Hoboken, N.J. – The cold weather did little to stop another red-hot offensive effort from the No.9 Stevens Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team in a 23-6 win over Kean Tuesday night at DeBaun Athletic Complex.

Stevens (13-2) won its eighth straight game, scoring at least 20 goals for the fifth straight game, with 10 different players finding the back of the net, including a season-high seven from the newly crowned all-time program points leader Matthew Pergola.

How It Happened
Adam DeCristofaro and Chris Ciccarello scored the first two goals of the game in the opening 6+ minutes for the Ducks, with Jackson Penn and Pergola answering goals from the Cougars, with Stevens carrying a 4-2 lead to the second quarter.

The Ducks lit up the scoreboard in the second, scoring eight times on 11 shots on goal. Ill Labartino and Ciccarello scored within the first three minutes, putting the lead at 6-2. After nearly four scoreless minutes, Pergola scored twice two minutes apart, then after a goal apiece from Will Giarusso and Jackson Penn, added two more less than a minute apart, putting the Ducks up 12-2 at the half.

Penn notched the first two goals of the second half, with Kean finally breaking a long scoring drought shortly past the midway point of the quarter. Blake Creamer, Miles du bois, and Jack Tenaglia all added on late in the quarter, with Stevens carrying an 18-3 advantage to the fourth.

Pergola capped his big night with two more in the fourth, with Tenaglia, Ciccarello, and Kevin Burns all adding one of their own.

Inside the Box Score

• Stevens has outscored the opposition 157 to 37 during its winning streak
• Pergola has 14 goals and 19 points in his last two games, moving within a point of Tenaglia for the team lead (74 to 73)
• Penn's four goals marked a new career-high
• Ciccarello finished with his third hat trick in his last four games after not recording any in the first 11 games of the season
• Luke Lesizza again showed why he's the program all-time leader in caused turnovers, forcing five more after forcing a career-high nine against Arcadia on Saturday
• Bastian Chorazykiewicz won 13-of-18 faceoffs, grabbing a game-high 10 ground balls
• The Ducks' relentlessness forced turnovers on 22 of Kean's 34 clear attempts

Up Next
The Ducks will have a 24-hour turnaround with opening faceoff against Delaware Valley in MAC Freedom action scheduled for 7:00 tomorrow night at DeBaun.

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