IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata men's lacrosse team trailed Marywood (4-4, 1-0 CSAC), 12-8, with 10 minutes remaining in their Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) opener on Saturday afternoon at Draper Walsh Stadium, but the Macs (2-7, 0-1 CSAC) scored three straight goals to get within one, but their last minutes efforts were denied and IU fell, 12-11.
 
Seniors Mike Reardon and Brian Shultis were outstanding with seven points apiece as Reardon scored six goals with one assist and Shultis scored twice with five assists.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Marywood opened the scoring with two goals, but Long scored an unassisted tally to get IU on the board midway through the first quarter
-The teams then alternated two goals apiece to get to 4-3 at the end of the first.  Reardon got his first of the day from Krewson on an EMO, and with 12 seconds remaining, Fisher got a feed from Shultis to make it a one-goal game
-Marywood started the second and appeared to take control with four straight goals, but Reardon scored twice in the final five minutes, both on helpers from Shultis, to make it an 8-5 game at the break
-The third quarter was very even as the Pacers extended the lead to 10-5, but the Macs had Shultis and Reardon combining for three goals in the quarter to make it an 11-8 game
-Reardon scored, followed by one from Shultis to make it 11-7, and then Fisher picked up a loose ball behind the net with two seconds to go and fed it to Reardon who scored with 1.4 seconds remaining in the third
-In the fourth, Marywood picked up an insurance tally with 10:50 remaining to make it 12-8, but that would be their final goal of the day
-Krewson scored from Reardon with 9:10 remaining, and Reardon then scored his sixth of the day from Shultis with 6:37 left to make it 12-10
-Long then gave an outstanding individual effort, stealing the ball in the defensive zone, going up the field and feeding Shultis who buried it to cut the deficit to one with 4:59 remaining
-The Macs had a few chances late in the contest, but were unable to convert in the one goal loss
 
TEAM COMPARISON
-The Mighty Macs outshot Marywood, 40-32, and turned it over just 12 times compared to 19 for Marywood
-Marywood won 14 of the 24 faceoffs and picked up 30 groundballs to 25 for the Macs
-IU was 2-of-4 on EMOs and Marywood was 3-for-5
 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
-Goals: Reardon 6, Shultis 2, Fisher/Long/Krewson 1
-Assists: Shultis 5, Fisher/Long/Reardon/Krewson 1
-Points: Shultis/Reardon 7, Krewson/Long/Fisher 2
-Fisher and Long each caused two turnovers
-Long led the team with six groundballs while Krewson had 4
-Roche was 10-of-23 on faceoffs
-Senior Tyler Freas got his first career start in the goal and made eight stops
 
UP NEXT
-The Macs will head to Keystone on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. CSAC matchup