Foster Cuomo's Six-Goal Day Leads QU Men's Lacrosse to Big Road Win at Detroit Mercy

Saturday, March 31

Pontiac, MI - Wisner Stadium

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

5-5, 2-0MAAC

Detroit Mercy

4-6, 2-1MAAC

Quinnipiac

Detroit Mercy

Foster Cuomo's Six-Goal Day Leads QU Men's Lacrosse to Big Road Win at Detroit Mercy

3/31/2018 2:48:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

PONTIAC, Mich. - Junior attack Foster Cuomo had a career-high six goals and two assists, including the final four goals for the Bobcats in a tight fourth quarter, as the Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team earned a hard-fought 14-11 road win over Detroit Mercy on Saturday afternoon at Wisner Stadium. Freshman attack Jake Tomsik added three goals and two assists for the Bobcats, who improve to 2-0 in the MAAC while handing the Titans (2-1) their first conference loss.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 14 / Detroit Mercy 11

LOCATION
Wisner Stadium / Pontiac, Mich.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac 5-5, 2-0 MAAC / Detroit 4-6, 2-1 MAAC

GAME NOTES

Junior attack Foster Cuomo set a new career high in goals (six) and points (eight), surpassing the 5-2-7 he had earlier this season against NJIT.
The Bobcats went into the fourth quarter with an 8-7 lead and outscored Detroit Mercy 6-4 in the final frame, with Cuomo having a hand in every tally with four goals and two assists. He scored the final four goals for the Bobcats, two of which came while playing a man down.
The pivotal stretch came when Cuomo scored twice 38 seconds apart to put the Bobcats up 13-10, both off feeds from junior attack Mike Fletcher, the first of which came with 4:10 left and Quinnipiac a man down and clinging to an 11-10 lead. The second came at the 3:32 mark to effectively seal it.
Cuomo started the fourth quarter off by feeding freshman attack Jake Tomsik for a goal to put the Bobcats ahead 9-7 with 13;45 left.
The Titans answered that goal 23 seconds later and tied the score ay 9-9 with 11:42 to go.
Cuomo assisted on a goal from senior midfielder Brian Feldman with 10:24 to go to put the Bobcats ahead to stay, and he then scored a man down with 8:32 to go to put Quinnipiac ahead 11-9.
Senior midfielder Ryan Corcoran and Cuomo gave Quinnipiac a 2-0 lead in the first five minutes, but Detroit rattled off five straight goals to take a 5-2 lead with 12:01 left in the second.
Tomsik ended a 23-minute scoring drought for the Bobcats when he scored with 1:57 left in the half to cut the Detroit Mercy lead to 5-3, then jump-started the Bobcats in the second half with a goal at the 12:31 mark of the third quarter to close to within 5-4.
Fletcher and Cuomo then buried goals at the 11:39 mark and the 10:53 mark of the third, respectively, to put the Bobcats in front, and Fletcher capped off a 5-0 Bobcat run with a goal with 5:03 left in the third, off the second assist from sophomore midfielder Tyler DeVito.
Sophomore goalie Joe Zukauskas finished with 12 saves for the Bobcats.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Goals: Foster Cuomo 6, Jake Tomsik 3, Ryan Fletcher 2, Ryan Corcoran 1, Adam Bellamy 1, Brian Feldman 1
Assists: Jake Tomsik 2, Foster Cuomo 2, Tyler DeVito, 2, Mike Fletcher 2, Ryan Corcoran 1, Riley Palmer 1
Saves: Joe Zukauskas 12
Ground Balls: Adam Bellamy 7, Alex DiSalvo 4
Caused Turnovers: Adam Bellamy 2, Riley Palmer 2

DETROIT MERCY STAT LEADERS
Goals: Seth Mendell 3, Matt Turner 2
Assists: Alec Gilhooly 2, Lucas Ducharme 2
Saves: Michael Turnbull 14

Next Up
Quinnipiac returns home for a MAAC contest against Manhattan on Saturday at 3 p.m., the second half of a doubleheader with the women's lacrosse team, which hosts Marist at 12 p.m.