CHARGERS TOPPED BY WILDCATS
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Team Stats
Wilmington University
| Game Statistics | Wilmington University | Dominican University New York |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | 60 | 40 |
| Ground Balls | 54 | 31 |
| Saves | 16 | 19 |
| Clears | 14-21 | 14-21 |
| Turnovers | 21 | 21 |
| Face Offs Won | 21 | 9 |
| Man Up | 3-4 | 2-5 |
Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/11/26) The Dominican University New York men's lacrosse team were upended by the Wildcats of Wilmington University, 19-8, this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) action played on O'Brien Field.
With the loss, the Chargers fall to 4-10 overall and 1-5 in conference play.
Dominican opened the scoring with the game's first goal on the man-up opportunity as senior Zachary Souza netted the goal off the pass from Chad Keyser for the early lead with 11:03 left in the quarter. WU countered less than a minute later and closed out the quarter with back-to-back scores for a 3-1 lead after one quarter of play.
The Wildcats went on to outscore the Chargers 4-2 in the second quarter to push ahead 7-3 at the intermission. Souza scored his second game goal off the pass from Sean Cosgrove with 11:34 left and Ian McDow closed out the period with a goal.
DUNY opened the third quarter with back-to-back goals from Ryan Gonzalez and Cosgrove to cut the deficit to 7-5, but three straight goals from the 'Cats rebuilt a 10-5 advantage. Keyser broke the run with a man-up goal with 2:53 left in the period, but a WilmU goal closed out the quarter and put them ahead, 11-6.
Wilmington outscored Dominican, 8-2, in the final quarter to bring home the 19-8 win. In the fourth, Keyser netted his second goal off the pass from Nate Melnick with 8:16 to play and Nickolas Paletta recorded the game's last score with nine seconds left.
Keyser finished with two goals and one assist, while Souza netted two goals.
Goalie Nicholas Creisher made 19 saves in the loss.
The Chargers return to action on April 18th when they travel to the University of Bridgeport for a 6:30pm game.
