Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior midfielder Kam Bumpus (Marshfield, Mass./Needham/Bridgton Academy) recorded a career-high five points to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 21-2 victory over Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference play at Ted Grant Field.
Bumpus started the game's scoring with an unassisted goal at the 12:29 mark of the first quarter as the Dolphins scored the first 10 goals of the game. Following a Southern New Hampshire turnover caused by junior defenseman Kyle Moyer (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley), junior short-stick defensive midfielder Alec Westerhoff (Lagrange Park, Ill./Lyons Township/Bridgton Academy) scored in transition after taking a pass from senior short-stick defensive midfielder Cameron Fedish (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) with 11:29 left. Just 45 seconds later, senior midfielder Andrew Chadderdon (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn) netted his 18th goal of the season. After almost six minutes of scoreless action, junior midfielder Joe Corapi (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) registered his 20th goal of the year after taking a pass from Bumpus. Just over four minutes later, freshman midfielder Brian Rogers (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) tallied his fifth goal of the season. Senior attackman Kevin Kelly (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) ended the scoring in the first quarter by finishing off a pass from senior attackman Chris Button (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) in a flag-down situation with 11 seconds left.
The Dolphins, who clinched the second seed in the Northeast-10 Conference Championships and will host a semifinal contest on May 3, scored the only four goals of the second quarter to take a 10-0 lead into halftime. After Westerhoff caused a turnover and picked up the ground ball, Button netted an extra-man goal, his team-best eighth of the year, after receiving a pass from Kelly. Off the ensuing faceoff, Bumpus scooped up the ball and raced up field before sending a pass to Kelly, who flicked the ball across the crease to sophomore attackman Mike Jenkins (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) for his 19th goal of the season. Following nine minutes of scoreless play, Kelly picked up his third straight assist by finding Button for his 87th career goal, the 10th-most in the program's history. After Fedish caused a turnover and Westerhoff scooped up the ground ball with 2:07 left, he sent a pass to Kelly, who tossed the ball to Button, who fed Jenkins on the crease for his 20th tally of the year with 2:02 left in the half. The assist gave Button 100 points in his career, making him the 23rd Dolphin to reach that plateau.
Southern New Hampshire broke through with 12:35 remaining in the third quarter as Jeremy Buckley recorded an extra-man goal off a feed from Crosby Nicholson.
Bumpus won the ensuing faceoff and fed Jenkins on the crease for his third goal of the game to kick-start another 10-goal run. After Chadderdon netted an unassisted goal from the left side with 10:42 remaining to move past Matt Holdridge '05 and into 14th place on the program's career points chart with 129, Westerhoff found the back of the net eight seconds later off a pass from Bumpus, his career high-tying third assist of the contest. Bumpus then added his 17th goal of the season 19 seconds later to force a Southern New Hampshire timeout. Chadderdon gave the Dolphins a 15-1 lead with an unassisted goal 10 seconds into a two-man advantage, while senior midfielder Mike DeBottis (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/Onondaga C.C.) finished off the scoring in the third quarter with 2:37 left after taking a pass from freshman attackman Alex O'Brien (Hanson, Mass./Boston College High).
Senior midfielder Tim Beach (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) extended the lead to 16 with an extra-man goal with 13:21 left in the game off a feed from O'Brien. Just over five and one-half minutes later, junior goalkeeper Ben Romagnoli (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia/Syracuse) sent an outlet pass just over midfield to sophomore midfielder Nick Kline (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), who raced into the offensive zone before finding sophomore attackman Pat Nowak (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) on the crease for his second goal of the season. Following an unnecessary roughness penalty on the Penmen, sophomore midfielder Mike Fiorini (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) tallied his first goal of the year with 6:33 remaining after taking a pass from junior midfielder Alex Zytko (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial/Brookdale C.C.).
John Marcone ended the run by picking up a ground ball in front of the net and dumping it into the net with 4:59 left.
Junior midfielder Nick Keeler (Apalachin, N.Y./Vestal) gave the Dolphins 20 goals in a game for the first time this season with an unassisted tally with 3:12 left, while Fiorini ended the game's scoring with 42 seconds left after taking a pass in an extra-man situation from Zytko.
Junior goalkeeper Pat Brothers (Burlington, Mass./Malden Catholic) earned his seventh win of the season between the pipes after making four saves (against one goal) over 37:28. Morgan Weireter took the loss after giving up 16 goals, against eight saves, over the first three quarters.
Le Moyne (12-1, 9-1 NE-10), which honored the 12 members of the senior class (Bumpus, Chadderdon, Fedish, Beach, DeBottis, Button, Matt Klepper, Eric Galanis, Max Wagner, Bryan Lawson, John Arcangelo and Matt Janetos) for their contributions to the program prior to the opening faceoff, closes out the regular season on Saturday at Saint Michael's College at 2:00 p.m.