ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Mar. 9, 2016) – The No. 13 Molloy College men's lacrosse team has a rivalry showcase coming up on Saturday (Mar. 12) with the tenth-ranked Pioneers of LIU Post. Before that game gets underway, however, the Lions must first take on a team that they have played consistently over the last several years when Southern New Hampshire University visits John A. Darcy Field at 6 p.m. on Wednesday (Mar. 9).
About the Lions
- Molloy is now 4-0 on the season after winning a 14-9 game against East Coast Conference foe Chestnut Hill College on Sunday (Mar. 6) in Lafayette Hill, Pa. Junior midfielder
Jon Camposa (Syosset, N.Y.) scored four goals in the win while senior middie
Austin Valenti (Baldwin, N.Y.) had his second straight four-point game with three goals and an assist.
- Four players for Molloy thus far have ten or more points on the young season. Senior attacker
Kevin Teresky (South Huntington, N.Y.) is in first with 17 points (10G, 7A), while Valenti has 15 points. Senior midfielder
Peter Clark (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) has a team-high 13 goals and 14 total points while Camposa (9G, 3A) has 12 points on the season.
-The Lions are outdueling opponents by winning the ground ball battle. Four games into the season, Molloy has scooped up a team total of 118 ground balls which is 30 more than that of the opposition.
- Junior FOGO
Frank Sciulla (Rocky Point, N.Y.) has won 57.5% (50-87) of his face-offs thus far in 2016.
Concerning the Penmen- Southern New Hampshire University has played just once this season so far, losing a 19-12 battle with current-No. 3 Merrimack College on Mar. 5 in Manchester, N.H. Two members of the Penmen scored four goals each in attackers Kiefer Heckman (Peabody, Mass.) and Cameron Joyce (Braintree, Mass.).
- Boyce led SNHU with 28 goals last season while Heckman had a 21-goal campaign for a Penmen squad that went just 2-13 in 2015.
- Replacing departed goalkeeper Crosby Nicholson is a tall task for 28
th-year head coach Paul Calkins. Versus Merrimack, sophomore Michael Brawley (Tewksbury, Mass.) got his chance and stopped 15 shots but surrendered 18 goals in taking the loss.
The Match-UpGame Time Temperature and Weather: 60 degrees, partly cloudy skies; should be cooler as the sun sets off of Hempstead Lake.
The Match-Up: The first time that Southern New Hampshire and Molloy met was on Mar. 7, 2004 when the Lions took an 11-5 win in Rockville Centre. The series has continued annually since then with 2011 being the only time in the last 12 seasons that the teams did not meet. The maroon and white hold a 9-2 edge over the Penmen, including a 12-6 win back on Mar. 21, 2015 at Larkin Field in Manchester.
