MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME MEN’S LACROSSE

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Clean Harbors Stadium, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

FINAL:              MIT 18, MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME 13

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  Freshman Graham Davis (Crofton, Md.) netted five goals, while sophomore Harris Stolzenberg (Weston, Fla.) added four goals and three assists for seven points to lead MIT to an 18-13 New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference men’s lacrosse victory over Massachusetts Maritime Saturday afternoon at Clean Harbors Stadium.

The visiting Engineers (11-3, 4-1 NEWMAC) overcame an early 2-1 deficit by scoring four of the final five markers of the first quarter, including two off Stolzenberg’s stick, to take a 5-3 advantage after the opening 15 minutes of play.  Sophomore Joseph Landy’s (Chatham, N.J.) man-up goal 2:26 into the second stanza pulled the host Buccaneers (6-8, 1-4 NEWMAC) back to within one at 5-4, but MIT netted three straight and six of the final eight tallies of the half (including two more Stolzenberg goals) to take an 11-6 advantage at the break.  Freshman Keaghan Bartley (Richmond, Va.) scored twice in a 42 second span just 3:43 after intermission to pull Massachusetts Maritime back to within three at 11-8, but the Engineers used a run of six unanswered goals, including four that came off of Davis’s stick, to take control of the contest, as the Buccaneers got no closer than the final margin in the fourth quarter.

Junior Luke Verdi (Middletown, Md.) added a pair of goals and three assists in the win for MIT, which also received two markers and a helper from sophomore Michael Traub (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).  Junior Paul Orrson (Baltimore, Md.) tallied twice as well for the Engineers, who also received a goal and two assists from senior Chris Cook (Tully, N.Y.) and a pair of helpers from freshman Mitch Turley (Westfield, Ind.).  Junior Jonah Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) chipped in with a marker and an assist for the visitors, who also received a goal off the stick of freshman Jack Kelly (Milford, Del.).

Bartley netted four goals in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime, which also received a pair of tallies from freshman Robert Steinweg (Arnold, Md.).  Senior Dylan Freudenberg (Islip, N.Y.) added a marker and three assists on the day for the Buccaneers, who also received a marker and two helpers from sophomore Ryan McNeill (Burlington, Mass.) as well as a goal and an assist off the stick of sophomore Conor Greaney (Milton, Mass.).  Junior Anthony Kurylak (Exeter, N.H.) added his team-leading 27^th tally for the hosts, who also received goals from junior Sean Staples (Norwell, Mass.) and freshman Samuel Hastings (Londonderry, N.H.).

Junior Eric Bartell (San Diego, Calif.) picked up the win in goal for MIT with a 12-save effort, while junior James Klose (Ellicott City, Md.) made 13 stops in the setback for Massachusetts Maritime as the Engineers outshot the Buccaneers by a 43-39 margin overall (31-25 on goal) in extending their winning streak to four straight.

Massachusetts Maritime hosts Regis in a non-league outing on Monday evening at Clean Harbors Stadium beginning at 7:00 p.m., while MIT entertains Wheaton in a New England Women’s & Men’s Athletic Conference match on Wednesday evening in Cambridge, Mass. that also begins at 7:00 p.m.