IMMACULATA, Pa. – Immaculata raced out to a 3-0 lead during the opening five minutes of Saturday's Pennsylvania Athletic Conference match-up with Alvernia, and hung on for a 10-7 victory.
Immaculata improved its record to 3-6 overall and 2-2 in the PAC, while Alvernia falls to 1-9 overall and 1-4 in the PAC.
Immaculata opened the scoring when Matt Brown found the back of the net off an assist from Zach Krytzer just 51 seconds into the game. Brendan Dinneen scored just under a minute later off a feed again from Kyrtzer, and Geoff Lorentz tallied a goal off a Joe Keller assist to give the Mighty Macs a 3-0 lead.
The hosts appeared to be ready to run away with the contest, but the Crusaders got two goals to draw within a single goal at the end of the first quarter. Dinneen halted Alvernia's rally with his second goal of the game at the 12:33 mark of the second period to give Immaculata a two-goal advantage, 4-2.
Alvernia again drew to within one when Martin Novia scored a man-up goal with 11:54 remaining in the first half. The Mighty Macs then answered with four goals in just over three minutes to increase their advantage to 8-3 with 4:31 remaining in the opening half. Alvernia narrowed the score to 8-4 at the break when it tallied a goal with 28 seconds remaining.
Alvernia got the first two goals of the third quarter as Dan Dempsey and Jeff Bohler each netted their only goal of the game, to bring the Crusaders within two goals with 9:21 still remaining in the third period. Kryzter scored his only goal of the afternoon at the 5:28 mark, putting the Mighty Macs ahead 9-6 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter was a stalemate until Lorentz scored his final tally of the afternoon with 3:53 remaining in the game off another Krytzer assist. Ben Stidham scored with 2:52 remaining in the fourth quarter off a Tom Novak assist to bring Alvernia back within three, but the Mighty Macs held on for the 10-7 victory.
Lorentz led the Mighty Macs with three goals and finished with four points, while Krytzer amassed five points on one goal and four assists. Dinneen finished with two goals and Keller recorded one goal and one assist.
Andrew Sim made 13 saves to pick up his third win of the season. Matt Boulton, played the first half, making three stops in a losing effort, and Joe Cepparulo played the second half making six saves and only allowing two goals.
Marywood was led by a two-goal performance from Stidham, and Novack registered four points on one goal and three assists.
The Mighty Macs will return to action on Wednesday when they host Marywood University at Draper Walsh Stadium. Face-off is set for 4 p.m.
