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MEN'S LACROSSE LOSE TO WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY
May 5, 2012

MEN'S LACROSSE LOSE TO WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY

Wheeling, WV (5/5/12) The Dominican College men's lacrosse team lost to host, Wheeling Jesuit University, 14-5, this afternoon in East Coast Conference (ECC) action played this afternoon. With the loss, Dominican falls to 1-11 overall and 0-8 in the ECC, while Wheeling Jesuit improves to 7-8 overall and 1-8 in conference play.

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Wheeling, WV (5/5/12)  The Dominican College men's lacrosse team lost to host, Wheeling Jesuit University, 14-5, this afternoon in East Coast Conference (ECC) action played this afternoon.  With the loss, Dominican falls to 1-11 overall and 0-8 in the ECC, while Wheeling Jesuit improves to 7-8 overall and 1-8 in conference play.

The Cardinals held a 3-0 lead after one quarter of play when attacker Daniel Steigert (Copiague, NY) scored a goal off the assist from Connor Lawlor (Neptune City, NJ) to make the score 3-1 with 12:55 to go in the second quarter.

From there WJU closed out the second quarter with three goals and continued on the run in the third with four more goals to pull ahead, 10-1.  DC broke the run with just over two minutes to play in the third quarter as Steigert tallied his second goal of the game.

Wheeling Jesuit went up, 11-2 with the fourth quarter's first goal, but Lawlor scored an unassisted goal less than a minute later.  The Cardinals scored three straight goals, but Dominican broke the run to end the game on a 2-0 spurt.  Freshman midfielder Maxwell Odynski (Northport, NY) scored a goal and Chris Delaney (Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada) netted the game's last goal for the 14-5 final score.

Junior goalie Andrew Slater (Brookfield, CT) had a career high 22 saves in the loss.

DC is back in action tomorrow as they travel to Seton Hill University.

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.