April 21, 2004
Box Score
Poughkeepsie, NY - The Marist College men's lacrosse team, playing its second game in as many days, had its five-game win streak snapped by visiting Holy Cross, 10-8, this evening at Leonidoff Field. The Red Foxes fall to 8-5 on the year, while the Crusaders are now 4-8 on the season.
The two teams played even across the first three quarters of play, tied at 5-5 entering the final quarter. The Red Foxes took a 6-5 lead with 13:36 to play, but the Crusaders answered 20 seconds later, the first of four consecutive goals to take control of the game, 9-6. Marist scored with 7:33 to play to close to within two, but would not get any closer. Holy Cross scored an insurance goal with 2:40 to play, and Tim Iuculano tallied his third goal of the game with :25 seconds to play.
Paul LeBlanc led Holy Cross and all scorers, with five goals and an assist, while Billy Klotz added three goals and an assist in the win. Rich Espinal and Michael Moriarty each had a goal in the win for Holy Cross.
Iuculano led Marist with three goals, and Billy Duerr had three points, on two goals and an assist. Josh Ben-Eliyahu scored a pair of goal, and Keith Detelj added one goal for the Red Foxes.
Steve Gravino recorded 13 saves in the loss, while his counterpart, Brian Hodgdon, stopped 15 shots from the Red Foxes.
Marist outshot the visiting Crusaders 34-30, and dominated the groundball war, 57-36. Holy Cross won 12 of the 21 face-offs in the contest, including eight of 12 in the second half of play. Marist was successful on 26 of its 30 clear attempts, while Holy Cross was 19-28 on clear attempts.
Marist was perfect in man-down situations, stopping both of the Holy Cross' man-up situations. The Red Foxes lead the nation in that category, allowing three goals in 50 man-down situations, allowing an opponent goal on just 6.0 percent of its man down situations.
The Red Foxes are back in action on Saturday, April 24th, traveling to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Lacrosse League opponent Manhattan, for a 2:30 pm game.
