Sparkill, N.Y.- The #13 men's lacrosse team topped St. Thomas Aquinas, 10-6, this afternoon at Spartan Field. With the win, the Lions improve to 8-2 (3-0 ECC), and the Spartans drop to 2-7 (0-2 ECC).
 
How it Happened

• Cam Wallace cracked the scoreboard first for the Spartans four minutes into play.
• The Lions answered quickly, with junior Mikey McClain finding senior Brian Green to tie the game at 1–1.
• Wallace struck again, capitalizing on a turnover to go ahead 2-1.
• In the second quarter, graduate student Timothy Morrow set up Green on an extra-man opportunity to even the score.
• With just 47 seconds left in the first half, Green completed his hat trick to give the Lions a 3-2 lead at the break, as they held the Spartans scoreless in the second frame.
• Graduate student Zach Kroog opened the third quarter scoring off a pass from senior Tommy Corcoron. Corcoron followed with a goal of his own two minutes later to extend the lead.
• Jeremy Poggi recorded the Spartans' lone goal of the third quarter with 10 minutes remaining.
• Redshirt senior Noah Hammon and sophomore Sean Payton scored a minute apart to push the Lions' lead to 7–3 entering the fourth quarter.
• The Lions took control early in the fourth, with goals from Green, Payton, and senior Thomas Kofod to extend the lead to 10–3.
• Wallace ended the run with his third goal of the game, and Max Benoit added another off the following face-off to cut the deficit to 10–5.
• Wallace scored once more for the Spartans, closing out the contest 10-6 in favor of the Lions.

 
Top Performances

• Green led the offense with four goals on the afternoon.
• Payton scored a career-best two goals.
• Corcoron finished with a goal and an assist, while senior Justin Palulis added two assists.
• Kofod, Hammon, and Kroog each tallied a goal.
• McClain, Morrow, and Simick each recorded an assist.
• Morrow picked up a career-best six ground balls to go along with a career-high four caused turnovers.
• Junior Rocco Hogan collected six ground balls, while Kofod added four caused turnovers.
• Senior goaltender John Basile made five saves in net.
• The Lions out-shot the Spartans 43-17, including 30 shots on goal.

Up Next
The Lions are back home in a non-conference match up against Post University on Wednesday (Apr. 1) at 7:00 p.m.