Box Score ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Apr. 13, 2016) - The fourteenth-ranked Molloy College men's lacrosse team scored the first nine goals of the game and continued to pour on the offense to score its highest goal total of the season in an 18-3 walloping of Dominican College on Wednesday (Apr. 13) at John A. Darcy Field. The convincing conference win improves Molloy's overall record to 8-4 and 2-3 in ECC play while the Chargers fall to 3-10 and 1-5 in conference competition.
Senior
Tom Graef (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) opened the scoring in the first 48 seconds of play and the parade of goalscorers was on from there. Senior midfielder
Austin Valenti (Baldwin, N.Y.) factored into the first six goals for the Lions with two goals and four assists while Graef added another and junior
Connor Slane (North Babylon, N.Y.) scored twice in putting the maroon and white up by six goals. Senior attacker
Kevin Teresky (South Huntington, N.Y.) collected a goal before the buzzer to end the first quarter as the Lions took a 7-0 lead into the second frame; freshman
Michael Scheuerer (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and sophomore
Casey Kelly (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) each scored a marker to give Molloy a 9-0 lead before Conor Reeves (Tappan, N.Y.) got the visitors on the board with eight-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first half. The Lions ended up with a 12-2 lead as Kelly added his second goal, Graef got his third and
Anthony Rowland (West Babylon, N.Y.) tallied a marker before the halftime break. Though the scoring slowed down in the second half, Slane did add a second-half hat trick while Teresky scored his second goal of the game. In the fourth and final quarter, attackers
Jack Fagan (Hicksville, N.Y.) and
Jerry Papile (Shirley, N.Y.) etched their names onto the scoresheet to complete a dominant effort.
Valenti had eight points (two goals and six assists) while Slane added five goals and two assists and Kelly had five points (two goals and three assists). The defensive rope unit was stellar, buzzing around to the tune of 39 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers. Sophomore
Jaron Greenidge (Flanders, N.Y.) won five ground balls and caused two turnovers while freshman
Mike Durkin (Lake Grove, N.Y.) had three caused turnovers and four ground balls in the win. Junior midfielder
Rob Steinert (Lynbrook, N.Y.) scooped up three ground balls while senior
Jack Matthews (Stony Brook, N.Y.) had a nice game with two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Sophomore goalie
Ryan Toomey (Hicksville, N.Y.) made 13 saves to earn his eighth win of the year.
The Lions will travel to Washington, D.C. on Saturday (Apr. 16) for a 4 p.m. conference showcase with the Firebirds of the University of the District of Columbia.
