HOBOKEN, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team won its fifth straight Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom Tournament Saturday afternoon at the DeBaun Athletic Complex with a commanding 20-5 win over DeSales.
 
Stevens (15-3), the conference's top seed, scored 14 unanswered goals between the first and fourth quarters, finishing the game with 14 caused turnovers, a perfect 24-for-24 mark on clears, and a 34-12 advantage in shots on goal over the third-seeded Bulldogs.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Tommy Robertozzi and Shea Grant each scored in the opening six minutes for the Ducks, but the Bulldogs answered with a pair of their own, knotting the game at two after one quarter. That was as close as they'd get the rest of the way.
 
Adam DeCristofaro and Robertozzi opened the second quarter scoring before Joseph Grippo scored a pair 16 seconds apart, putting Stevens up 6-2 five minutes in. Connor Gabilanes, Robertozzi, and DeCristofaro all added one, sending the Ducks to the locker room up 9-2.
 
After nearly six scoreless minutes to start the second half, Jackson Penn and Bryan Creamer scored nine seconds apart, then just under two minutes later, Robertozzi and Finlay MacKnight scored 22 seconds apart. Over the final 3:30 minutes of the period, Robertozzi sandwiched two more goals around one from Matthew Pergola, Stevens carrying a 16-2 lead to the fourth.
 
DeSales finally ended a 37+ minute scoring drought to open the fourth, but Blake Creamer, Gabilanes, and Jake Connelly added the next three, with Matthew Leone adding the Ducks 20^th tally in the closing minutes.
 
Robertozzi finished with a game-high six goals, tying his season-high, and nine points, setting a career high. MacKnight had three assists and four points, Gabilanes & Grippo each had two-goal, three-point afternoons, and Pergola had two assists and three points.

Inside the Box Score

• The Ducks five straight conference championship game wins have come by a combined score of 97-44.
• Stevens enters the NCAA Tournament on a 10-game winning streak for the third consecutive year.
• Grippo's three-point game put him at an even 200 for his career.
• Bastian Chorazykiewicz won six of eight faceoffs, the ninth time in his last 10 games he won at least 75 percent at the X.

Up Next: The Ducks will await their Division III Championships fate, with the full 40-team bracket to be unveiled during the selection show Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. Links for live stats and video will be posted to stevensducks.com as they're made available.
 
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