true Gwynedd Mercy 16, Immaculata 5
BOX SCOREIMMACULATA, PA. -- The Gwynedd Mercy Men's Lacrosse Team clinched a playoff berth with a 16-5 win at Immaculata on Wednesday.
The Griffins, winners of four in a row and eight of nine, improve to 8-3 and 4-0 in conference play this season.
A total of eight different players scored, led by sophomore
Richard Delea (Hanover, Pa./Southwestern)who scored a career-high four goals. Senior
Mason Risner (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) added three while the defense clamped down in the second half, allowing just two goals on six shots, turning a 6-3 lead at the break into a runaway victory.
Delea's goal with 2:18 left in the second would be the first of nine-straight Griffin goals over the next quarter in and a half to open up an 13-3 advantage.
Tony McCraw (Lawnton, Pa./Central Dauphin East),
Matt Richter (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown), and
Alfonzo Manzo (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern) all added two goals apiece. McCraw would register his fifth-straight game with 10 or more groundballs (14) and face-off wins (19-of-23).
Goalie
John Black (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield) made nine saves. IU's Donald Schiffer also recorded nine stops before he was replaced in the final quarter.
Bhelly Bagbonon led the Mighty Macs (0-11, 0-4) with two goals and two assists.
Gwynedd Mercy will entertain the defending conference champion Cabrini, who is ranked #2 in the USILA (United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association) poll, next Thursday, April 17th at 4 p.m. in the final regular season home game.
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