mlax
JESSE CAREY
7
Winner Misericordia MISERICO 6-3
6
Marywood MARYWOOD 5-6
Winner
Misericordia MISERICO
6-3
7
Final
6
Marywood MARYWOOD
5-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Misericordia MISERICO 2 3 2 0 7
Marywood MARYWOOD 1 1 2 2 6

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Men's Lacrosse Comeback Falls Short to Misericordia

Scranton, Pa. — Marywood University nearly came back from a four-goal deficit in a 7-6 men's lacrosse loss to Misericordia University. The Pacers fall to 5-6 overall on the season. 

Ricky Strobel scored a hat trick, and Ben Meighan added a pair of goals. 

Luke Ament went 13 for 16 (81.65 percent) from the faceoff-x with eight ground balls. 

Defensively, Mitchell Thompson, Osten Grigas and Meighan totaled five ground balls. Dalton Gerver produced four ground balls. Antonio Cortes and Wil Pieters each gathered three ground balls. 

Colin Trainor made 11 saves in net. 

Both teams finished with 29 shots, and Marywood edged the Cougars 19-18 in shots on goal. The Pacers had a 39-25 advantage in ground balls. 

Trailing 7-3, Marywood scored three straight goals to move within a goal of the Cougars. Strobel notched his hat trick with 2:09 remaining in the third quarter. 

Meighan scored a man-up goal from Shaun Howey with 9:39 remaining in the game to move to within 7-5 of the Cougars. Grigas trimmed the Cougars' lead to one with 2:21 left in the game on an assist from Michael Caputo. 

Marywood won Ament's faceoff, and Strobel's shot was saved by Misericordia's Leyton Sullivan. Marywood received possession again but Misericordia's Danny D'Amato caused a turnover.

The Pacers travels to Gwynedd Mercy University Saturday to open their Atlantic East Conference schedule.
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