#4 Maine Maritime (8-6, 6-2): Roster | Schedule
#3 SUNY Canton (9-6, 6-2): Roster | Schedule
Game Information: Sunday, May 1 at 1:00pm at the Wildcat Field in Utica, N.Y.
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Series History: The Mariners are 0-2 against the Kangaroos.
Last Matchup: Maine Maritime men's lacrosse fell to SUNY Canton, 23-19 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) matchup on Sunday afternoon.
How it Happened: Caden White (Woodstock, Vt.) opened up the scoring for the Mariners with an early goal before SUNY Canton scored four consecutive goals to take a 4-1 lead. The Mariners answered with three straight goals from Riley Morin (Harpswell, Maine), Jacob Belanger (Brunswick, Maine) assisted by White, and Zeke Tocci (Naples, Maine) assisted by Jayden Wilson (Lewiston, Maine) to tie the game up 4-4. The Kangaroos then scored two quick goals late in the first quarter to take a two point lead. SUNY Canton struck first in the second quarter, before White assisted Alex Stevens (South Portland, Maine) for his first goal of the afternoon. The Kangaroos then scored another goal and Tocci answered with an unassisted goal. SUNY Canton quickly answered with a goal before Stevens found Evan Golembeske (New Milford, Conn.) for a man-down goal. The Kangaroos then scored four consecutive goals before White found Belanger for a goal to make the score 14-8 going into halftime.
The Mariners and Kangaroos started off the second half trading goals from Tocci, assisted by Chandler Coombs (Brunswick, Maine) and Belanger assisted by Stevens to make the score 16-10 in favor of the Kangaroos. The Mariners then scored back-to-back goal from Stevens assisted by Tocci and Brendan Reddington (Wallingford, Conn.) assisted by Sam Nichol (Concord, N.H.), before SUNY Canton ended the third quarter with a goal to make the score 17-12. The Kangaroos started the fourth with a goal before Maine Maritime quickly answered with a goal from Nichol. SUNY Canton then scored four straight goals to make the score 22-13. The Mariners answered with four consecutive goals from Stevens, Nichol, Golembeske, and Stevens again before SUNY Canton found the back of the net. The Mariners scored two more goals from Golembeske and Stevens to end the game with a score of 23-19.
Inside the Numbers: Stevens led the Mariners with five goals and two assists for seven points, along with four ground balls and two caused turnovers. Tocci, Golembeske, and Belanger each added three goals. Ian Haines (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) and Alex Snowman (Sarasota, Fla.) each caused a game-high three turnovers.
Zack LaFave led the Kangaroos with six goals and one assist, while Alex Jacobs and Hunter Olson each added five goals. LaFave also picked up a game-high six ground balls and Austin Mesler caused two turnovers.
Zach McCarthy (Malvern, Pa.) recorded 12 saves for the Mariners, while Sam Servati tallied 12 for the Kangaroos.
SUNY Canton held a 55-44 advantage in shots and a 37-31 advantage in ground balls over the Mariners.
Maine Maritime's Last Game: Maine Maritime men's lacrosse beat #1 seeded SUNY Delhi, 12-11 in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) semifinal matchup on Friday evening to advance to the NAC Championship on Sunday afternoon.
How it Happened: SUNY Delhi was the first team on the board, scoring a goal after five scoreless minutes. Maine Maritime answered with three quick goals when Tocci (Naples, Maine) found Golembeske (New Milford, Conn.) to spark the Mariners' offense, Reddington (Wallingford, Conn.) assisted Wilson (Lewiston, Maine) for a goal, and\ Stevens (South Portland, Maine) found the back of the net off a pass from Wilson to put the Mariners up by two. The Broncos then scored a goal, before Wilson scored his second goal of the night off a pass from Golembeske to end the first quarter with a score of 4-2 in favor of the Mariners. The Broncos struck first in the second quarter, before Wilson found Stevens for a goal and Nichol (Concord, N.H.) scored an unassisted goal to extend the Mariners' lead to three. SUNY Delhi answered with back-to-back goals, before Tocci scored an unassisted goal to make the score 7-5. Delhi ended the first half with a goal to make the score 7-6 with the Mariners in control.
Tocci quickly score in the second half, before SUNY Delhi scored two goals to tie the game 8-8. White (Woodstock, Vt.) scored an unassisted goal to put the Mariners back up to end the third quarter. After a scoreless four minutes to start the fourth quarter, the Broncos scored two quick goals to regain the lead. Maine Maritime answered when Nichol found Wilson for a goal to tie the game up once again, and Stevens took on his defender for an unassisted goal to take back the lead. The Broncos scored a goal with one minute left to tie the game up at 11-11, before Nichol came down for the Mariners and scored the game-winning goal with 13 seconds left to win the game and send the Mariners to the NAC Championship!
Inside the Numbers: Wilson recorded three goals and two assists for the Mariners, along with five ground balls, while Stevens tallied three goals, four ground balls, and one caused turnover. Nichol added two goals, one being the game-winning goal, and one assist, while Tocci chipped in two goals and one assist, in addition to three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Coombs (Brunswick, Maine) recorded five ground balls and caused a game-high three caused turnovers.
Benjamin Moscatiello and Jackson Murphy scored three goals each for the Broncos, while Nick Dower added two more. Dower also tallied a game-high 14 grouond balls, while Mooscatiello and Dalton caused two turnovers each.
McCarthy (Malvern, Pa.) tallied 14 saves in net for the Mariners, while Samuel Steng recorded 10 for the Broncos.
SUNY Delhi held a 42-38 advantage in shots and a 40-34 advantage in ground balls over the Mariners.
