at 5-4.
The Dolphins will now wait for the NCAA Tournament pairings to be announced on Sunday evening at 9 pm on NCAASports.com.
LE MOYNE
5, BRYANT 4
Le Moyne 1 1 0 3 5
Bryant 0 1 1
2 4
Le Moyne Scoring: Mike McDonald 2-0, Brian Cost 2-0, Tom Donahue
1-0, Nick Gatto 0-2 Saves: Jared Corcoran 6.
Saint Michael’s Scoring: Bryan Kaufmann 3-0, Jim Long 1-0,
Kevin Hoagland 0-1, Bryan Molk 0-1, Zach Rosenow 0-1, Vince Zorskas
0-1. Saves: Michael Kennedy 15.
Shots – Le Moyne 33, Bryant 14
Ground Balls – Le Moyne 20, Bryant 19
Penalties – Le Moyne 6/5:00, Bryant 1/0:30
Extra Man – Le Moyne 0-1, Bryant 0-6
Face-offs – Le Moyne 11-13, Bryant 2-13
