Monday: Sunny Day - Pal-Mac Wins
April 11, 2005 - Cool but sunny afternoon skies were available for three games, with McQuaid Jesuit playing at 7:00 PM.
Pal-Mac didn't wait long to try to make a statement after Saturday's loss to Mynderse, as they scored three goals in the first three
minutes on the way to a 15-7 win over visiting Newark.
Less than a minute and a half into the game senior midfielder Dave Bennett scored the first of his 5g-1a. Twenty four seconds later senior middie Matt Walker scored on an assist from Bennett and 53 seconds later, senior attackman Owen Campbell scored and unassisted goal in man up. Junior Dave Merritt scored the last Pal-Mac goalie of the quarter, also in man up. Newark ended the quarter with a goal by junior attackman Jon Shanley who picked up a loose ball on the crease and scored at 6:08.
It was Newark's turn in the second quarter as they held the Raiders scoreless while added goals by senior Kevin Burm and senior attackman Jason Johnson (assisted by Burm). The half ended with Pal-Mac up 4-3.
The second half belonged to Pal-Mac who outscored the Reds 6-2 in the third and 5-2 in the last quarter. Bennett ended the game with 5g-1a, Campbell with 1g-3a and Merritt with 1g. Senior attackman Jaimie Sinopoli scored all his 4g-2a in the second half as did senior middies Matt Walker (3g) and Jeremy Reeves (1g). Senior attackman Matt Christ added 2a for the Raiders. Senior goalie Ben Dlugosh recorded 12 saves for Pal-Mac (2-3).
Newark's scoring came from junior attackman Nate Johnson (2g-1a), senior attackman Jason Johnson (1g), junior middie Greg MacBride (1g) Shanley (3g) and
Burm 1a. Junior goalie Anthony Cole (12s) and Matt Hannon (4s) shared the goal tending duties for Newark (1-4). No report from Newark.
McQuaid Jesuit won their first game of the season against Canisus (Section 6) with a score of 6-2 as seniors Tyler Rubino (3g-1a), Scott Rubino (1g-1a) and Brendan Clar (1g) led the way. First year coach Scott Bryson said, "I was very pleased by the performance of junior goalie Pat Maguire and especially pleased with the poise the team demonstrated towards the end of the contest.". McQuaid Jesuit improves to 1-3. Canisus moves to 2-1.
Onandaga of Section 3 was the winner overtime as they played host Mynderse, 8-7. Mynderse saw scoring from junior attackmen Sean McGrimley (3g), Chris Warrick (1g) and Andy Zaverella (1g) and from senior midfielders Troy Gotham (2g-1a) and Tim Ellis (2a) as well as sophomore middie Kevin McCully (2a). Junior goalie Nick Tiaskkun made 11 saves for Mynderse (3-4).
Livonia’s boy’s lacrosse team improved to 4-0 with a 9-8 decision over the Greece Thunder on Monday at Saunders field. “We feel very fortunate to have improved to the point where we can be competitive. Can we be consistently competitive? That is a question we have yet to answer.” stated Coach Sciera. With tests coming up next week with Victor and a rematch with Waterloo that question will soon be answered.
Livonia built a 4-2 lead in the first half with four different bulldogs scoring goals. Midfielder Luke Merritt scored his first goal of the year. Greece came back in the 3rd quarter to go ahead 6-5. Livonia then rattled off 4 straight goals late in the third and early in the fourth quarters to take a 9-6 advantage. All of the damage was done by standout midfielders Chadd Britton and Josh Hendrickson. Hendrickson had all three of his goals in the second half, while Britton added two goals both on assists from Sophomore attackman Brian Sciera.
Britton fished with 3g-1a, Henrickson with 3g, Sciera with 1g-2a. Junior middie Luke Merritt added 1g-1a, junior attackman added 1g and senior middie Shawn Wright recorded an assist. Junior goalie Aaron Jamison, who was named Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the day, recorded 12 saves for the Bulldogs.
Greece was paced by attackmen Dave Rodrigues (4g-1a), Matthew Machucki (2g-4a), and Joe Hallowell (2a). Senior midfielder Mike Kemp added 2g and senior goalie Orlando Villegas made 19 saves for Greece (1-5).
