Hankel makes 27 saves, but Men’s Lacrosse falls to Mt. St. Vincent, 9-6

Riverdale, NY—The MCLA Men's Lacrosse team fell on the road today to nonconference foe to Mt. St. Vincent, 9-6. With the loss the Trailblazers fall to 2-2 while the Dolphins move to 2-0.

After a scoreless first ten minutes, Mt. St. Vincent's Richie Albert found the back of the net at the 4:44 mark to put the Dolphins up 1-0. The hosts would score twice more to close the quarter and again at the 11:52 mark of the 2^nd when Andrew Dzubak made it 4-0.

MCLA would finally get on the board just 14 seconds later when Johnny Hebert found Boden Dock to make it 4-1.

Mt. St. Vincent would add two more, including Albert's 3^rd on the day, to head to the locker room up 6-2 at halftime.

Another Dzubak tally would make it 7-2 with just under seven minutes left in the 3^rd quarter. The Trailblazers would battle back however as Matthew Wallace would score with two minutes left in the quarter and Anthony Andolina and Dock would make it 7-5 early in the 4^th.

An Isaac Parsons tally with 6:36 left gave the Dolphins some breathing room before Dzubeck's 4^th goal with under a minute to play put the game away. Nathan Haley would add a goal late for MCLA.

Dzubeck (4 goals, 2 assists) and Albert (3 goals, 2 assists) carried the offensive load for Mt. St. Vincent while Dolphin goalie Sawyer Davis made 12 saves improving to 2-0.

Dock's 2 goals led MCLA. Goalkeeper John Hankel made an impressive 27 saves but took the loss falling to 2-2.

Mt. St. Vincent will next host Sage on Wednesday while MCLA travels to Salem State on Monday for a 6pm faceoff.