MORRISVILLE, N.Y. – The SUNY Morrisville men's lacrosse team advanced to the United East Championship Final Wednesday night, powering their way past third seeded Penn College by an 18-1 final score on Drake Field in Morrisville.

THE BASICS:

• Final Score: #2 Morrisville 18, #3 Penn College 1 (halftime: Morrisville 9-1)
• Location: Drake Field, Morrisville, N.Y.
• Records: Morrisville 9-4, Penn College 11-7

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• The second seeded SUNY Morrisville men's lacrosse team powered their way past third seed Penn College Wednesday night, advancing to the United East Championship Final for the ninth straight season, as they handed the Wildcats the 18-1 defeat on Drake Field in Morrisville in semifinal action.
• Morrisville will meet St. Mary's College for a rematch of last year's championship final, after the top seeded Seahawks defeated fourth seed Hilbert, 21-3 earlier this afternoon.
• The Mustangs came out of the gates sluggish but found their groove as they dominated nearly every facet of the game.
• Penn's lone score was the first of the contest as Croix Teter put away the feed from Quinn Caviola on the crease for the 1-0 lead.
• Less than a minute later, Morrisville's Dante Patriarco (Cortland, N.Y.) countered with his 41^st of the season, burying the shot off the dish from Evan Kistner (Fulton, N.Y.) to even it up at one.
• Morrisville got a second tally of the quarter to claim the 2-1 lead after one with 1:41 to go in the frame, with Zach Nestor (Manlius, N.Y.) rolling crease and adding the behind the back tally for the hosts.
• A tally from Dean Mohammed (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) under a minute into the second kicked off a seven goal frame for the hosts, who led 9-1 at the half.
• Mohammed put away the snipe from Nestor, before Chis Picciott (Brewerton, N.Y.) got in on the action with his first of four on the night off the feed from Kistner.
• Patriarco posted another before Daniel Squires (Aquebogue, N.Y.) notched one at the 6:01 mark.
• Kistner buried the feed from Nestor for the six-goal lead, before tallies from Curtis Robitaille (Endwell, N.Y.) and Patriarco extended the advantage to eight.
• It was all Morrisville in the second half, pouring in five more tallies in the third for the commanding 14-1 lead and adding another four in the final frame to put the contest out of reach.
• Nestor added two to his totals, along with three assists, finishing with a game total 10 points behind three goals and seven assists.
• Robitaille added a second, while Patriarco notched two more to round out the night with five goals and an assist.
• James Graizzaro (Hillside, N.J.) notched one, while Picciott collected three more for the six-point performance.
• Picciott netted four, while assisting two others.
• Dylan LaPlace (Chester, Conn.) collected the win between the pipes, backstopping the Mustangs with 14 saves, also causing a turnover.
• Michael Avgenikos (Cazenovia, N.Y.) was 14-for-21 from the center X, collecting eight ground balls.
•  Nicholas DeNicola (Southold, N.Y.) picked up seven ground balls to go along with two caused turnovers, while the Mustangs defensive unit forced 28 Wildcat miscues.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
 

• Morrisville will head to St. Mary's College for the United East Championship final, set to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 in St. Mary's City.

 
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