ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University Men's Lacrosse team put together a dominating performance in defeating Centenary University in an Atlantic East game on Monday afternoon by a final score of 25-3.
 
Neumann got off to a solid start as Renzo Garone and Jake Methlie scored in the first 75 seconds of the game. Centenary responded with two of the next three goals, sandwiching a Brendan Boschi goal to pull within one, four minutes into the game. The Knights called a time out and from there controlled the game. For the rest of the quarter, Neumann scored nine goals in a row.
 
In the second, the domination continued as the Knights scored the only eight goals, pushing the lead to 20-2 at the midway break. They also shutout the Cyclones in the third by a 4-0 margin before the two teams traded single goals in the fourth.
 
Boschi led the onslaught with nine goals and four assists. Garone added a hat-trick plus six assists while Connor Hurley also scored three with one assist. Jordan Frenzen helped out with a couple of goals of his own. Methlie's early goal, his first of the season, highlighted a big day for him as he also won 15 of 18 face-offs, including the 400^th win of his career. Nic Ruberto also picked up his first goal as a collegian.
 
Methlie also ended up with a team-high 10 ground balls followed by nine of Javon Felix to go with his 11-for 12 performance in the faceoff "X". Luke Sykes caused three turnovers to lead the defensive effort. All three goalie got into the game as Owen Avelar and Brycen Wolfahrt made three saves each and Joe Mcfiberesima made one.
 
Neumann (8-4, 2-0 Atlantic East) will hit the road for their next game as they take on Cabrini University on Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 PM.