team
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7
Winner Gwynedd Mercy GMML 7-2, 4-0 CSAC
5
Marywood MUML 7-6, 4-1 CSAC
Winner
Gwynedd Mercy GMML
7-2, 4-0 CSAC
7
Final
5
Marywood MUML
7-6, 4-1 CSAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Gwynedd Mercy GMML 1 2 2 2 7
Marywood MUML 1 1 0 3 5

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Men's Lacrosse Slips to Gwynedd Mercy in CSAC Showdown

Scranton, Pa. - Marywood University was held scoreless for a half hour as rival Gwynedd Mercy University held off the Pacers 7-5 on Saturday in a Colonial States Athletic Conference men's lacrosse rivalry game. The Pacers dropped their first conference tilt of the season. 

Marywood had a late chance to come back from a three-goal deficit. The Pacers scored three in five minutes to come within one goal of the Griffins. Ryan Simpson added a goal on an assist from brother Joe Simpson to give Gwynedd Mercy extra cushion with 3:31 remaining in the contest. 

Rob Maini scored a pair of goals. He is now within three of reaching the 100 Goal Club for his career. 

Zach Vaughan finished with a goal and five ground balls. Kyle Butera tallied four ground balls. Vinny Biancardi made 15 saves. 

Ryan Simpson garnered a hat trick for the Griffins. Kohler Setler had a goal and an assist. 

Marywood needed just 2:21 seconds to get onto the scoreboard when Maini had his first goal of the game. Ryan Simpson's man-up goal from Setley squared the contest at 1-1 after the first period. 

Setley gave the Griffins a goal in the early moments of the second period, and Vaughan posted a score from Zach Beja to even the score. 

Gwynedd Mercy had three straight goals during the Pacers' drought, extending its lead to 5-2. Jeff Johnsen breathed some life into Marywood with an unassisted tally with 11:19 remaining in the game. 

After Derek Alcavage responded for the Griffins, Maini added his second on a masterful play. He caused a turnover by intercepting a Gwynedd Mercy shot on a fast break chance. Maini turned around and took a shot to goal just before being hit by a Griffin defender with 7:15. 

The penalty on Maini's shot allowed for a man-up chance that benefited the Pacers. Luke Shedler found the net on an Austin Maylor pass to trim the deficit to 6-5 with 6:28 left. 

Gwynedd Mercy won the faceoff and benefited from ground balls pickups by Setley and Joe Simpson before the Simpson-Simpson connection for the game's final goal. Marywood had one chance in the late stages but a turnover ultimately doomed its chances for a comeback performance. 

The Griffins outshot the Pacers 35-25 and 22-17 on target. 

Marywood hosts nationally ranked Cabrini University on Saturday during its Senior Day. 

 
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