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7
Binghamton BING 0-4
8
Winner Marist MARM 1-4
Binghamton BING
0-4
7
Final
8
Marist MARM
1-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Binghamton BING 2 1 2 2 7
Marist MARM 2 1 3 2 8

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | | Kendrick Mooney

Men's Lacrosse Holds off Binghamton for First Win

The Defense Held Strong in the Last Couple of Minutes

POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The men's lacrosse team showed resilience and held off a Binghamton comeback to take a 8-7 victory.
 
SUMMARY
Joe Tierney got the Red Foxes off on the right foot, firing home the first goal off of a Gannon Morrison assist. Binghamton responded quickly, scoring twice in two minutes to take a 2-1 lead. The game was all knotted up at 2-2 after a Gannon Morrison rocket into the top left corner. Binghamton took advantage of a Peter Conlan penalty to take a 3-2 lead with 8.56 remaining in the 1st half. Mitchell Standera and Marist equalized after Binghamton defender Brian Stemke's foul put the Bearcats a man down. The Red Foxes went into the second half  tied 3-3.

With 7:36 left in the 3rd, Tierney sliced through Binghamton's defense and put Marist up 4-3 with his second goal of the day. Tierney also set up Michael Smith's goal 27 seconds later to make it 5-3. The Bearcats would not go away as Thomas McAndrew beat goalie Brian Corrigan to make it 5-4. Jason Intermesoli added to Marist's tally and the Red Foxes led 6-5 going into the last quarter..

The Red Foxes took a 7-5 lead with 10:29 remaining on Morrison's second goal of the afternoon. Intermesoli scored with 3:09 left to give Marist a 8-5 lead. But the Bearcats would not go away as they scored  two goals in 18 seconds to make it a one goal game with 2:12 to play. Marist won the faceoff and took a timeout with 46 seconds left to ready their defense for a Bearcat attack. Marist held strong and forced the Bearcats to take a couple of wide shots to end the game.

KEY STATS
  • Corrigan finished with 10 saves and a .588 save percentage.
  • Joe Tierney led the Red Foxes with four points coming from two goals and two assists.
  • Marist had just one penalty in the first half. Binghamton had two, which left them a man down for 2 minutes.
  • The Red Foxes were more aggressive, getting more shots off (38-31), and forcing more turnovers (10-7).
  • Petrelli lead the Bearcats with five points, coming from three goals and two assists
 
RECORDS
Marist moves to 1-4, while Binghamton remains winless at 0-4
 
UP NEXT
The Red Foxes head to Philadelphia to take on the Drexel Dragons on March 3 at 5:00 PM.
 
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