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# 6 MERCY COLLEGE UPENDS MEN'S LACROSSE
April 11, 2011

# 6 MERCY COLLEGE UPENDS MEN'S LACROSSE

Orangeburg, NY (4/11/11) The # 6 Mercy College Mavericks upended the Dominican College men's lacrosse team, 15-10, this afternoon in an East Coast Conference (ECC) game played on the DC Lacrosse Field. With the win Mercy improves to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the ECC, while Dominican falls to 2-9 overall and 1-5 in conference play.

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Orangeburg, NY (4/11/11)  The # 6 Mercy College Mavericks upended the Dominican College men's lacrosse team, 15-10, this afternoon in an East Coast Conference (ECC) game played on the DC Lacrosse Field.  With the win Mercy improves to 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the ECC, while Dominican falls to 2-9 overall and 1-5 in conference play.

Junior attacker Korin Pierce (Middleburg, VA) led the Chargers with three goals and one assist for four points.

Senior Alex Jones (St. Albert, AB, Canada) netted two goals, while Jesse Peterson (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) led the team with two assists.

Senior goalie Brendan Bonacum (Port Jefferson Station, NY) made 16 saves in 60:00 in the net.

Jones netted the first goal of the game and his 23rd of the season with 9:11 left in the first period off the assist from Peterson for a 1-0 lead.  The Mavericks answered back with two straight goals within a minute and thirty seconds of each other to go ahead 2-1.  Pierce recorded his first goal of the game with just under three minutes to play, but a Maverick goal closed out the first period and gave them a 3-2 advantage.

Mercy continued on a run with the first two goals of the second period to pull ahead 5-2, but Pierce brought the Chargers within two goals with 5:09 to play before the half.  MC went on a 4-0 run to end the first half with an 8-3 lead and tallied the first goal of the third period to make the score 9-3.

Pierce broke up the run after completing the hat trick with his third goal of the contest with 8:14 remaining in the third period for a 9-4 score.  After MC netted their 11th goal of the game, Jones scored his second game goal and team leading 25th of the season with 3:52 left in the period to make the score 11-5.  Two straight Maverick goals increased their lead to 13-5, but senior attacker Andrew Rendine (River Edge, NJ) closed out the third period with a goal off the assist from Peterson to make the score 14-6 after three periods of play.

Dominican continued on the run with the first two goals of the fourth period as freshman Thomas Dertinger (Nanuet, NY) and Peterson netted goals to make the score 13-8 with 9:21 left to play.  Trailing 14-8, DC went on another two run as Connor Lawlor (Neptune City, NJ) and Anton Gjeloshi (Pomona, NY) recorded goals, with the assist going to Pierce on Lawlor's goal to pull within four (14-10) with just under four minutes to play.  MC netted the game's last goal for the 15-10 victory.

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.