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Saturday, March 18, 2006                                                          

 

UMASS DARTMOUTH LACROSSE FALLS TO MOUNT IDA, 10-7

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA–Mount Ida scored seven unanswered goals and then held off a late rally to defeat the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men’s lacrosse team, 10-7, at Cressy Field Saturday afternoon.

 

The Corsairs had overcome a 2-1 first-period deficit with three goals in the second period to take a 4-3 halftime lead. 

 

Sophomore attackman Bobby Young (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) scored the first of his four goals to give UMass Dartmouth a 1-0 lead with 8:18 to go in the first period. He scored to tie the game with 9:05 in the second period, then capped a three-goal rally by scoring with 13:37 remaining in the third period to give the Corsairs a 5-3 advantage before the Mustangs rallied.

 

Leo Shidler, Alex Champagne and Brett Conley scored three goals within a span of two minutes and 50 seconds. Conley’s goal, with 4:01 left in the third period, gave Mount Ida the lead for good.

 

Conley and John Lightbown scored to make it 10-5 before the Corsairs rallied. Young and sophomore midfielder Ryan Connell (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro HS) scored in the final two minutes to make it 10-7.

 

Freshman attackmen Mike Duffey (Holden, MA/Wachusett HS) and Jeff Pelton (Lowell, MA/Lowell HS) scored UMD’s other goals. Pelton had two assists, while Duffey, Young and junior defenseman John Tisdell (Agawam, MA/Agawam HS) added one each. Lightbown had three goals for the Mustangs, Conley and Shidler two each, and Matt Ramiero, Vince Pizzimenti and Alex Champagne each scored once.

 

“We didn’t play well in the second half,” said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Kevin Mahoney. “We played well in the first half, but we didn’t follow it up in the second half. We have a young team, and we sat back and waited for someone to step up and make a play, and we can’t afford to do that. Hopefully, we’ll use this as a learning experience.”

 

Mount Ida out shot UMass Dartmouth, 29-19. Sophomore goalkeeper Steve Chase (Boston, MA/Boston Latin Academy) made 14 saves for the Corsairs, while Bryan Smith made 10 saves for the Mustangs.

 

UMass Dartmouth fell to 1-3 with the defeat, while Mount Ida improved to 1-1. The Corsairs will host Salve Regina Tuesday afternoon.

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UMASS DARTMOUTH LACROSSE

 

       Mount Ida vs UMASS DARTMOUTH (Mar 18, 2006 at North Dartmouth, MA)

                   Mount Ida (1-1) vs. UMASS DARTMOUTH (1-3)

Date: Mar 18, 2006  Location: North Dartmouth, MA   Stadium: Cressy Field

Attendance:100   Start time:1:00 pm   End time:3:00 pm   Total time:2:00

 

Score by period       1  2  3  4  Tot

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Mount Ida...........  2  1  3  4 - 10

UMASS DARTMOUTH.....  1  3  1  2 -  7

 

Mount Ida SCORING: GOALS: John Lightbown 3; Brett Conley 2; Leo

Shidler 2; Matt Ramiero 1; Vince Pizzimenti 1; Alex Champagne 1.

ASSISTS: John Lightbown 3; Brett Conley 1; Anthony DiMaio 1; Matt

Ramiero 1.

 

UMASS DARTMOUTH SCORING: GOALS: Bobby Young 4; Jeff Pelton 1; Mike

Duffey 1; Ryan Connell 1.

ASSISTS: Jeff Pelton 2; Mike Duffey 1; John Tisdell 1; Bobby Young 1.

 

Mount Ida GROUND BALLS: Matt Gately 5; Steve DeLeon 4; Anthony

DiMarsico 4; Matt Ramiero 4; Luke Wilson 4; Trevor Bergeron 2; Tom

Kennedy 2.

 

UMASS DARTMOUTH GROUND BALLS: Jean Paul Desjardins 5; Rory Hirl 3;

Mark Lapointe 3; Matthew Cahill 2; Ryan Damon 2; Luke Johnson 2; Jeff

Pelton 2; Mike Santos 2.

 

Mount Ida TURNOVERS CAUSED: None.

UMASS DARTMOUTH TURNOVERS CAUSED: None.

 

SHOTS - MTIDA 29; UMDM 19.

SHOTS ON GOAL - MTIDA 24; UMDM 17.

 

PENALTIES - MTIDA 5/4:00; UMDM 5/4:00.

MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MTIDA 2-5; UMDM 0-5.

 

TURNOVERS - MTIDA 0; UMDM 0.

 

FACE-OFFS - MTIDA 12-19; UMDM 7-19.

 

CLEARS - MTIDA 6-9; UMDM 6-9.

 

GOALIES - MTIDA: Bryan Smith 1-0 (60:00 minutes, 17 shots-10 saves, 7

GA); UMDM: Steve Chase 0-2 (60:00, 24-14, 10).

 

Start time: 1:00 pm   Finish time: 3:00 pm   Length of game: 2:00

Officials:.

 

A-100 T-2:00

 

 

 Last Updated On: 6/5/06