POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's lacrosse team opened its 2021 campaign on Saturday afternoon, taking down the Detroit Mercy Titans 15-11. A heroic fourth quarter from Vito Musso, in whoich he scored four goals, including three straight, helped propel the Red Foxes to victory. 

With the win, Marist improves to 1-0, while the Titans fall to 0-1. This game does not count towards the MAAC standings. 
 
 

SUMMARY

• At the end of the first quarter Marist held a 5-1 lead over the Titans after a hot start from Jamison Embury and Jojo Pirrecca. 
• In a high scoring second quarter, Detroit Mercy evened the score at 6-6 about midway through. After the teams exchanged a goal each, Embury found Jon Constant who then found the back of the net with 14 seconds left in the half to give Marist an 8-7 advantage. 
• The Embury twins had a twin-nection right out of the gates in the third quarter, as Jamison found Hunter to put the Red Foxes in front 9-7. 
• Marist went a little cold in the third, as the Titan's defense got tighter and tighter. Detroit Mercy evened the score at nine heading into the fourth quarter. 
• Vito Musso put the game away in the fourth quarter, scoring four of his five total goals on the day in the period, including three in a row, helping rally Marist to a 15-11 victory.

 

KEY STATS

• Jamison Embury led the Red Foxes in points with six. Musso's five goals were also a game high. 
• Brett Erskine led the way for the Titans with a hat trick and three assists for three total points. 
• Andrew Evans went 12-27 in fac eoffs in his first start of the season, and had a game-high eight ground balls. 
• Sam Ahlgrim led Marist with two caused turnovers. 
• Total shots in the game were even at 44, but Detroit Mercy held the edge in shots on goal, 25-24. 
• Marist went 3-7 in extra man opportunities, while the Titans went 3-8. 

 

NOTES

• In his first career game and start Logan Covey notched 14 saves. He is the first freshman goalkeeper to start a game for Marist since Brian Corrigan in 2014 and Dave Scarcello in 2012. Covey made more saves than both, combined. 
• JT Roselle had one caused turnover today, which moved him into a tie for 10th place on the program's all-time caused turnovers list.
• Musso's five goals marked a new career-high for the senior.
• The Embury twins combined for nine points today, the most they have scored as a pair in a single game. 
• Kellen Pulera and Andrew Evans each had an assist today, which were the first assists in their respective careers. Evans also had a career-high eight ground balls. 

 

UP NEXT

The Red Foxes return to Tenney Stadium in a week, taking on the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Marc. 13. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.