Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The men's lacrosse team dominated from the opening whistle of this afternoon's 30-4 victory over the University of the District of Columbia, setting single-game program records in goals (30), assists (19), and points (49). Molloy improved to 9-7 on the season and 4-1 in East Coast Conference play in the victory while UDC fell to 0-9 (0-5 ECC).

The team honored graduating members Jordan Arbouet (nursing), Angelo DeLuca (finance), Ryan Downing (accounting), Scott Capicchioni (accounting), Edward McCann IV (finance), Sean Plasencia (biology/pre-allied health), and Ryan O'Neill (pre-allied health) in a pre-game ceremony.

How it Happened

• Senior Sean Plasencia and sophomore Mike D'Amato opened the scoring in the first two minutes before Dylan Donaldson put the Firebirds on the board on a man-up opportunity.
• The next 13 goals would come off the sticks of Molloy players, including two from freshman Justin Palulis, junior Mikey Rodin, and sophomore Ryan Polehinke to make it 15-1 before the Firebirds broke the streak.
• The opening half would end with goals from Polehinke, sophomore Patrick Dempsey, and junior Adam Hyman to set the score at 18-2 at the half.
• Molloy would score six in the third quarter before UDC netted its third of the contest. Freshman Brandon Pazienza, Dempsey, and Downing each scored in a two minute span to put the home team in front 27-3 headed into the final 15 minutes.
• Donaldson scored his second of the game to open the fourth frame but the final three goals were scored by the Lions to earn the definitive victory.

Top Performances

• Senior Ryan Downing matched a career-high nine points on three goals and six assists.
• Polehinke (four goals, three assists), Dempsey (five goals, one assist), Rodin (five goals), and Palulis (three goals, two assists) all had career-setting performances.
• Plasencia and Hyman each tallied four points.
• Pazienza had his first multi-point performance with two goals.
• Junior Denver Tveter led with eight ground balls while forcing two turnovers.
• Senior Edward McCann IV and junior Liam Linden each led with five caused turnovers. McCann scooped up six ground balls while Linden added five.
• Plasencia forced three turnovers to go with five ground balls.
• Pazienza and graduate student Angelo DeLuca each went 6-of-13 on face-offs and picked up two ground balls while freshman James Franz went 4-of-11 with three ground balls.
• Sophomore Christian Michaels made four saves in the win while freshman John Basile made three stops in relief.

Up Next
Molloy closes out the regular season on Thursday (Apr. 27) as they head to nationally-ranked Mercy College at 3:00 p.m.