HOBOKEN, N.J. – Jack Tenaglia nearly matched his career scoring output with a six-goal performance, helping lead the No. 9 Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team to an 18-8 win Saturday afternoon over Springfield from DeBaun Athletic Complex.
In addition to Tenaglia's monster day,
Will Labartino finished with a hat trick and five points,
Adam DeCristofaro had two goals and an assist,
Matthew Pergola ha=d two goals,
Ryan Jack had a goal and an assist, and the trio of
Blake Creamer/
Will Giarrusso, and
Tyler Holland rounded out the Ducks' multi-point scorers with two assists each.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Labartino assisted on the first goal of the game (Pergola) and scored the second, putting the Ducks up 2-0 in the first 3:10. DeCristofaro and Ryan (again from Labartino) kept the Ducks in front 4-2 at the end of one.
The Pride struck first in the second, but Stevens struck second, third, fourth, and fifth. Pergola and Tenaglia scored just over 30 seconds apart, quickly pushing the advantage tp 6-3.
Lucas Long and Conor Moore each tacked on their first goals of the season (Long scoring the first of his career), as the Ducks went to the locker room up 8-3.
As was the case in the second quarter, Springfield scored first in the third quarter, adding a second to trim the deficit to 8-5, but again Stevens, more specifically Tenaglia, responded, as the Oradell, NJ native scored three straight, keeping the Ducks comfortably in front, 11-6 heading to the fourth.
The Ducks kept their foot on the gas early and throughout the fourth quarter. Tenaglia added another and Labartino scored a pair 33 seconds apart, extending the lead to 14-6. After conceding one, the Ducks reeled off the next four -- one each from Tenaglia, DeCristofaro,
Jackson Penn, and
Chris Ciccarello --, spanning more than half the quarter, as Springfield tacked on a garbage time goal in the final seconds.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Tenaglia's six goals fell one shy of his seven all of last season; he doubled his previous career-high of three goals on Saturday
- DeCristofaro scored precisely two goals for the sixth straight game dating back to last season
- Luke Lesizza finished with five ground balls and a game-high four caused turnovers
- Bastian Chorazykiewicz finished 12-for-22 at the X, scooping a game-high eight ground balls
- Will Giarrusso won three of his five faceoffs, finishing the day with five ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers
- Michael Jannotte stopped 11 shots in goal for the Ducks
UP NEXT
The Ducks host Maritime on Tuesday, February 24, at 7:00 PM at DeBaun.
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