Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The men's lacrosse team eyed its second-straight victory over No.19 Frostburg State this afternoon in a game plagued by torrential rain. Despite an 8-1 lead to start the contest, the Lions could not hang on against the Bobcats, who scored six in the fourth quarter, falling 12-11. Molloy sits at an even 5-5 on the season an 1-1 in East Coast Conference play while FSU improves to 6-2 (2-0 ECC).

How it Happened

• Molloy was seemingly unaffected by the foul weather, taking a 4-0 lead after 15 minutes of play with goals from senior Chris Delaney, junior Bryan Diliberto, and sophomore Justin Palulis. 
• Junior goalie Christian Michaels made five-straight saves to open the first quarter, but the Bobcats broke the streak following a Gregg Dort Jr. tally in the first 15 seconds of the second frame.
• Molloy responded just 30 seconds later with a goal from redshirt freshman Brian Green before markers from junior Dre Alexis as well as Diliberto and Palulis made it 8-1 with just over six minutes left in the first half.
• FSU was able to hold Molloy without a goal for over 20 minutes of game time, scoring three in a row to end the half before adding a fourth three minutes into the third quarter, setting the score at 8-5. 
• Green notched his second of the contest to stop the rally and regain the four-goal lead for the Lions with just over a minute left in the third quarter.
• Frostburg's Bubba Love found the back of the net in the final 30 seconds of the third quarter before opening the fourth frame with a man-up goal to bring the Bobcats within two, 9-7.
• Sophomore Konrad Maciejny sent a feed to junior Noah Taylor from the turf to give Molloy a 10-7 lead with 12 minutes to play.
• FSU would come within one, 10-9, before junior Tommy Corcoron put the Lions back ahead by two with 9:30 on the clock.
• The visitors would knot the score with just over four minutes left in the contest.
• Molloy would win the resulting face-off after a time out, but turned the ball over and opened the door for Owen McCallum to give Frostburg its first lead of the afternoon with less than two minutes to play. 
• Sophomore Brandon Pazienza would once again win the face-off, but the Lions were unable to maintain possession for a final shot before time expired. 

Top Performances

• Diliberto (two goals, one assist), Delaney (two goals, one assist), and Taylor (one goal, two assists) each led with three points while Taylor also added three ground balls.
• Green and Palulis both scored twice while Maciejny dished out two assists.
• Alexis and Corcoron accounted for Molloy's remaining goals while senior Jack Herzlinger added an assist.
• Senior Denver Tveter, sophomore Shawn McCabe, and Pazienza each added three ground balls with Pazienza going 12-of-25 on face-off attempts. 
• McCabe, Tveter, sophomore Josh Sutherland and freshman Thomas Gaffney each forced a turnover.
• Michaels made 16 stops in net, his third-straight double-digit save effort, and picked up two ground balls.

Up Next
Molloy heads on the road on Saturday (Mar. 30) as they take on the University of the District of Columbia at 1:00 p.m. from Washington, D.C.