Frostburg, Md. - Led by a career-high 10 points and six goals from junior Chris Delaney, the men's lacrosse team picked up the program's first-ever win over the #13 Frostburg State Bobcats, 15-14 in overtime. Molloy improved to 8-6 on the season and 3-1 in East Coast Conference play and snap a two-game losing streak with the victory. Frostburg State fell to 10-3 on the season, 3-2 in league play, and suffered its first home loss of the season.

How it Happened

• The Bobcats would score the first two goals of the contest before seniors Sean Plasencia and Ryan Downing and junior Mikey Rodin put the Lions in front, 3-2.
• Jake Bowman would tie the score in the final minute of the opening frame.
• The second quarter belonged to the cardinal and white with two goals from Delaney and one from both Rodin and junior Adam Hyman to give the visitors a 7-3 lead at the break.
• Delaney would score his fifth hat trick of the season to open the second half of action on the man-up before freshman Konrad Maciejny scored to make it 9-3 in favor of Molloy.
• FSU scored twice in a 12 second span on the man-down to cut the deficit to four, 9-5, but Hyman would add one final tally on the extra man opportunity to regain the advantage.
• Delaney would score off the face-off on a pass from freshman Brandon Pazienza to put the score at 11-5.
• Through the final eight minutes of the third quarter, Delaney would find the back of the net two more times with Frostburg State adding two goals to head into the final quarter with the Lions leading, 13-7.
• The home team threatened in the fourth quarter, coming out of the gate with four-straight goals to come within two, 13-11, before a goal from Plasencia broke the streak.
• The Bobcats scored on the man-up with 3:16 left to play before back-to-back goals from Owen McCallum in the final 30 seconds forced the overtime period.
• A violation on the opening face-off of overtime gave Molloy possession and junior Jack Herzlinger finished a feed from Delaney to clinch the crucial victory for the Lions.

Top Performances

• Delaney led the offense with a career-high 10 points on a career-high six goals and four assists to go with three ground balls.
• Hyman and Plasencia both tallied three points on two goals and one assist with Plasencia matching a career-high six ground balls.
• Rodin (two goals), Downing (one goal, one assist), and Herzlinger (one goal, one assist) all added two points with Pazienza and Maciejny finishing with one.
• Pazienza went 18-of-31 on the face-off and matched a career-high 10 ground balls.
• Senior Ryan O'Neill led with two caused turnovers while picking up three ground balls.
• Sophomore Christian Michaels made 11 saves in net for his seventh double-digit save effort of the season.

Up Next
The Lions return home on Wednesday after a three-game road trip, taking on Assumption in the final non-league match of the season at 7:00 p.m.