No. 3 Pace 16, No. 6 Assumption 8
Box Score
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – The No. 7 Pace University men's lacrosse team came to play in the Northeast 10 quarterfinals on Saturday, scoring eight unanswered goals to blast through Assumption University, 16-8, at Northwell Stadium.
Pace advances to the semifinals for a rematch with Saint Anselm College on Wednesday, May 1 at 4 p.m. in Manchester, NH.
Pace's offense ensured that Assumption would never have a shot to pull off an upset. After a quiet opening couple of minutes, Daniel Zabbia took a pass from Collin Reese to start an avalanche of goals. Ryan Kemp followed that up, hooking up with Trevor Lamoruex to bump it up to 2-0. From there, five more goals which lasted until 8:17 in the second quarter, found the back of the cage for Pace to own a 7-1 lead.
With the large lead, any hope of a comeback for Assumption was shattered as four of the next five goals went in favor of Pace to make the score 12-2 halfway through the third quarter.
Kemp was an offensive force, scoring a game-high six goals while assisting on one goal for seven points. Zabbia finished with three goals and two assists while Brian Brennan forced an impressive four turnovers. Maxwell Streety dominated the face off X, going 12-18 while securing seven ground balls.
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No. 4 Bentley 15, No. 5 Saint Michael's 6
Box Score
The Bentley Falcons scored the first four goals Saturday night and never looked back, jettisoning Saint Michael's from the NE10 Championship's opening round 15-6. Will Adams scored the first two goals and finished with a hat trick. Bentley was also led by three goals from Jayce Lambert and David Gagnon. Seven of the Falcon goals were assisted.
Goalie Jackson Tinsley made 12 saves in thew win while Sean Regan faced 32 shots for the Purple Knights, stopping 17. Turnovers told a story as well, with Saint Michael's giving the ball away 19 times, nine more than their opponent.
Saint Michael's made several attempts, but never pulled closer than four goals after Bentley's hot start. The Falcons scored the game's final three goals. Saint Michael's did pick up two goals from Cristian Reyes.
The Falcons advance to take on the NE10's regular season champion, and No. 1 seed, in the conference semifinals when they travel to Adelphi on Tuesday.
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