Posted: Mar 12, 2008

Ledvina, Goldberg and Dineen Score in Loss to UMass Dartmouth

NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA (UMASS D Sports Info)- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's lacrosse team opened a 10-0 lead after the first quarter and went on to defeat visiting Mitchell, 24-3, at Cressy Field Wednesday afternoon.

Walsh scored three goals within a span of three minutes in the third quarter as the Corsairs raced to an 11-6 lead entering the fourth quarter.

Senior attackman Robert Young (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS), sophomore attackman Andrew Foster (Newbury, MA/Danvers HS) and freshman midfielder Steve Espinola (Groton, MA/Groton Dunstable HS) each scored three goals to lead the Corsair attack. Foster and Young each added a pair of assists. Zach Ledvina, Tim Goldberg and Jeff Dineen scored for the Pequots, who were out shot, 53-10.

Junior goalkeeper Steve Chase (Boston, MA/Boston Latin HS) started and made one save for the Corsairs, before freshman Brendan Casey (Groveland, MA/Pentucket HS) took over and registered five saves while playing the final three quarters. Shane Gray and Jeff Cretella combined to make 18 saves for Mitchell.

UMass Dartmouth improved to 2-0 with the victory, while Mitchell dropped to 0-1 with the defeat. The Corsairs will return to action when they host Becker next Thursday afternoon, while the Pequots will host Lyndon State Saturday.

UMASS DARTMOUTH LACROSSE

Mitchell (0-1) vs. UMass Dartmouth (2-0)

Date: Mar 12, 2008 Location: North Dartmouth, MA Stadium: Cressy Field

Attendance:100 Start time:4:00 pm End time:6:00 pm Total time:2:00

Score by period 1 2 3 4 Tot

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Mitchell............ 0 1 1 1 - 3

UMass Dartmouth..... 10 6 5 3 - 24

Mitchell SCORING: GOALS: Zach Ledvina 1; Tim Goldberg 1; Jeff Dineen

ASSISTS: None.

UMass Dartmouth SCORING: GOALS: Robert Young 3; Andrew Foster 3;

Stephen Espinola 3; Matt Leary 2; Brian Flanagan 2; Charles Spencer 2;

Timothy Walsh 1; Josh Arsenault 1; Timur Amirkanov 1; Pat Kohout 1;

Matt Swirbalus 1; Austin Savoie 1; Robert Smith 1; Robinson Douglas 1;

Ross Douglas 1.

ASSISTS: Andrew Foster 2; Timothy Walsh 2; Robert Young 2; Timur

Amirkanov 1; Josh Arsenault 1; Brian Flanagan 1; Paul Hanna 1; Steve

Jaillet 1; Matt Leary 1.

Mitchell GROUND BALLS: Joe MacFarland 4; Jeff Cretella 2; Tim Goldberg

1; Ian Gosselin 1; Shane Gray 1; John Kearney 1; Ben Kessler 1; Ryan

LaPak 1; Zach Ledvina 1; Adam Mavromatis 1; Josh Souza 1; Alex Walker

UMass Dartmouth GROUND BALLS: Josh Arsenault 3; Timothy Walsh 3; Brian

Webber 3; Robert Young 3; Brian Flanagan 2; Andrew Foster 2; Andrew

Getto 2; Steve Jaillet 2; Pat Kohout 2; Sean Perry 2; Brendan Casey 1;

Steve Chase 1; Tarek Donnelly 1; Stephen Espinola 1; Jason Febo 1;

Paul Hanna 1; Matt Leary 1; Mike Lee 1; Austin Savoie 1; Robert Smith

SHOTS - MCLAX08 10; UMDML 53.

SHOTS ON GOAL - MCLAX08 9; UMDML 42.

PENALTIES - MCLAX08 2/1:30; UMDML 6/5:30.

MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - MCLAX08 0-6; UMDML 0-2.

FACEOFFS - MCLAX08 4-20; UMDML 16-20.

GOALIES - MCLAX08: Jeff Cretella (30:00 minutes, 15 shots-7 saves, 8

GA) , Shane Gray 0-1 (30:00, 27-11, 16); UMDML: Brendan Casey (45:00,

8-5, 3) , Steve Chase 2-0 (15:00, 1-1, 0).