Rochester, N.Y. - A late Roberts Wesleyan goal with 71 seconds to play handed the men's lacrosse team its first East Coast Conference loss of the season on the road at Redhawks Field, falling 13-12. The loss drops Molloy to 7-5 on the season and 2-1 in ECC play while Roberts Wesleyan improved to 8-3 and 3-1 in league play.

How it Happened

• The Lions fell behind 2-0 early in the first quarter, but goals from senior Scott Capicchioni and junior Jack Herzlinger knotted the contest back up. After the Redhawks answered with a goal, junior Chris Delaney scored his first goal of the day to tie it with three minutes left in the opening frame.
• Roberts Wesleyan tallied three of the first four goals in the second quarter to increase its lead to 6-4 before Herzlinger and Delaney found the back of the net once again to tie the contest. The Redhawks' Curtis Denison took advantage of a man-up situation at the end of the first half, scoring to give Roberts Wesleyan a 7-6 lead going into halftime.
• The home team came out of the gates firing in the second half, scoring three goals in the first 2:17 of the second half to take its largest lead of the afternoon at 10-6. However, Molloy would fight back with three goals of its own from Delaney, senior Ryan Downing, and Herzlinger to cut the deficit to just one at the end of the third quarter.
• Delaney started the final frame with a bang, finding the back of the net for the fourth time just seven seconds into the quarter to tie the game at 10. After Roberts Wesleyan retook the lead, senior Sean Plasencia scored twice in just 58 seconds to give the Lions its first lead of the afternoon with 7:49 to play.
• Molloy's attack was slowed down in the final minutes, and goals from Reid Jackowski and Jordan Deats with 1:11 left gave the Redhawks a lead it would not relinquish.

Top Performances

• Delaney led the way for the Lions with a four goal day, tying his season-high mark.
• Herzlinger also tallied a hat trick for Molloy, with three goals and an assist.
• Freshman Thomas Kofod led the charge on the defensive end, picking up eight ground balls and causing two turnovers.
• Freshman Brandon Pazienza was brilliant in the face-off circle, winning 15-of-21 draws on the day.
• Sophomore Christian Michaels tallied 16 saves in net.

Up Next
Molloy heads down the road to Garden City to take on non-conference foe #3 Adelphi University in game two of its three-game road swing on Wednesday (Apr. 12) at 7:00 p.m.