Orangeburg, N.Y. - The men's lacrosse team had its second-straight definitive victory of 2025, topping the Chargers of Dominican University, 20-3. Molloy starts the season at 2-0 while Dominican is 0-1.

How it Happened

• Junior Brandon Pazienza netted his seventh career goal off the opening face-off with an assist from senior Bryan Diliberto.
• Diliberto would score one of his own to double Molloy's lead six minutes later.
• Dominican's Nickolas Paletta put the Chargers on the board with 4:21 to play in the opening quarter, but back-to-back goals from juniors Jake Taylor and Tommy Corcoron put Molloy in front, 4-1.
• Junior Brian Green scored to kick off a seven-goal run in the second quarter for the Lions, including one on man-up to make it 11-1.
• The home team scored in the final seconds of the quarter to set the score at 11-2 at the half.
• Diliberto netted his fourth goal of the contest to begin the third quarter, Senior Luke Hickam followed with back-to-back goals before sophomore Rocco Hogan and freshman Jacob Faison made it 16-2 headed into the final 15 minutes of play.
• Dominican would strike first in the fourth frame, but the Lions closed out the game with four-straight goals to make it 20-3.

Top Performances

• Diliberto set a career-high five goals and added two assists for a career-high seven points. The attacker also picked up three ground balls.
• Green (one goal, two assists) and Hickam (three goals) followed with three points.
• Faison, Hogan, and Taylor each scored twice while junior Justin Palulis dished out two assists.
• Senior Ryan Polehinke, Pazienza, Corcoron, and freshmen Aydan DeLiso and Luke Barrera each found the back of the net once.
• Junior Thomas Kofod topped the score sheet with five ground balls. Pazienza, who went 12-of-15 at the face-off dot, added four, while freshman Aiden Dinnigan picked up three.
• Senior Shawn McCabe led with three caused turnovers while Dinnigan forced two.
• Senior Christian Michaels made five stops in three quarters of action. Junior John Basile made seven in the final quarter of relief.

Up Next
The Lions head to Pleasantville, N.Y. on Saturday (Feb. 22) for a match up against #6 Pace at 12:00 p.m.