Rockville Centre, N.Y. - The #15 men's lacrosse team defeated RV Frostburg State this afternoon behind a strong defensive performance. The Lions held Frostburg scoreless for the first 24 minutes of the contest in the 11-7 win. With the win, the Lions improve to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in conference play, while the Bobcats fall to 6-4 (1-1 ECC).

How it Happened

• Senior Tommy Corcoron got the Lions on the board early, scoring just 43 seconds into the game.
• Redshirt senior Noah Hammon followed with back-to-back goals three minutes apart, giving the cardinal and white a quick 3-0 lead.
• Senior Brandon Pazienza won the following face-off, took it behind the net at X, and went one-on-one with Frostburg goaltender Jack Smith to finish.
• Senior goaltender John Basile made three key saves in the first quarter, keeping Frostburg scoreless heading into the second.
• Pazienza won the opening face-off in the second and moved the ball to Hammon who found freshman Jaden Simick just seven seconds into the quarter.
• The Bobcats broke through after capitalizing on a turnover, beating Basile low to get on the board. Frostburg added another on an extra-man opportunity to cut the deficit to three.
• Corcoron answered with a behind-the-back shot, beating Smith to extend the Lions' lead to 6-2.
• Frostburg slipped one past Basile on the left side with 42 seconds remaining in the half to make it a three-goal game.
• Senior Brian Green opened the third quarter scoring with a shot to the top right corner.
• Jack Hooks finished a feed from Henry Sykes on a man-up opportunity for his second time of the afternoon to bring the visitors' within three.
• Green pushed the offense forward, carrying the ball up the field before connecting with Simick, who set up Hammon for another goal to maintain a four-goal lead.
• Corcoron capitalized on a turnover, finishing a pass from Green to push the lead back to five.
• Hammon netted his third goal of the contest to complete his hat trick and give Molloy its largest lead at 10-4.
• Frostburg ended Molloy's three-goal run with just under six minutes remaining in the fourth with Keegan Green netting back-to-back goals taking advantage of an offsides call to convert on an odd-man rush.
• Senior Justin Palulis recorded his first goal of the afternoon to extend the home teams' lead to 11-6.
• Sykes capped off the scoring, finding the back of the net in the finish 1:15 to end the contest 11-7 in favor or the Lions.

Top Performances

• Hammon led the offense with four goals and three assists, totaling seven points on the afternoon.
• Corcoron tallied two goals and two assists.
• Palulis, Green, and Simick all recorded a goal and an assist.
• Pazienza and Taylor both contributed a goal, with Pazienza going 16-for-21 on face-offs and picking up a total of 14 ground balls.
• Basile made seven saves in net.
• Seniors Jaden McLeod and Shawn McCabe both caused two turnovers.

Up Next
The Lions are back on the road on Wednesday (Mar. 25) for a 7:00 p.m. game against Chestnut Hill.