Feb. 13, 2015 Box Score
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| | | Statistical Leaders | | Goals | Totals | | LC - Round | 2 | | WC - McMenamin | 2 | | Assists | Totals | | LC - Sands | 2 | | WC - Battaglia | 1 | | Faceoffs | Totals | | LC - Thomas | 8-10 | | WC - McMenamin | 2-3 | | Ground Balls | Totals | | LC - Cannon | 5 | | WC - Three Players | 3 | | Caused Turnovers | Totals | | LC - Cannon, Confort | 2 | | WC - McMenamin | 4 |
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| | | | Goalkeepers | | Player | Mins | GA | S | | LC - Cortese (1-0) | 60:00 | 5 | 10 | | WC - Peruso (0-1) | 60:00 | 10 | 7 |
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The Lafayette men's lacrosse team opened the 2015 season with a 10-5 victory over Wagner on the road. The Leopards used a 3-0 third quarter to pull away from the Seahawks.
A balanced Lafayette attack was led by Sonny Round's two goals. Robert Orazietti and Morgan Westby each tallied a goal and an assist. Matthew Cortese picked up his first career win in his first career start making 10 saves for the Leopards. Defensively, Erik Cannon and Matt Confort each caused two turnovers, and Cannon led the team with a game-high five ground balls.
The Leopards opened the scoring in the first minute, as Scott McAvoy tallied his first career. Wagner tied the game at one at the 10-minute mark of the first quarter and the teams went into the first intermission knotted at one.
Round took a pass from Jason Sands early in the second period, giving Lafayette a 2-1 advantage. The Seahawks answered with a tally midway through the stanza, but Eric Joseph's goal with four minutes left in the half sent Lafayette into the half with a 3-2 lead.
Lafayette took advantage of an extra man opportunity early in the third quarter, as Westby fired a shot into the cage. With six minutes to go in the period, Orazietti found a cutting Brendan Dunlap who beat the Wagner goalie to make it a 5-2 Lafayette lead. Brian Bock tallied the third goal of the frame with 3:04 on the clock and the Leopards took a 6-2 advantage into the final quarter.
Orazietti pushed the Lafayette lead to five with a marker early in the fourth period. Wagner used a three-goal spurt midway through the quarter to cut the deficit to two, 7-5.
Mac Gallagher broke the drought with 4:21 to play, and Round and Matt Close added insurance goals, as Lafayette walked away with a 10-5 win.
Lafayette is back in action on Feb. 21 when it faces off at Colgate in the teams' first game of Patriot League play.
