Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The men's lacrosse team defeated Georgian Court University, 16–7, this afternoon at RVC Sports Complex. Senior Brandon Pazienza went 19-for-21 at the face-off X to surpass the program's all-time career record with 612 face-off wins, previously set at 596 in 2017. With the victory, the cardinal and white improve to 5-2 on the season, while the visiting Lions fall to 1-6.

How it Happened

• Sophomore Liam Taylor opened the scoring with his first goal of the season, followed less than a minute later by senior Tommy Corcoron to make it 2–0.
• Georgian Court's Zach Myers responded with five minutes remaining in the opening quarter to cut the deficit to one.
• Corcoron added his second of the game, finishing a pass from freshman Jaden Simick.
• The visiting Lions closed out the quarter with two goals in the final two minutes to tie the game at three heading into the second.
• Senior Brian Green wasted no time in the second quarter, scoring less than a minute in, before Simick restored a two-goal advantage for Molloy.
• Green and junior Mikey McClain extended the lead to 7–3 before redshirt senior Noah Hammon scored with just four seconds left before the halftime break.
• McClain and senior Justin Palulis each scored in the third quarter, pushing the lead to seven.
• Myers capitalized on a man-up opportunity in the closing seconds to make it 10–4 heading into the final frame.
• Graduate student Zach Kroog opened the fourth quarter scoring for the Lions but Georgian Court answered with three-straight goals to trim the deficit to four.
• Graduate student Timothy Morrow scored his first goal of the game before Kroog and Hammon each added their second goals.
• Senior Jake Taylor scored his first of the contest before Morrow capped the scoring in the final three minutes of the game, securing a 16-7 victory.

Top Performances

• Corcoron led the offense with two goals and two assists.
• Morrow found the back of the net twice and dished out an assist.
• Green, McClain, Hammon, and Kroog all netted two goals each.
• J. Taylor and Simick each contributed a goal and an assist, while Palulis and L. Taylor recorded a goal a piece.
• Freshman Kevin Renneisen dished out his first collegiate assist.
• Pazienza picked up a game-high 14 ground balls and dominated at the face-off X, winning 19-of-21 attempts to break the all-time record for face-off wins.
• Sophomore Aiden Dinnigan, Morrow, and J. Taylor all caused two turnovers.
• Senior John Basile made six saves in net.

Up Next
The Lions are back on Saturday (Mar. 21) at 12:00 p.m. fora conference match up against Frostburg State at RVC Sports Complex.