March 14, 2009
Box Score
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Trailing 6-4 with 1:22 to go in Saturday's game, the Marist men's lacrosse team got goals from Ryan Sharkey (West Field, N.J.) in the last minute of regulation to tie the game at 6-6 and force overtime against Canisius. Zindel then put in the game-winning goal with 1:53 to go in overtime to give Marist a 7-6 win in both teams' MAAC Lacrosse League opener at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field. Zindel finished the game with five goals to lead all scorers.
Canisius (0-4, 0-1 MAAC) dominated the first quarter, getting on the board with 9:43 left in the period on a Simon Giourmetakis goal. Giourmetakis scored again off of a dodge to the cage at the 3:53 mark to put the Golden Griffins ahead 2-0. Marist only mustered one shot from Paul Santavicca (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) in the first quarter, getting outshot 8-1. Both teams took seven shots in the second quarter with neither team finding the back of the net. Marist goalie Ryan Penner (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) made three saves in the quarter as Canisius' Bryan Jack had two saves to keep the lead 2-0 for the Golden Griffins going into halftime.
After being shutout in the first half, Marist (1-2, 1-0 MAAC) got on the board first in the second half. Zindel scored on a dodge from behind the net with 12:43 to go in the third quarter to make the score 2-1. After Canisius' Mark Leonard was called for slashing, Matt Francis (Lansdale, Pa.) won the ensuing face-off to give Marist possession for its man-up offense. Zindel scored with 12:07 to go in the third to tie the game at 2-2. Canisius responded with three straight goals from Adam Jones to take a 5-2 lead with 6:59 to go in the third quarter. Zindel scored his third goal of the game with 6:15 left in the quarter to get Marist within two, 5-3.
Marist got to within one goal of the Golden Griffins, 5-4, at the 6:48 mark of the fourth quarter when Matt Teichmann (Huntington, N.Y.) set up Evan Guarini (Long Valley, N.J.) for his first career goal. Canisius had an opportunity to extend the lead to two with 5:25 to go on a Teichmann penalty but the Marist man-down unit successfully killed off the penalty. The Golden Griffins, however, did get the lead up to two with 1:22 to go when Jones scored his fourth goal of the game to put Canisius ahead 6-4. Francis won the face-off for Marist and Zindel scored his fourth goal with 54 seconds remaining to make the score 6-5.
Canisius won the face-off following Zindel's goal and had a chance to run out the clock. Marist had other plans. Francis knocked the ball away from the Jones and picked up the ground ball to give Marist a clearing opportunity. The Red Foxes successfully cleared the ball with Guarini getting the ball to Sharkey for the game-tying goal with nine seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.
Marist won the face-off to start overtime and never gave up the ball. The Red Foxes got three shots from Santavicca and Teichmann before Zindel found the back of the net for the fifth time in the game at the 1:53 mark of overtime to give Marist the 7-6 win.
The Red Foxes outshot Canisius 32-31 for the game, taking eight more shots than the Golden Griffins in the second half. Marist also held a 37-33 advantage in ground balls with Francis leading the way with five ground balls. Sharkey, Keegan Blaney (Stony Brook, N.Y.) each had four ground balls. Francis also won 10 of 16 face-offs for Marist.
