Syracuse, N.Y. – The second-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team had 11 players score en route to a 15-4 victory over American International College on Friday in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Field.
"Our senior class has dealt with so much adversity in their four years on the Heights," said head coach
Dan Sheehan. "They are large in numbers and enormous in contributions to the program. It was great to so many guys fill the stat sheet today."
The Dolphins, who clinched a berth in the NE10 Championships, jumped out to a 6-0 through one quarter of play. Following five and one-half minutes of scoreless action to start the game, senior midfielder
John Bergan (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) tallied his eighth goal of the season after collecting a pass from graduate student attackman
Carter Collins (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake/Lindenwood). Collins doubled the lead with 5:40 left with his 26th goal off a feed from senior midfielder
Colin Sypek (Lake Worth, Fla./American Heritage School (Delray Beach)). Less than one minute later, sophomore midfielder
Kyle Caves (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) tallied his third goal of the year. Sypek made it 4-0 with 2:42 remaining with his 15th marker off a dish from senior attackman
Kevin Sheehan (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee). Just 32 seconds later, Collins posted his 27th goal of the campaign. Graduate student midfielder
Evan Kelly (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Aquinas Institute) netted his ninth goal of the year following a pass from Caves with 1:01 remaining.
Le Moyne scored the first three goals of the second quarter to extend its lead to nine. Sypek scored the first goal after collecting a pass from graduate student attackman
Devin Andrews (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy/Stony Brook) with 13:24 left in the half. Just under two minutes later senior attackman
John Howes (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) finished off a pass from Bergan for his second goal of the year. Senior midfielder
Sam Lambert (Victor, N.Y./Victor) followed with his first goal of the campaign 29 seconds later.
American International scored the final two goals of the quarter. Jason Vickery got the Yellow Jackets on the scoreboard at the 5:34 mark with his seventh goal of the season. Rusty Stone then netted his 22nd goal of the year with 2:44 to go.
The Dolphins scored all five of the goals in the third quarter. Following a turnover by the Yellow Jackets, freshman attackman
Olin Stanat (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) netted his first goal at the 10:06 mark off a pass in transition from Bergan. Just over four minutes later, Bergan tallied an extra-man goal off a dish from Kelly. Junior
Blake Van Epps (Albany, N.Y./Albany Academy/Manhattan) picked up his second goal of the year with 2:30 remaining after collecting a pass from freshman attackman
Ryan Eisenmann (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton). Stanat posted his second goal of the day with 12 seconds left in the quarter off a dish in transition from Lambert. Off the ensuing faceoff, Eisenmann tallied his 11th goal of the campaign off a feed from Howes for a 14-2 lead.
Following eight and one-half minutes of scoreless play to start the fourth quarter, freshman attackman
Isaac Frechette (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) recorded his second goal of the year off a pass in transition from senior short-stick defensive midfielder
Alex Yerou (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa).
The Yellow Jackets scored off the ensuing faceoff as Tyler Shrewsbury scooped up the loose ball and raced up field to score his sixth goal of the year.
Stone completed the game's scoring with 51 seconds left off a feed from Sal Amaral.
Graduate student goalkeeper
Frank Delia (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker/Onondaga C.C.) turned away all five shots he faced in 22:42 between the pipes to earn the victory. Nick Mee posted seven saves (against 14 goals) over 45 minutes of action.
Le Moyne (11-1, 7-0 NE10), which has won 23 straight conference games, is on the road on Wednesday at the College of Saint Rose at 2:00 p.m.