Published: March 18, 2006
Queens, NY
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The St. John's lacrosse team fell to No. 17 Loyola, 6-5, at
DaSilva Memorial Field Saturday afternoon. Despite the loss, the
Red Storm played the Greyhounds toe-to-toe, taking six more shots
and winning 10 of the 15 battles from the faceoff circle.
Midfielder
Justin O'Donnell (Levittown, N.Y.) played his best game of the
season, picking up a hat trick on ten shots while attackman
Tom Michaelsen (Bethpage, N.Y.) tallied two goals. Meanwhile,
goaltender
Dave Saccente (Lake Grove, N.Y.) stopped nine Greyhound
shots.
Despite Loyola outshooting the Red Storm, 9-3, and also taking
the groundball advantage, 11-3, St. John's scored the lone goal of
the first quarter thanks to O'Donnell. This was the first time this
season the Greyhounds did not score in the first quarter.
In the second, Loyola attackman Ryan Rabidou took advantage of a
man-up opportunity, scoring five minutes into the period. The Red
Storm took the lead back three minutes later when Michaelsen netted
a goal and O'Donnell converted an extra-man chance at the 2:25 mark
to make the score 3-1. Loyola answered though with just 30 seconds
left in the half on another Rabidou goal to bring the Greyhounds
within one.
St. John's was held scoreless in the third quarter while Loyola
went on a three goal run. Andrew Spack picked up two of the goals,
tying the game at 7:48 and then giving the Greyhounds their first
lead of the game at 4:10.
But the Red Storm battled back in the fourth. Michaelsen put St.
John's within one while O'Donnell knotted the contest up at 5-5
with eight minutes remaining in regulation.
The Greyhounds Patrick Kennedy grabbed the unassisted
game-winning goal with just under seven minutes left. St. John's
took six shots in the final six and a half minutes in an effort
push the game into overtime but was unsuccessful.
St. John's falls to 2-3 on the season, 0-2 in conference play,
while Loyola improves to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the league.
The Red Storm hits the road this Saturday as it collides with
the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The two programs
have met only one time, which was last season when the Cadets
squeezed by the Red Storm, 13-11, at DaSilva Memorial Field.
-Red Storm-