Andolina Scores a Glut as Lacrosse Holds on For First NAC Win Over SUNY Cobleskill

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The MCLA Lacrosse team continued their North Atlantic Conference slate this evening, welcoming the SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers to Shewcraft Field. MCLA's Anthony Andolina found the back of the cage five times, while Sean Neu picked up his first collegiate hat trick in the Trailblazers' first win of the 2024 season.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
• Score: SUNY Cobleskill 13, MCLA 14
• Records: SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers 1-6 (NAC 0-3) | MCLA Trailblazers 1-8 (NAC 1-3)

HIGHLIGHTS

• SUNY Cobleskill jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the first quarter. Both goals were scored by Albert Sippio (11:14, unassisted), and (9:12, unassisted).
• MCLA responded with a run of three goals of their own. The first tally was an unassisted effort from Luke Rhoss (8:31, unassisted). Less than two minutes later, Sean Neu (6:48, unassisted) evened the score at 2-2 before Rhoss (6:02, unassisted) scored his second of the game and thirteenth of the season. The lead gave the Trailblazers their first lead since the first quarter of the March 13^th game at Keystone, a span of 301 minutes and four seconds.
• The Fighting Tigers tied the game back at three with just under four minutes remaining in the first quarter when Sean D'Amaro (3:54, assisted by Alex Baker) scored a man-down goal. Neu (2:35, Rhoss) put the hosts back in front 4-3 with his second of the game and the final score of the opening period.
• MCLA's Ty Roadcap (11:29, Rhoss) scored his first collegiate goal to push the home advantage to two goals just over two and a half minutes into the second quarter. That two-goal advantage evaporated over the next two minutes and 22 seconds with D'Amaro (9:45, Rob Staubitz and 9:07, unassisted) putting two goals in the back of the cage.
• Anthony Andolina (8:28, Neu) scored his first of the game to put the Trailblazers back in front with just under eight and a half minutes left in the first half.
• SUNY Cobleskill made the most of that remaining time to score two more goals (Staubitz, 5:37, unassisted, and Alex Baker, 2:10, Trevor Masocco) to take a 7-6 edge into the intermission.
• The back and forth continued into the second half, with the teams combining for eight goals in the third quarter. First, Neu (13:30, unassisted) tied the game at seven, only to see D'Amaro (9:30, unassisted) take the lead back for the visitors.
• Following D'Amaro's goal, Andolina (8:09, unassisted), (5:04, unassisted), (2:42, Rhoss), and (1:43, unassisted) scored four of the game's next five goals for MCLA. The only exception was D'Amaro's (3:21, Staubitz) goal, which tied the game at nine at the time. The run of four goals brought Andolina's season total to 12 goals.
• In the closing seconds of the third quarter, Boden Dock (0:17, Walter Brown) gave the Trailblazers their largest lead of the day, moving the score at the end of the third quarter to 12-9.
• The fourth quarter saw the Fighting Tigers claw their way back to even with the hosts with two goals apiece from Sippio ((14:22, unassisted) and (4:43, unassisted)) and Masocco ((11:18, Staubitz) and (5:06, unassisted)). The Sippio and Masocco goals were sandwiched around Lucan McGrath's (7:55, unassisted) second goal of the season.
• As the game reached the two-minute mark, Dock (1:40, unassisted) scored what would turn out to be MCLA's game-winning goal and his sixth of the year.
• Neal Brierly recorded 13 saves to earn his first collegiate win and improve his record to 1-3. For SUNY Cobleskill, James Meier converted 14 saves on 28 shots but fell to 1-6 on the year.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Shots (Shots on Goal): SUNY Cobleskill 40 (20), MCLA 52 (28)
• Saves: SUNY Cobleskill 14, MCLA 13
• Faceoffs Won: SUNY Cobleskill 15, MCLA 16
• Turnovers: SUNY Cobleskill 30, MCLA 22
• Ground Balls: SUNY Cobleskill 26, MCLA 56
• Clears: SUNY Cobleskill 27 for 30, MCLA 25 for 29
• Man Up Opportunities: SUNY Cobleskill 1 for 3, MCLA 0 for 4

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when they play host to Thomas College for a North Atlantic Conference matchup with the Terriers at Shewcraft Field. The faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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