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Jack Kearney

Men's Lacrosse

Post Falls At Home To Dominican, 9-8

Wright Leads Eagles With Two Goals, Two Assists

Box Score

WATERBURY, Conn. – With the score tied with 43 seconds remaining, Hunter Curran scored his fourth goal of the game to give Dominican a 9-8 victory over Post on Wednesday afternoon at LaMoy Field. The Eagles outshot the Chargers 51-24 on the afternoon.
 
Post held a 1-0 lead after one quarter as freshman Alex Brownlee (Syracuse, N.Y.) scored his team-high 17th goal of the year. The two teams were tied 3-3 at the break, freshman Kyle Shannon (Stanhope, N.J.) and sophomore Shane McKay (Hempstead, N.Y.) each scored in the second for Post.
 
The Chargers started to pull away after halftime with three straight goals in the first 10 minutes. Curran found the back of the net twice for Dominican as it built a 6-3 lead. Junior Brian Beatson (Fairfax, Va.) closed the deficit to two on a goal with 4:53 remaining in the quarter. Dominican led 7-4 after three quarters.
 
Freshman Tim Wright (Waterloo, N.Y.) scored twice and assisted on another as the Eagles battled back to tie the score 7-7 with 9:27 left in the game. Post found itself a man-down after a slashing penalty and the Chargers capitalized on the extra-man opportunity to pull ahead 8-7.
 
After a timeout by Dominican with 3:53 left, freshman Troy Walters (Corning, N.Y.) forced a turnover to give Post an offensive opportunity. Shannon beat the keeper for his second goal of the game to tie the score 8-8 with 2:29 remaining.
 
The Chargers won the ensuing faceoff and had two attempts to take the lead, but freshman goalkeeper Matt Castellvi (Bellmore, N.Y.) made two saves and the Eagles gained possession. Post turned the ball over out of a timeout with 1:10 left and Dominican cleared the ball and scored the winning goal. The Eagles had two chances to tie in the final seconds.
 
Post forced Dominican into 21 turnovers, junior Matt Edwin (Stamford, Conn.) caused five turnovers on the day. The Eagles picked up 31 ground balls, six by freshman Jack Kearney (Sandy Hook, Conn.) Post did not score on any of its extra-man opportunities for the first time this season.
 
The Eagles are back in action on Saturday, March 22 in Washington, D.C. against the University of the District of Columbia. Face-off is set for 4:30 p.m.


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