Lions Roar Past Men's Lacrosse

3/26/2013 9:26:00 PM

Box Score

ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University men's lacrosse team start strong, but finish with a 11-4 loss to non-conference Albright College, Tuesday evening.

The game was plagued by penalties, the Knights with 10 penalties and Albright with seven penalties. On the night, Albright outshot the Knights 48-23. Alex Becker made 23 saves in the game.

The Knights started off the game with two quick goals from Mark Campion and Ryan O'Kane to take a 2-0 lead.

Albright surged for five consecutive goals and they took a 5-2 lead that stretch from midway through the first period to 5:37 remaining in the second period. The Lions used a time out with 14 seconds in the first period to set up a play for a final shot. The Lions quick collaboration came to fruition when the Lions player circled the Knights goal and find an open player to score with two seconds left in the period.

Albright took a page out of the Knights book by scoring two quick goals. The goals came 29 seconds into the third period and then 58 seconds into the period to take a 7-3 lead.

Neumann battled all evening, as they played some of their best Lacrosse all season, but momentary mistakes took precedence.

O'Kane scored the only goal in the third period for the Knights and his second goal of the game at the 7:58 mark in the third period.

“It matters how hard you work, but the game boils down to proper execution both when we attack and defend. I think we need to master both of these things to be more competitive and give ourselves a chance to win,” said Coach Malampy.

The Knights (1-7) travel to CSAC opponents Immaculata University on Saturday, April 6 at 1 p.m.

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