Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – The No. 11 Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team opened Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom play with an 18-4 win over King's on Wednesday night.
Four Ducks had multi-goal games while a dozen Ducks scored in all.
How It Happened
Stevens made a definitive opening statement, going up 4-0 just past two minutes off the opening faceoff, with Adam DeCrisofaro opening the scoring off a feed from
Matthew Pergola, who in turn scored the next three goals just 20 seconds apart. After an 8+ minute scoring drought,
Will Labartino,
Tyler Holland,
Blake Creamer,
Jackson Penn, and
Jack Tenaglia all added a goal apiece in the final 3:03 as Stevens (7-2, 1-0 MACF) ended the quarter leading 9-0.
Kevin Burns made it 10-0 early in the second quarter and Miles du bois made it 11-0 less than two minutes later. After King's finally cracked the scoresheet, Burns added his second of the day in the final seconds of the half. Stevens finished the half outshooting King's 51-9 with a 14-1 faceoff advantage.
Things slowed in the third quarter, scoring-wise, as Pergola and
Luke Shaffer tacked on for the Ducks, with the Monarchs added one in the final minute. In the fourth, after nearly six scoreless minutes to start,
Andrew Becton (twice),
Danny Winkler, and Shaffer added the final four goals of a night dominated by the Ducks from start to finish.
Inside the Box Score
- Pergola finished with a game-high four goals, his second straight four-goal game
- The Ducks finished with 78 shots, their most in a game since firing 82 against Delaware Valley on April 26, 2023
- Stevens improved to 50-0 in MAC Freedom competition (regular season and conference tournament)
- The Ducks won 25-of-26 faceoffs (96.2) percent, their best single-game performance at the X since winning 31-of-32 against Lycoming on April 30, 2022; Bastian Chorazykiewicz was 12-for-12 at the X, Luigi Pantano was 9-for-10 – each finished with a game-high six ground balls
- Shaffer, Becton, Burns, du bois, and Winkler all notched their first goals of the season, with Shaffer and Burns each notching their first as Ducks
Up Next
The Ducks will host Maritime on Friday night at 7:00. Stevens is 4-0 over the last four years with a 10-goal average margin of victory.
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