POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist men's lacrosse team earned a decisive 14-9 triumph over Quinnipiac in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest at Tenney Stadium on Tuesday night.
 

Summary

• Jason Intermesoli opened the scoring just 47 seconds into the contest for the Red Foxes.
• Quinnipiac answered with three straight goals.
• Marist countered with three straight of its own, capped by a highlight reel feed from Jamison Embury to Hunter Embury.
• The score was tied at four after 15 minutes, but the Red Foxes shut out the Bobcats in the second quarter and posted four goals of their own. Pirreca had a goal and two assists in the period.
• Quinnipiac opened the scoring with back-to-back goals in the third to cut its deficit to two, but Hunter Embury's goal at the 6:35 mark gave Marist a 9-6 advantage.
• Marist extended its lead with five goals in the final period. The Red Foxes' lead reached a game-high margin of six with 32 seconds to play on Anthony Filippeti's first career goal.

 

Key Stats

• Pirreca led Marist with five points (three goals, two assists). Vito Musso tied Pirreca with a team-high three goals.
• Jamison Embury, Joe Tierney, Intermesoli, and Musso all had three points.
• Kyle Stofko had a team-high four ground balls, and tied JT Roselle for the team-high with three caused turnovers.
• Logan Covey stopped 14 Quinnipiac shots.
• Marist held Quinnipiac scoreless for a span of 18:10 between the first and third quarters, and a stretch of 15:22 between the third and fourth quarters.
• Quinnipiac had a 39-22 advantage in ground balls, but the Bobcats had 22 turnovers to the Red Foxes' 15. Marist caused 10 turnovers.
• Steven Germain and Jake Tellers scored twice apiece for Quinnipiac.

 

Records

• Quinnipiac is 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the MAAC.
• Marist is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the MAAC.

 

Up Next

Marist hosts Manhattan on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Tenney Stadium.