RIVERDALE, New York – The Marist men's lacrosse team defeated Manhattan on Saturday afternoon in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game by a score of 13-12.
 

Summary

• Manhattan opened the game taking the lead, 1-0.
• Kellen Pulera responded quickly with a goal assisted from James Lyons.
• The Jaspers would score two straight goals to push their lead to 3-1.
• Hunter Embury connected for a goal at 7:46 in the first quarter.
• Manhattan tacked on another goal with 6:53 remaining in the first.
• The Red Foxes would score two straight goals to tie the game at four apiece from James Lyons and Ryan Jones.
• To end the first quarter, Manhattan led Marist 5-4.
• Joshua Balcarcel collected a goal in the second quarter.
• Manhattan followed with two straight goals to extend their lead to 8-5.
• Kellen Pulera scored the final goal of the first half for the Red Foxes at 9:08. The Red Foxes trailed at halftime 9-6.
• The Red Foxes came out firing in the third quarter, scoring five straight goals to take their first lead of the game. The goals for Marist came from Jason Intermesoli, Kellen Pulera, Jojo Pirreca, Dylan Bedell, and Hunter Embury.
• The Red Foxes' defense held the Jaspers to a single goal in the quarter with five minutes remaining in the third quarter.
• A James Lyons man-up goal extended the Red Foxes lead to 12-10.
• With six minutes remaining, Manhattan cut the lead to a goal.
• James Lyons connected from an assist from Jason Intermesoli to give Marist a 13-11 lead.
• The Jaspers scored the final goal of the game with zero seconds remaining, but the advantage remained with Marist for the victory, 13-12.
   

STATS

• Pulera and Lyons led the Red Foxes each with a hat-trick. Lyons led the team with four points.
• Hunter Embury collected a pair of goals.
• Five Red Foxes tallied a goal, Balcarcel, Intermesoli, Bedell, Ryan Jones and Pirreca.
• Dylan Bedell collected his first career goal as a Red Foxes.
   

UP NEXT

• The Red Foxes continue conference play on the road on Saturday, April 23 at Canisius.
• The game is scheduled for noon.