Men's Lacrosse Loses at Post, 11-10
Box Score
WATERBURY, Conn. (Apr. 19, 2017) - The LIU Post men's lacrosse team continued its four-game road trip Wednesday with an 11-10 loss at Post University in non-conference action at LaMoy Field.
Despite the result, the Pioneers (5-7) dominated the stat sheet in the contest, outshooting the Eagles (5-6) by a 47-27 count and winning 20-of-23 (86.9 percent) faceoffs.
Trailing 6-2 just over midway through the second quarter, the green and gold tallied three of the final four goals of the half to cut the deficit to 7-5 at the break.
Junior midfielder
Dylan Harned (Selden, N.Y.) notched a pair of goals in the run, including a man-up tally. Freshman midfielder
Dan Foley (Carmel, N.Y.) dished out a pair of assists.
In the third quarter, Post quickly re-claimed its four-goal advantage (9-5), after back-to-back goals by Alsharif Blackman (Easton, Pa.) in the opening 1:36.
The Pioneers rallied though and closed the gap to an 11-10 game in the final seconds, but that was as close as the visitors came to fulfilling a comeback.
Harned finished with a game-high four goals. Freshman attackman
Austin Guerrina (Weston, Fla.) totaled three goals and two ground balls. Foley had a goal and three assists for a four-point day.
Junior attackman
Chris Trasacco (Cheshire, Conn.) registered two assists and scooped up three ground balls. Sophomore attackman/midfielder
Frank Ranfone (Guilford, Conn.) and sophomore midfielder
Michael Licata (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) each added a goal.
Sophomore midfielder
Connor Farrell (Holtsville, N.Y.) was a near-perfect 12-of-13 on draws, while senior midfielder
Anthony Galeotafiore (Wantagh, N.Y.) won 8-of-10 (80.0 percent) faceoffs.
Between the pipes, senior goalie
Matthew Liantonio (Miller Place, N.Y.) and sophomore cageminder
Bryan Ochs (Syosset, N.Y.) combined to make 10 saves for LIU Post. Red-shirt senior goaltender Shane Trost (Rochester, N.Y.) stopped an impressive 27 shots for Post.
Head Coach
John Jez and the Pioneers are back at it Saturday (Apr. 22), when they square off with East Coast Conference opponent University of the District of Columbia at noon in Washington, D.C.