DELHI, N.Y. - SUNY Morrisville attackmen
Zach Nestor (Manlius, N.Y.) and
Dean Mohammed (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) combined for 13 points Tuesday evening as they led the visiting Mustangs to a 15-12 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) win over host SUNY Delhi in Delhi.
QUICK FACTS:
- Final Score: Morrisville 15, Delhi 12
- Location: Neill Riddell Field, Delhi, N.Y.
- Records: Morrisville 2-6, 1-0 NAC; Delhi 8-3, 1-2 NAC
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Visiting SUNY Morrisville men's lacrosse opened North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play Tuesday evening on the road at SUNY Delhi, posting a 15-12 win over the host Broncos in Delhi.
- Senior Zach Nestor (Manlius, N.Y.) and sophomore Dean Mohammed (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) combined for 13 points Tuesday, leading the Mustang charge.
- Mohammed led all scorers with five goals, including a man-down tally, while snagging two ground ball pickups.
- Nestor added two goals and assisted six others, while teammates Kyan Dohn (East Brunswick, N.J.) and Dante Patriarco (Cortland, N.Y.) each posted hat tricks with their three-goal performances in the win.
- Chris Stancarone (Levittown, N.Y.) posted two points behind his one score and assist, while Daniel Squires (Aquebogue, N.Y.) added a goal and John Carter (Kirkville, N.Y.) an assist.
- Squires also added four ground balls and two caused turnovers to his tallies on the day, while Curtis Robitaille (Endwell, N.Y.) collected three grounders alongside Chris Vecchiarelli (Cazenovia, N.Y.).
- Gabe Mathews (Sharon, Conn.) picked up the win in net,  collecting five stops in the first half of play, before Nathan Weise (Rochester, N.Y.) appeared in the second half and turned aside five.
- Delhi held a 4-3 lead after the opening quarter in Tuesday's conference play, but the man-down strike by Mohammed as time wound down carried the Mustang momentum into the second where they posted three quick tallies to claim a 6-4 advantage minutes in.
- Mohammed picked up his 10th and 11th of the season, while Nestor added his 13th goal.
- Dohn added one more for the Mustangs with 4:22 to go before half to send the game into the break with a 7-5 visitor lead.
- In the third, Morrisville quickly took advantage of a man-up opportunity and Patriarco drilled the back of the net to extend the lead to three, but Delhi would come charging back, evening the score at eight with 4:10 left in the quarter.
- Stancarone broke the tie with his snipe from Nestor at 3:17, before returning the favor a minute later as Nestor buried the ball over the Bronco goalie for the 10-8 lead after three quarters of play.
- Morrisville used their two goal score at the end of the third to put together a 7-0 run that extended late into the fourth, opening the gap to nearly double Delhi's score.
- Dohn picked up his sixth of the year off the dish from Nestor, before Squires ran the ball upfield on the clear to bury the long stick score, his second of the year.
- Dohn added his third of the day off the swing from Carter, before Nestor hit fellow senior Patriarco with back-to-back tallies less than a minute apart to open the gap to seven.
- Delhi didn't go away easily, though, netting four within a minute's time to make it a 15-12 game in favor of the visitors, but that's as close as they would get as time ran out.
WHAT'S NEXT:
- Morrisville will meet last year's NAC champion Maine Maritime Academy on the road at the Mariners Saturday in a 1 p.m. faceoff in Maine.
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