LAX Falls 13-7 at Curry

MILTON, Mass. - The Mitchell College men's lacrosse team suffered a 13-7 setback at Curry College on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action.

With the win the Colonels improved to 2-0 on the season. Curry was led by Jeff Yates who netted three goals and added an assist for four points on the day. Steve Grogan was 13-of-14 on face-offs and led the team in ground balls with five.

Mitchell (0-2 overall) was led by Kyle Marsh who tallied two goals and had a helper for three points. Dan DiGioia and Owen LaPorte also scored a pair of goals each to lead the attack.

The Colonels got scores from eight different players for their 13 goals. Matt Serra, MJ Urbano and Deven Newell each finished with two goals.  Brandon Flaim and Wade Prajer each contributed two points on a goal and an assist.  Rounding out the scoring for Curry was Joe Shea and Jack McMenomey who tallied a goal apiece.

Curry took an early two-goal lead in the first period off scores from Prajer and Yates. Mitchell struggled to get on the board in the opening 15 minutes as the Colonels' solid defense and strong goaltender from Shane O'Brien kept the Mariners scoreless.

Curry struck first again in the second off an unassisted goal by Urbano. Mitchell answered back for its first score on the day after Marsh fed Aaron Sladyk for a goal that cut the deficit back to two. 

The teams traded goals over the next couple minutes with Urbano firing in one past goalie JD LeMay followed by Marsh on his first of two. The Colonels went on to net two more before the close of the first half and led 6-2 at the break. Yates and Serra each tallied unassisted goals in the last five minutes of play.

The Mariners were first to get on the board to start the third with just 2:17 off the clock.  DiGioia scored his first of two on the day. Curry answered with back-to-back goals, the first from Serra off a dish from Flaim, followed by an unassisted score from McMenomey. DiGioia earned his second with 5:20 left in the period. With 2:11 showing Yates assisted Flaim, and 30 seconds later the Mariners' LaPort received a pass from Jacob Setzko to make it a 9-5 game in favor of the Colonels.

Curry outscored Mitchell 4-2 in the fourth to seal the win. Marsh and LaPorte each found the back of the net for the Mariners in the stanza.

O'Brien picked up his first win of the season in net with 13 saves. LeMay made a season-high 22 stops for the Mariners.

Mitchell returns to action on Saturday, March 19 when it hosts Johnston State College at 1 p.m.