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MEN'S LACROSSE DROP THIRD STRAIGHT TO WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY
March 13, 2011

MEN'S LACROSSE DROP THIRD STRAIGHT TO WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY

Throggs Neck, NY (3/13/11) The Dominican College men's lacrosse lost their third consecutive and the opening game of East Coast Conference (ECC) play today as they fell to Wheeling Jesuit University, 7-5, in a game played at Reinhart Field on the campus of SUNY-Maritime. Following the loss the Chargers drop to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the ECC.

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Throggs Neck, NY (3/13/11)  The Dominican College men's lacrosse lost their third consecutive and the opening game of East Coast Conference (ECC) play today as they fell to Wheeling Jesuit University, 7-5, in a game played at Reinhart Field on the campus of SUNY-Maritime.  Following the loss the Chargers drop to 0-3 overall and 0-1 in the ECC.

A lone Dominican goal accounted for the scoring in the first period as junior attacker Korin Pierce (Middleburg, VA) scored his first goal of the game and his third of the season off a pass from freshman Collin Madsen (Salt Lake City, UT) with 11:54 to go.

The second period saw eight total goals scored as WJU got things going with a game-tying score at the 13:46 mark.  A 2-0 spurt by DC with goals from senior midfielder Jesse Peterson (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) and Pierce's second goal off a pass from attacker Connor Lawlor (Neptune City, NJ) regained a 3-1 lead for the Chargers with 8:57 to go before halftime.

The Cardinals closed out the second period with five unanswered goals to go up 6-3 at the intermission.

WJU opened up second half scoring with their sixth consecutive goal with 8:09 left in the period to increase the lead to 7-3.

Dominican netted their first goal of the second half with 6:02 left in the third period as senior midfielder Alex Jones (St. Albert, AB, Canada) recorded his first of two goals in the game off the assist from Peterson to make the score 7-4 after three periods.

Jones netted his second goal with 13:56 left in the game off the pass from freshman Thomas Dertinger (Nanuet, NY) to cut the lead to 7-5.

Pierce and Jones each tallied two goals a-piece to lead the Chargers, while Peterson finished with one goal and one assist.

Senior goalie Brendan Bonacum (Port Jefferson Station, NY) made 10 saves in the loss.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.