QU Men's Lacrosse Uses Dominant Defensive Effort to Take 11-3 Win Over Wagner

Saturday, March 10

Hamden, CT

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

3-3

Wagner College

2-4

Wagner

Quinnipiac

QU Men's Lacrosse Uses Dominant Defensive Effort to Take 11-3 Win Over Wagner

3/10/2018 3:09:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team defense did not allow an even strength goal in the entire game, as the Bobcats were able to coast to an 11-3 win over Wagner on Saturday afternoon at Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium. Junior attach Foster Cuomo had four goals to lead the offense, while senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli was 15-16 at the X to nearly have the second perfect game in his career.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 11 / Wagner 3

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium / Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac 3-3 / Wagner 2-4

GAME NOTES

The close defense of Riley Palmer (pictured), Mike Ruane, and Bryce Nalls came into the game after allowing one goal in the second half in a 9-6 loss at Fairfield on Tuesday and kept the momentum going, allowing only a man-up goal in the first three quarters as the Bobcats built a 10-1 lead.
Palmer led the defensive unit with four ground balls, while Ruane had two caused turnovers.
Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas had eight saves in net, as Quinnipiac finished with a 49-20 edge in shots.
Neither team could score in the first 12 minutes, before the Bobcats broke the ice with three goals int eh final 2:28 of the first quarter.
Freshman attack Jake Tomsik broke the scoreless deadlock with 2:28 left in the first, and 28 seconds later, junior Matt Frost stretched the lead to 2-0.
Senior midfielder Brian Feldman made the score 3-0 with 16 seconds left in the first quarter, the 101st goal of his career after he joined the 100-goal club in Tuesday's game at Fairfield.
Junior attack Foster Cuomo scored four of the next five Quinnipiac goals, around the second from Feldman, to stretch the lead to 8-1.
Senior long-stick midfielder Adam Bellamy assisted on the final Cuomo goal in transition with 9:38 left in the third, and then scored an unassisted goal on his own on another rush upfield to make the score 9-1.
Wagner scored two goals on extra-man opportunities in the fourth around the second goal from Frost to make the final score 11-3.
Senior face-off specialist Vitelli was 14-14 on face-offs entering the fourth quarter, but finally lost the opening one of the fourth quarter before finishing 15-16.
As a sophomore, Vitelli was 19-19 on faceoffs in an overtime win over Marist.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Goals: Foster Cuomo 4, Matt Frost 2, Brian Feldman 2, Jake Tomsik 1, Adam Bellamy 1, Mike Fletcher 1
Assists: Matt Frost 2, Adam Bellamy, Anthony Carchietta, Jake Tomsik, Sam Witt
Saves: Joe Zukauskas 8
Ground Balls:Will Vitelli 4, Riley Palmer 4, Adam Bellamy 3
Faceoffs: Will Vitelli: 15-16

WAGNER STAT LEADERS
Goals: Andrew Streilein 2, Davis Prince
Assists: Nick Ancona, Davis Prince
Saves: Matt Sefcik 16
Ground Balls: Kevin Doherty 5

Next Up
Quinnipiac begins conference play when it welcomes Siena on Saturday for a 12 p.m. contest.