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CHARGERS LACROSSE FALL TO FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY
March 13, 2013

CHARGERS LACROSSE FALL TO FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY

Hillburn, N.Y. (3/13/13) The Chargers lacrosse team fell in non-conference action this afternoon to the visiting Ravens of Franklin Pierce Univeristy, 12-5, in a game played at the Torne Valley Sports Complex. With the loss DC falls to 0-2 on the year, while the Ravens are now 1-0 overall.

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Hillburn, N.Y. (3/13/13)  The Chargers lacrosse team fell in non-conference action this afternoon to the visiting Ravens of Franklin Pierce Univeristy, 12-5, in a game played at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.  With the loss DC falls to 0-2 on the year, while the Ravens are now 1-0 overall.

The Ravens scored first with 7:16 left in the first quarter, but Dominican tied the score at 1-1 less than a minute later as junior midfielder Thomas Dertinger (Nanuet, N.Y.) netted his third goal of the season.

FPU accounted for all of the scoring in the second quarter as they took a 4-1 lead into the intermission.

Dertinger recorded his second game goal with 8:54 left in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 4-2, but the Ravens went on to score the next six consecutive goals to increase the lead to 10-4.

Daniel Steigert* (Copiague, N.Y.) netted his second goal of the season with 8:15 remaining in the game off the assist from Sean McGregor (Bloomingburg, N.Y.) to make the score 10-4.  After a FPU goal, attacker Joseph Ravenell (Copiague, N.Y.) tallied his fourth goal of the season on a man up opportunity with 3:41 to go to make the score 11-4.

The Ravens scored their last goal of the game with two and a half minutes to go and freshman Jusstin Ruffin (Amityville, N.Y.) recorded his first collegiate goal for the final 12-5 score.

Matthew Quinones (Nanuet, N.Y.) played 46:50 in the net, allowing eight goals and had a season high 22 saves.  Andrew Slater* (Brookfield, Conn.) game in for teh final 13:10 and made five saves while allowing four goals.

Dertinger and McGregor led the Chargers with two points a-piece as Dertinger had two goals and McGregor recorded two assists.

Dominican is back in action next Monday as they host Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham at the Torne Valley Sports Complex.

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.