Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior attackman
Owen Wilson (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) tallied career highs of seven points and six goals to lead the Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 15-7 victory over Mercyhurst University in the season finale for both teams on Saturday afternoon at Ted Grant Field.
The Dolphins opened the game's scoring with a pair of goals in the first three minutes. Following an empty possession by each team, Wilson registered his first goal of the game at the 12:48 mark. Just 44 seconds later, senior attackman
Thomas Berry (Tully, N.Y./Tully) finished off a pass from sophomore midfielder
Conner Vaughn (Chittenango, N.Y./Vandermont (Texas)/Limestone).
Following a penalty on the Dolphins, Braeden Mastine scored in the extra-man situation off a pass from Cole Rembielak with 5:48 left in the quarter.
Le Moyne scored the final two goals of the period. Sophomore midfielder
Ben Dellafranca (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon) netted his first goal of the season with 1:36 left off a feed from Wilson. With 19 seconds left, Wilson scored in an extra-man opportunity after receiving a dish from Vaughn.
Berry opened the scoring in the second quarter with his 29th of the season with 13:30 remaining.
Tyrus Seighman got the Lakers back within 5-2 with a goal in transition off a feed from Drew Pagano with 12:21 to go.
Le Moyne answered with five consecutive goals. Berry started the run at the 8:22 mark with a solo tally. Following a timeout by the Dolphins with 3:35 left, sophomore midfielder
Macklin Gobiel (Andover, Mass./Andover) finished off a feed from Vaughn just 13 seconds later. Senior midfielder
Nathan Hoban (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) registered his 11th goal of the campaign with 2:05 to go. Just 45 seconds later, Wilson scored after taking a feed from freshman midfielder
Connor Lukas (New Hudson, Mich./Detroit Catholic Central). Wilson made it 10-2 with eight seconds left off a pass from Vaughn.
Off a restart from just inside midfield after the ensuing faceoff, Chase Petschke found the back of the net with just 0.5 seconds until halftime.
The teams traded goals in the third quarter. Following almost seven minutes of scoreless play to start the period, Rembielak posted his third goal of the season off a feed from Ryan Mahoney. Berry answered back just 13 seconds into an extra-man opportunity off a dish from sophomore midfielder
Emmet McDermott (Pleasantville, N.Y./Pleasantville) with 6:54 left. Mastine countered two minutes later. Wilson finished off the quarter's scoring at the 4:02 mark after receiving the ball from Berry.
Mercyhurst scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to get within 12-7. Petschke tallied his ninth goal of the year with 12:02 left off a pass from Mahoney. Rembielak then posted an extra-man goal with 10:00 remaining off a feed from Mahoney.
Le Moyne scored the final three goals of the game. Hoban tallied his second goal of the contest with 7:43 to play. Out of a timeout, Wilson scored his sixth goal of the game and 21st of the season just seven seconds later after collecting a pass from freshman midfielder
Ollie Bolduc (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Schuylerville). Senior defender
Connor Chason (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay) completed the season's scoring with 36 seconds left off a dish from graduate student short-stick defensive midfielder
Caleb Barnard (Chittenango, N.Y./Chittenango/St. Bonaventure).
Junior goalkeeper
Lucas Winger (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) earned the win between the pipes after tallying eight saves, which gave him 198 on the season, the seventh-most by a Dolphin in the program's history and the second most over the last 30 seasons. Graduate student faceoff specialist
Sam Getty (Orchard Park, N.Y./) closed out his career by winning a season-high 14 faceoffs and collecting a season-best eight ground balls. Tyler Moritzen took the loss for the Lakers after making six saves.