LAX Knocked Off at ECAC Championship
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Mitchell (9-4) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Western New Eng. (15-5) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Mitchell College men's lacrosse team made its postseason debut on Saturday night but suffered a 21-6 loss to 20th-ranked Western New England College in the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship.
Freshman midfielder Sean Lawton scored four goals and had an assist for WNEC. The Golden Bears (15-5) will meet Hartwick (10-8) at 1:00 p.m. Sunday in the title contest. The Hawks defeated Marywood (Pa.) 8-6 in the other semifinal contest.
Mitchell took a 2-0 lead midway through the first period on goals by junior attacker Adam Grillo and freshman attacker Erik Vasquez.
Western New England poured in seven goals in the final six minutes to take a 7-3 lead after the opening quarter. Junior attacker Joe O'Keefe played a key role with a pair of goals and assist. Freshman attacker Adam Knapton scored with 3.3 seconds left in the quarter.
Knapton also tallied the first goal of the second period while junior attacker Andrew Mariani had an assist and goal with six seconds remaining as the Golden Bears outscored the Mariners by a 5-0 margin to take a 12-3 lead at half-time.
Western New England then scored six more times in the third quarter with junior midfielder Chris D'Angelo firing home a shot as time expired for a commanding 18-3 advantage.
The Golden Bears scored 14 unanswered goals at one point and kept Mitchell off the board for 38 minutes, 31 seconds.
Knapton finished with three goals while O'Keefe and sophomore attacker Corrigan Harreys each contributed two goals and two assists. Senior midfielder Anthony Monfredo and freshman attacker Justin McKinney each scored twice.
Freshman midfielder Demetre Lyras and freshman attacker Shane Sullivan both tallied a pair of goals for the Mariners who end their season with a 9-4 record.
