MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The Cortland men's lacrosse team opened up a 15-3 halftime lead and 12 players overall netted goals in defeating Morrisville, 25-9, in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon. The Red Dragons improved to 2-2 with the win, while the Mustangs dropped to 0-2.
Senior
Terrence Haggerty (Centerport/Harborfields) led the offense with a career-high seven points on a career-best six goals and one assist. Senior
Dean Riley (Homer) netted four goals, freshman
Dante Yacavone (Homer) matched Haggerty's seven points with three goals and four assists, both career highs, and senior
Joey Panariello (Islip) tallied three goals and three assists.
Senior
Alex Waelder (Syracuse/Corcoran) set new highs of five points and four assists, adding a goal. Sophomore
Steven Veteri (Yorktown Heights/Yorktown) scored his first two career goals as a Red Dragon. Freshman
Matt Zarzycki (West Henrietta/Rush-Henrietta) recorded the first points of his career with one goal and two assists. Juniors
Corey McMahon (Lindenhurst/St. John the Baptist) and
Tristan Moreno (Clarkstown/Clarkstown North) and sophomore
Mike Nicholson (North Babylon/St. Anthony's) each recorded one goal and one assist.
Junior
Danny Caroussos (Smithtown/Smithtown West) and sophomores
Jonathan Ecker (Ontario/Wayne) netted one goal apiece, while junior
Brian Williams (Holtsville/Sachem East) registered two assists.
All five goalies on Cortland's roster saw action in the win. Junior
Jon Vargas (West Islip) earned the start, stopping nine shots and allowing just three goals in 35:04. Freshman
Marc Esposito (West Babylon) made one save in 12:37, and junior
Jake Craybas (Bethel, CT) turned aside one shot in 2:58. Sophomore
Charlie Ricottoni (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills West) saw his first career action, playing 3:02, while freshman
J.J. Johnson (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) saw the field for 6:19 in his first collegiate action.
Williams won 17-of-19 faceoffs and collected a game-high 12 ground balls for the Red Dragons. Sophomore
Kevin Tiedemann (Comsewogue) won 6-of-11 faceoffs with four ground balls. Freshman
Troy Morris (Long Beach) caused two turnovers.
Joseph Rosaschi led Morrisville with four goals. Nick Geswaldo scored three goals, Chris Dovi recorded one goal and three assists and Zach Palin chipped in with a goal. Peter Pina and Joe Piedigrossi each contributed an assist.
Goalie John Henry Alvarado made 10 saves for the Mustangs. Shawn Walberger won nine faceoffs and secured seven ground balls. Zach Mabry scooped up five ground balls, Brendan Boles registered four ground balls and two caused turnovers and Chad Warren finished with four ground balls.
Cortland scored the first seven goals of the game just past the midway point of the first quarter as Haggerty scored three times and Panariello netted a pair of goals. The Red Dragons took an 8-1 lead into the second quarter, pushing the advantage to 13-1 at the 6:03 mark and ultimately grabbing a 15-3 lead at the break.
Five straight goals to open the third quarter pushed the advantage to 20-3 before Morrisville scored three of the next five goals to make it a 22-6 game heading into the final quarter where the teams split six goals for the 25-9 final.
Cortland 25, Morrisville 9
GAME SUMMARY:
Team 1-2-3-4 Final
Cortland 8-7-7-3 25
Morrisville 1-2-3-3 9
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Terrence Haggerty 6-1,
Dean Riley 4-0,
Dante Yacavone 3-4,
Joey Panariello 3-3,
Steven Veteri 2-0,
Alex Waelder 1-4,
Matt Zarzycki 1-2,
Mike Nicholson 1-1,
Corey McMahon 1-1,
Tristan Moreno 1-1,
Jonathan Ecker 1-0,
Danny Caroussos 1-0,
Brian Williams 0-2
Morrisville: Joseph Rosaschi 4-0, Nick Geswaldo 3-0, Chris Dovi 1-3, Zach Palin 1-0, Peter Pina 0-1, Joe Piedigrossi 0-1
Goalkeepers:
Cortland:
Jon Vargas, 9 saves (3 GA in 35:04),
Marc Esposito, 1 save (3 GA in 12:37),
Charlie Ricottoni, 0 saves (1 GA in 3:02),
J.J. Johnson, 0 saves (2 GA in 6:19),
Jake Craybas, 1 save (0 GA in 2:58)
Ursinus: John Henry Alvarado, 10 saves (25 GA in 60:00)
Shots: Cortland 47, Morrisville 30
Ground Balls: Cortland 42, Morrisville 32
Turnovers: Cortland 23, Morrisville 18
Caused Turnovers: Morrisville 11, Cortland 7
Clears: Cortland 16-of-19, Morrisville 15-of-20
Faceoffs Won: Cortland 26, Morrisville 12
Penalties: Morrisville 4-4:00, Cortland 4-3:30
Extra-Man Offense: Cortland 3-4, Morrisville 2-4
Records after the game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 2-2, Morrisville St. (Mustangs) 0-2
