Stevens Advances In ECAC Tournament; Cougars
Fall, 21-5
HOBOKEN, N.J. (5/11/07) - Senior midfielder
Matt Althauser (Bellevue, Wash.) led the Ducks
with five goals and three assists as the Stevens Institute of
Technology men's lacrosse team advanced to the championship game of
the 2007 ECAC Division III Metro Championship with a 21-5 victory
over Kean University on Friday night at the De Baun Athletic
Complex.
Senior Steve Gill (Patchogue, N.Y.) had a
team-high three goals for the Cougars whose season ends at 11-8.
Senior midfielder Mark Bielicky (Bridgewater,
N.J.) totaled four goals and four assists for the Ducks
who improved to 15-4 with the win.
Althauser and Bielicky gave Stevens a 4-0 lead in the first
quarter as they each tallied two goals and an assist apiece.
Althauser got the Ducks on the board just 1:01 into the game on a
pass from sophomore midfielder Matt Keating (Chatham,
N.J.). He tallied his second goal at the 5:49 mark
on a feed from Bielicky. Bielicky added two straight goals
within a 3:16 span of each other. Gill connected on a pass
from freshman attack Scott Leathem (Fairlawn,
N.J.) with 1:15 remaining to cut the Ducks lead to three.
Stevens netted seven goals in the second quarter to put the game
out of reach. Bielicky picked up his third goal of the game
1:09 into the quarter on a shot that hit the post and bounced into
the goal. Gill scored a man-up goal for the Cougars on a feed from
junior attack Dennis Lukacsko (Lincoln Park,
N.Y.), but the Ducks headed into the break up, 11-2.
Stevens scored three straight goals to open up the third quarter
for a 14-2 advantage. Gill totaled his third goal for the
Cougars at the 7:35 mark, but it was not enough as Stevens added
five more goals in the last quarter of play.
Stevens owned a 55-23 advantage in shots and 53-36 in ground
balls in the game.
