Men's Lacrosse

Immaculata wins Men's Lacrosse title over Marymount

IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata men's lacrosse team captured their first Atlantic East Conference in program history on Saturday afternoon defeating Marymount 15-12 at Draper Walsh Stadium. Bailey Manion scored eight goals to earn Championship MVP honors. Goalkeeper Matthew Ludlow made 13 saves in goal for Immaculata. The win was Immaculata's 11th straight win extending their program record winning streak. Immaculata earns their first trip to the NCAA Tournament with the Atlantic East Conference's automatic bid.

With the win Immaculata improves to 14-5 overall and they were 5-0 in Atlantic East Confrence play this season. Marymount falls to 11-6, and they were 4-1 in Atlantic East Conference play.
 
How it Happened
  • David Azzarano opened the scoring at 13:08 of the first quarter. Bailey Manion scored at 11:14 to give Immaculata a 2-0 lead. Joseph Biuso, Seth Panowitz, and Ben Wesolowski all scored goals to give Immaculata a 5-0 lead. Bailey Manion scored his second goal of the game assisted by Aiden Lawrence to increase Immaculata's lead to 6-0.
  • Marymount got a goal from Robert Kirkland to make the score 6-1. Bailey Manion scored his third and fourth goals both assisted by David Azzarano to give Immaculata an 8-1 lead after one quarter of play.
  • Marymount drew first blood in the second quarter with a goal from Drew Bedard. Seth Panowitz scored Immaculata's lone goal in the second quarter at 9:00 to increase Immaculata's lead to 9-2. Marymount scored the final four goals of the second quarter with scores Robert Kirkland, two from Ian Fructuoso and one from Bryan Maguire as Immaculata led 9-6 at halftime.
  • Marymount scored early in the third quarter with a goal from Drew Bedford. Bailey Manion scored back-to-back goals for Immaculata, the second one assisted by Jason Smaron to put Immaculata up 11-7. Ian Frucuoso scored late in the third quarter as Immaculata led 12-9, heading into the fourth quarter.
  • Ian Fructuoso scored twice early in the fourth quarter for Marymount to cut the Immaculata lead to 12-11 with 13:35 remaining in the game. Immaculata goalkeeper Matthew Ludlow made three saves to keep Immaculata in the lead. Ben Wesolowski increased Immaculata's lead to 13-11 at 9:04 with a behind the back shot goal off an assist from David Azzarano.
  • Drew Bedard scored for Marymount at 5:23 to cut the lead to 13-12. Marymount had an opportunity to tie the game after winning the face-off, but Matt Ludlow made a save on a shot by Bedard. Immaculata ran time off the clock, and a shot by Ryan Gorman was saved. Marymount carried the ball up the field and Colton Rhoades caused Gavin Taylorson to turn over the ball and grabbed the ground ball for Immaculata. Immaculata called a timeout.
  • Following the timeout, Bailey Manion scored his eighth goal of the game (his 50th goal of the season) with 1:59 remaining to give Immaculata a 14-12 lead. With Marymount desperate, Ryan Gorman scored with 1:22 remaining as Immaculata would win the game 15-12.
 
Team Stats
  • Immaculata outshot Marymount 44-37 and 26-25 in shots on goal.
  • Immaculata 13 saves to Marymount's 11
  • Immaculata had eight turnovers to Marymount's 20.
  • Immaculata was 23-25 on clear attempts while Marymount was 11-14.
  • Marymount had 36 ground balls to Immaculata's 32.
  • Marymount won 24 faceoffs to Immaculata's 5.
  • Immaculata was 1-4 on extra man opportunities while Marymount was 2-3.
 
Top Mighty Mac Performers
  • Bailey Manion scored eight goals on nine shots, two ground balls and a caused turnover to earn Championship MVP honors. His eight goals in one game ties the program record Manion already shares with Brendan Dinneen (3/14/2009).
  • David Azzarano scored one goal and three assists, six shots, two ground balls and a caused turnover.
  • Seth Panowitz scored two goals on three shots.
  • Ben Wesolowski scored two goals on eight shots.
  • Joseph Biuso scored one goal and had one assist on four shots, with two ground balls.
  • Ryan Gorman scored one goal and added one assist on seven shots.
  • Aidan Lawrence had one assist, six ground balls, four caused turnovers and won two out of three faceoffs he took.
  • Colton Rhoades had had three groundballs and a caused turnover.
  • Goalkeeper Matthew Ludlow made 13 saves on 37 shots faced including three saves in the fourth quarter when protecting a one goal lead.
  • Robbie Wishart and Bradley Mead each had two groundballs and a caused turnover.
 
Up Next
  • The Immaculata men's lacrosse team earns the AEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament. They will learn their destination in the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament Selection Show on Sunday at 9 p.m. The selection show is streamed on ncaa.com.