BOSTON, Mass. – Freshman attackman Stephen Biszko (Tiverton, R.I.) tallied two goals and assisted on two others and junior midfielder Chris Wesche (Holden, Mass.) scored twice and added an assist as the Wentworth lacrosse team (5-2) tied a program record with its fifth consecutive win, a 9-6 triumph over MIT (1-5).
The host Leopards scored three goals in a span of 1:39 to take a 3-0 lead, as sophomore midfielder Joe Harding (Dedham, Mass.), sophomore midfielder Ryan Hubert (Portland, Maine), and senior midfielder Nick Pasco (Queensbury, N.Y.) each tallied goals. However, the duo of freshman attackman Dan Piemont (Summit, N.J.) and sophomore midfielder Corey Garvey (Garden City, N.Y.) cut the lead to 3-2, as Garvey fed Piemont twice in a span of 1:39. Wesche and Biszko scored with 4:26 and 1:38 left in the period, respectively, to give Wentworth a 5-2 lead after one quarter of play.
Garvey scored with 7:33 left in the half to cut the lead to 5-3 before Harding netted his second of night with 4:42 left. Sophomore attackman Mike Mercurio (Pepperell, Mass.) notched his first marker of the season with 52 seconds left to give the Leopards a 7-3 halftime lead.
The Engineers did all of the scoring in the third quarter, with freshman attackman Eric Zuk (Carlisle, Mass.) and junior attackman Dylan Roden (Bellport, N.Y.) scoring with 13:41 and 7:41 left in the quarter, respectively, and cut the lead to 7-5 with 15:00 to play.
Wesche tallied an unassisted goal to give the Leopards a three-goal lead before senior defenseman Mark Spadafora (Saugus, Mass.) scored with 9:59 left to bring MIT back within two. However, with 3:08 left, Biszko would round out the scoring with his 15th goal of the season.
Senior Nick Murphy (Cohasset, Mass.) made 11 saves for the Leopards, while sophomore Garth Grove (Jarrettsville, Md.) made 14 stops for the Engineers. Wentworth held a 36-29 shot advantage.
MIT controlled 11 of 19 face-offs, with Garvey, who had a game-high 14 ground balls, winning nine of the 13 he took. Wesche won five face-offs for the Leopards and had a team-high nine ground balls.
Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2008 Wentworth Lacrosse MIT vs Wentworth (04/03/08 at Boston, Mass.) MIT (1-5) vs. SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot Wentworth (5-2) ------------------------------------- Date: 04/03/08 Attendance: 217 MIT................. 2 1 2 1 - 6 Weather: Partly Cloudy, 50 degrees; Wind WSW 18 MPHWentworth........... 5 2 0 2 - 9 MIT SCORING: GOALS: Dan Piemont 2; Corey Garvey 1; Dylan Roden 1; Eric Zuk 1; Mark Spadafora 1. ASSISTS: Ryan Ballentine 2; Corey Garvey 2; Dylan Roden 1. Wentworth SCORING: GOALS: Stephen Biszko 2; Chris Wesche 2; Joe Harding 2; Mike Mercurio 1; Nick Pasco 1; Ryan Hubert 1. ASSISTS: Cory Benulis 2; Stephen Biszko 2; Matt Cox 2; Chris Wesche 1. SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- MIT................. 5 4 8 4 - 21 Wentworth........... 13 6 8 9 - 36 GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- MIT................. 10 10 9 10 - 39 Wentworth........... 14 8 4 16 - 42 FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total ---------------------------------------------------- MIT................. 4-8 3-4 3-3 1-4 - 11-19 Wentworth........... 4-8 1-4 0-3 3-4 - 8-19 CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total ---------------------------------------------------- MIT................. 5-8 3-5 4-5 6-9 - 18-27 Wentworth........... 5-5 5-7 4-6 4-5 - 18-23 EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total ---------------------------------------------------- MIT................. 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 - 0-2 Wentworth........... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 - 0-1 SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- MIT................. 3 2 5 4 - 14 Wentworth........... 2 3 3 3 - 11 TURNOVERS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot ------------------------------------- MIT................. 6 6 5 9 - 26 Wentworth........... 5 7 6 8 - 26 PENALTIES - MIT 1/0:30; Wentworth 2/1:30. Officials: John Hill; Len Finamore; Peter Liesecki. Scorer: Janelle Dakin. ___________________________ Official signature
Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2008 Wentworth Lacrosse MIT vs Wentworth (04/03/08 at Boston, Mass.) Wentworth Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATT 9 Stephen Biszko...... 2 2 4 6 5 6 - 5 2 ATT 23 Cory Benulis........ - 2 2 4 2 2 - 3 - ATT 25 Matt Cox............ - 2 2 6 1 2 - 3 - MID 19 Nick Pasco.......... 1 - 1 1 1 2 - - 1 MID 14 Chris Wesche........ 2 1 3 5 4 9 5-13 4 2 MID 21 Lucas Littlefield... - - - - - 1 - - 1 1/ 0:30 DEF 8 Jeff Ryan........... - - - 1 1 1 - 1 2 1/ 1:00 DEF 10 Joe Simon........... - - - - - 1 - - 1 DEF 26 Ryan Achatz......... - - - - - 2 - - - GK 17 Nick Murphy......... - - - - - 4 - 2 1 ---------- Substitutes ---------- 3 Kyle Constantine.... - - - - - - - - - 5 Ryan Hubert......... 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 2 - 6 Bryan McCarthy...... - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 11 Joe Harding......... 2 - 2 7 5 3 3-6 3 - 16 Paul Beaulieu....... - - - - - 1 - 1 1 18 Derek Rupert........ - - - 1 - 2 - 1 1 20 Mike Mercurio....... 1 - 1 2 2 1 - - - 24 Bill Ainslie........ - - - - - 3 - - 1 31 Andy Kantorski...... - - - 1 1 - - - - Totals.............. 9 7 16 36 23 42 8-19 26 13 2/ 1:30 GOALTENDER SUMMARY Wentworth Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 Nick Murphy......... 60:00 6 W 2 3 3 3 11 Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2008 Wentworth Lacrosse MIT vs Wentworth (04/03/08 at Boston, Mass.) MIT Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATT 30 Dan Piemont......... 2 - 2 3 3 7 - 1 1 ATT 33 Eric Zuk............ 1 - 1 2 2 1 - 1 1 ATT 11 Ryan Ballentine..... - 2 2 1 1 1 - 2 - MID 8 Corey Garvey........ 1 2 3 10 6 14 9-13 5 3 MID 25 John Kucharczyk..... - - - - - - - 2 - MID 13 Nick Sisler......... - - - - - - - - - DEF 19 Brian Coffey........ - - - - - 3 - 2 3 DEF 29 Jason Rathje........ - - - - - - - 3 3 DEF 24 Mark Spadafora...... 1 - 1 1 1 1 - - 2 1/ 0:30 GK 21 Garth Grove......... - - - - - 2 - 3 - ---------- Substitutes ---------- 4 Austen McRae........ - - - - - 3 2-6 1 - 5 Dylan Roden......... 1 1 2 1 1 1 - 3 - 9 Nick LaBounty....... - - - - - - - - - 15 Patrick Shannon..... - - - 2 2 4 - 2 2 18 Ebbe Strathairn..... - - - 1 1 2 - 1 - 22 Will Gibson......... - - - - - - - - - 26 Tomas Vianna........ - - - - - - - - - Totals.............. 6 5 11 21 17 39 11-19 26 15 1/ 0:30 GOALTENDER SUMMARY MIT Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 Garth Grove......... 60:00 9 L 3 2 5 4 14 Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Lacrosse Box Score (Final) 2008 Wentworth Lacrosse MIT vs Wentworth (04/03/08 at Boston, Mass.) SCORING SUMMARY: Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists H-V ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 1st 9:42 WIT EVEN Joe Harding (5).................. Stephen Biszko (2)...................... 1-0 2. 8:13 WIT EVEN Ryan Hubert (1).................. Chris Wesche (6)........................ 2-0 3. 8:03 WIT EVEN Nick Pasco (1)................... Matt Cox (3)............................ 3-0 4. 7:48 MIT EVEN Dan Piemont (12)................. Corey Garvey (6)........................ 3-1 5. 5:27 MIT EVEN Dan Piemont (13)................. Corey Garvey (7)........................ 3-2 6. 4:26 WIT EVEN Chris Wesche (7)................. Matt Cox (4)............................ 4-2 7. 1:38 WIT EVEN Stephen Biszko (14).............. Cory Benulis (8)........................ 5-2 8. 2nd 7:33 MIT EVEN Corey Garvey (2)................. Ryan Ballentine (4)..................... 5-3 9. 4:41 WIT EVEN Joe Harding (6).................. Stephen Biszko (3)...................... 6-3 10. 0:52 WIT EVEN Mike Mercurio (1)................ Cory Benulis (9)........................ 7-3 11. 3rd 13:41 MIT EVEN Eric Zuk (8)..................... Dylan Roden (5)......................... 7-4 12. 7:41 MIT EVEN Dylan Roden (2).................. Ryan Ballentine (4)..................... 7-5 13. 4th 12:37 WIT EVEN Chris Wesche (8)................. Unassisted.............................. 8-5 14. 9:59 MIT EVEN Mark Spadafora (1)............... Unassisted.............................. 8-6 15. 3:08 WIT EVEN Stephen Biszko (15).............. Unassisted.............................. 9-6 PENALTY SUMMARY: Prd Time Team ##-Player Min Offense --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd 07:25 WIT 21-Lucas Littlefield 0:30 PP PUSHING................................. 3rd 04:27 WIT 8 -Jeff Ryan 1:00 PP SLASHING................................ 4th 02:19 MIT 24-Mark Spadafora 0:30 PP HOLDING.................................