April 14, 2007

LE MOYNE DEFEATS SAINT MICHAEL'S 15-3. MCDONALD & COST SCORE THREE TIMES EACH TO LEAD THE DOLPHINS.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - No. 3 Le Moyne defeated the Saint Michael's Purple Knights 15-3 on Saturday afternoon at the Niland Athletic Complex on the Le Moyne College campus. The victory improves the Dolphins' record to 8-2 on the season, 4-2 in the NE-10 Conference. The loss drops Saint Michael's to 6-5 on the year and 5-2 in conference.

Juniors Mike McDonald (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) and Brian Cost (Camillus, N.Y. /West Genesee) led the Dolphins in scoring with three goals and one assist each. Tim Spillett (Camillus, N.Y. /West Genessee) and Brian Griffin Camillus, N.Y. /West Genesee) tallied two apiece, while Tom Donahue Syracuse, N.Y. /West Genesee), Nick Gatto (Syracuse, N.Y. /Henninger), Matt Cassalia (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee), Kevin Kohl (Liverpool, N.Y. /Liverpool) and Andrew Carducci Syracuse, N.Y. /Henniger) scored one goal to round out the Le Moyne attack.

The Dolphins jumped out to a 7-0 lead after a goal from Tim Spillett at the 3:29 mark in the second quarter. The Purple Knights broke through with a goal from Mike Bednarz and Le Moyne took an 8-1 advantage into halftime. Saint Michael's was first to score in the third period to pull within six. Le Moyne would go on a 7-1 run pull away from the Purple Knights and secure the victory.

Brian Griffin won 14 of 18 face-offs and the Dolphins held Saint Michael's to 19 shots for the game.  Jared Corcoran (Concord, N.H./Concord) picked up his eighth victory of the season and his 56th of his career.

The Dolphins will next travel to Pace on Tuesday, April 17th at 4:00 pm.

LE MOYNE 15, SAINT MICHAEL’S 3
Saint Michael’s    0 1 1 1 3
Le Moyne            4 4 4 3 15

Le Moyne Scoring: Brian Cost 3-1, Mike McDonald 3-1, Tim Spillett 2-0, Brian Griffin 2-0, Tom Donahue 1-3, Nick Gatto 1-1, Matt Cassalia 1-0, Kevin Kohl, 1-0, Keith Vetter 0-3. Saves: Jared Corcoran 5, Doug McIver 3.

Saint Michael’s Scoring: Mike Bednarz 1-0, Bryan Zaremba 1-0, Jake Previte 1-0, Kevin Simmons 0-1, Mike Boerma 0-1. Saves: Jeff Hannon 15.

Shots – Le Moyne 53, Saint Michael’s 19
Ground Balls – Le Moyne 46, Saint Michael’s 27
Penalties – Le Moyne 1/1:00, Saint Michael’s 6/5:00
Extra Man – Le Moyne 1-6, Saint Michael’s 0-1
Face-offs – Le Moyne 16-21, Assumption 5-21