MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The SUNY Morrisville men's lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season schedule Saturday afternoon with a 19-2 defeat of visiting Hilbert College in United East action on Drake Field in Morrisville.

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: Morrisville 19, Hilbert 2 (halftime: Morrisville 13-0)
• Location: Drake Field, Morrisville, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 8-4, 4-1 United East; Hilbert 3-8, 2-3 United East

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Host SUNY Morrisville men's lacrosse picked up a 19-2 victory in United East action Saturday afternoon as the seniors celebrated their final regular season contest on Drake Field.
• Morrisville, who is expected to receive the second overall seed in the upcoming league tournament, will wait to learn of their opponent as announced by the United East conference office later this weekend.
• Morrisville dominated all facets of the contest, limiting Hilbert to just 11 shots across all four quarters, while outgaining the Hawks in the battle on the ground in both ground ball pick ups, 46-21, and faceoffs, 16-8.
• Dante Patriarco (Cortland, N.Y.) and Dean Mohammed (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) each collected five goals apiece, with Patriarco adding an assist to his totals.
• Senior Chris Picciott (Brewerton, N.Y.) collected the hat trick with three tallies, also adding an assist, while six additional teammates posted scores to contribute to the win.
• Fellow senior Zach Nestor (Manlius, N.Y.) set a new single game record mark in assists, topping his own record established nearly one year ago to the date against Hilbert, as he registered 11, to go along with six ground ball pick-ups.
• Senior midfielder Evan Kistner (Fulton, N.Y.) also had a multi-point day, recording a goal, while assisting three others.
• Defensively, Morrisville allowed just six Hilbert shots on goal, four of which were turned away by senior goalkeeper Dylan Laplace (Chester, Conn.) for the win.
• Seniors Zack Mabry (Suffern, N.Y.) and Kyle Farrell (Holtsville, N.Y.) combined for 11 ground balls and eight caused turnovers, each causing four.
• Michael Avgenikos (Cazenovia, N.Y.) dominated the center x, winning 13-of-16 faceoffs for the Mustangs.
• Mohammed got the scoring rolling for the Mustangs at the 13:55 mark of the opening quarter as he buried the 15-yard snipe off the feed from Daniel Squires (Aquebogue, N.Y.).
• James Graizzaro (Hillside, N.J.) added to the Mustang lead with the tally off the feed from Nestor from behind the net, kicking off a five-goal spurt over the ensuing four minutes that saw Mohammed tally two, and Patriarco three more for the 7-0 lead.
• Nestor assisted four of those tallies.
• Mohammed sent the Mustangs into the quarter break with his fourth of the frame, burying the shot off the Kistner feed.
• It was all Morrisville again in the second, as Patriarco notched his 39^th of the season, before Picciott rattled off three for the hat trick as well.
• Squires also got in on the scoring with his strike with 4:43 to go.
• Morrisville led 13-0 at the break and quickly added to their lead with an extra man tally from Ethan Hicks (Dryden, N.Y.) seconds into the third.
• Morrisville added two more, including one from Cade Moss (New Hartford, N.Y.) before Hilbert was able to break through with one at the 2:23 mark.
• Mohammed, though, would regain the 16 goal lead, putting away the dish from Nestor with time winding down in the frame.
• Midway through the fourth, Hilbert notched a second goal, but that was short-lived as Kistner responded with his 15^th of the year a minute later.
• Midfielder Willie Burns (Cutchogue, N.Y.) wrapped up all scoring for the day, sending the bullet into the back of the net on the fast break as Nestor found the fellow senior wide open on the crease.
• Burns' tally also gave Nestor his 11^th assist of the contest, setting the new single game record mark.
• Nathan Weise (Rochester, N.Y.) played the final quarter in net for the Mustangs.

 
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville will await their opponent in the upcoming United East tournament as announced by the league office this weekend.
• Details of the contest will be announced once made available.
• Prior to the contest, Morrisville celebrated its senior class: Nestor, Kistner, Picciott, Burns, Mabry, Farrell, LaPlace and Mitch Bliss (Canandaigua, N.Y.).

 
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