Box Score
IMMACULATA, Pa. – Immaculata's men's lacrosse squad was defeated on Wednesday afternoon, 10-7, by Susquehanna in a non-conference game at Draper Walsh Stadium.
Immaculata falls to 4-5 overall while Susquehanna improved to 5-4.
The Mighty Macs'
Joey Shallow tallied a hat trick while
Ben Tuscai and
Dante Tuscai each also finished with three points. D. Tuscai had two goals and one assist, and B. Tuscai had one goal and two helpers. Jordan Smith was Immaculata's other goal scorer, and Brennan Dinneen and
Tayler Acree each had one assist.
Immaculata goalkeeper
Jon Diodati made 12 saves during the game.
Dan Klodarska had four ground balls and caused four turnovers.
Susquehanna scored first at the 9:28 mark of the first quarter, and neither squad would score again until the final four minutes of the stanza.
The two teams combined for four goals during a 1:30 stretch to finish the quarter. The Crusaders scored two more goals before the Mighty Macs got on the scoreboard on B. Tuscai's goal with 2:14 left in the first quarter.
Shallow scored on a pass from B. Tuscai with 7:31 remaining before halftime to cut Susquehanna's lead in half (4-2). The Crusaders scored 24 seconds apart to push their lead to 6-2 at intermission.
Immaculata outscored Susquehanna 3-2 in the third frame as Shallow had two goals and D. Tuscai tallied the other marker. The Crusaders held an 8-5 edge heading into the final 15 minutes of play.
Immaculata and Susquehanna each scored twice in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough for the Mighty Macs to come from behind.
Tim Pastore led Susquehanna with three goals while Billy Spack had two tallies. Crusaders' starting goalkeeper Jordan Daney picked up the win going 56 minutes in net with eight saves while allowing five goals.
Immaculata returns to conference play on Saturday heading to Gwynedd-Mercy at 12 p.m.