Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The #16 men's lacrosse team started the 2026 East Coast Conference portion of the schedule up with a 14-8 win over the Redhawks of Roberts Wesleyan from the RVC Sports Complex. The win sets the Lions at 4-2 on the season overall while RWU drops to 1-5.

How it Happened

• After going nearly half of the opening quarter without a goal being scored, the teams both found the back of the net within 60 seconds of one another. Senior Brian Green buried a pass freshman Jaden Simick to strike first for Molloy before Cody Coleman converted on a man-up opportunity to even the score for the visitors. 
• Senior Jake Taylor scored an EMO goal for the Lions to regain the lead before senior Noah Hammon gave Molloy a 3-1 advantage after 15 minutes of play. 
• Goals from Simick, sophomore Luke Barrera, and graduate student Zach Kroog opened the second frame to extend the scoring streak to five-straight and set the score at 6-1. 
• Preston Steve found the back of the net to break the run, but senior Justin Palulis tallied a man-down goal tor Molloy. 
• Roberts Wesleyan would score three more times before the buzzer sounded for halftime, but goals from Palulis and Simick helped the Lions maintain a four-goal advantage at the break, 9-5.
• The visitors struck first to cut the deficit to three and outscored Molloy 3-2 over the 15 minute period, but Green would book end the quarter with goals to help keep the home team in front, 11-8. 
• Hammon, Simick, and Kroog rounded out the game's scoring in the fourth quarter to lift the Lions to the victory.

Top Performances

• Green matched a career-high six points, scoring three goals to go with a career-high three assists.
• Simick also had a career-best six points on three goals and three assists.
• Kroog, Hammon, and Palulis each found the back of the net twice with Kroog adding two assists for four points. Hammon's game-leading six ground balls also matched a career-best.
• Taylor and Barrera were the other goal scorers for the Lions with graduate student Timothy Morrow and seniors Tommy Corcoron and Shawn McCabe each adding assists. 
• Senior Brandon Pazienza matched Hammon's six ground balls, winning eight face-offs. 
• McCabe and sophomores Aiden Dinnigan and Liam Taylor followed with four ground balls each. In total, 18 members of the cardinal and white picked up a ground ball on the afternoon.
• Senior Thomas Kofod topped the Lions with three caused turnovers while Dinnigan and senior Jaden McCloud each forced two. 
• Senior goalie John Basile made 15 stops in net.

Up Next
Molloy will step out of league play on Wednesday (Mar. 18) for a mid-week match up against Georgian Court University at 4:00 p.m. from the RVC Sports Complex.