IMMACULATA, Pa.- On a snowy Saturday afternoon, the Immaculata men's lacrosse team opened their 2025 season falling to Arcadia 11-9 at Draper Walsh Stadium. Arcadia jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, before Immaculata responded with three straight goals. Arcadia increased their lead to 9-4, before Immaculata scored five out of the last seven goals in the game. With the loss Immaculata is 0-1, while Arcadia improves to 2-0 in the season.
 
Scoring
-Bailey Manion led Immaculata with three goals, followed by Ryan Gorman with two goals, Joseph Biuso with two goals, Connor Teears with one goal, and Nicholas DeFilippo with one goal.
-Ryan Gorman had two assists, David Azzarano had two assists, Bailey Manion, and Ryan Gorman each added one assist.
 
Defensive
-Matthew Ludlow made 13 saves and had a team-high five ground balls.
-Colton Rhoades had five caused turnovers, Aidan Lawrence had three caused turnovers, Zach Johnson, Jacob Rhoads, and Seth Panowitz each had one caused turnover.
-Colton Rhoades, and Daniel Alvarez each had four ground balls, Aidan Lawrence, and Bailey Manion each had three ground balls, and Joseph Biuso, and Robbie Wishart each had two ground balls.
-Brian Fuchs won three faceoffs and Jake Klosinski won one faceoff.
 
Arcadia 11, Immaculata 9
How it Happened

• Arcadia scored the game's first goal two minutes into the game, as they would go on to open a 4-0 lead with 3:30 remaining in the first quarter.
• Ryan Gorman got Immaculata on the board with 1:49 remaining in the first quarter off an assist by David Azzarano.
• Joseph Biuso scored in the first minute of the second quarter to cut the Arcadia lead to 4-2. Bailey Manion scored 0:39 seconds later from an assist Connor Teears to make the score 4-3.
• Arcadia would get a goal back, before Joseph Biuso scored on the man up assisted by Ryan Gorman with 8:46 remaining in the quarter. Arcadia responded with four straight goals to take a 9-4 lead into the halftime break.
• Nicholas DeFilippo opened the scoring in the third quarter with an unassisted goal with 10:30 remaining. Connor Teears scored off an assist from Bailey Manion with 0:24 remaining in the quarter. Bailey Manion scored with 0:03 remaining as Immaculata went into the fourth quarter trailing 10-7.
• Ryan Gorman scored unassisted, and Bailey Manion scored his third goal of the game assisted by Connor Teears with 2:43 remaining. Arcadia would go on to close out the win 11-9.

 
Team Stats

• Arcadia outshot Immaculata 47-29
• Immaculata made 13 saves to Arcadia's 12
• Immaculata was successful 19-27 on clear attempt, while Arcadia was successful on 19-21 clear attempts.
• Immaculata had 27 turnovers to Arcadia's 21.
• Arcadia had 35 groundballs to Immaculata's 29.
• Arcadia won 16 faceoffs to Immaculata's four.
• Immaculata was 2-8 on extra man opportunities, and Arcadia was 0-3.

Mighty Mac Leaders
Goals: Bailey Manion (3), Ryan Gorman (2), Joseph Biuso (2)
Assists: David Azzarano (2), Connor Teears (2)
Points: Bailey Manion (4), Ryan Gorman (3), Connor Teears (3)
Shots: David Azzarano (7), Bailey Manion (6), Ryan Gorman (4), Joseph Biuso (4)
Ground Balls: Matthew Ludlow (5), Colton Rhoades (4), Daniel Alvarez (4)
Caused Turnovers: Colton Rhoades (5), Aidan Lawrence (3)
Faceoffs: Brian Fuchs (3), Jake Klosinski (1)
Saves: Matthew Ludlow (13)
 
Up Next

• The Immaculata men's lacrosse team will be back in action on Saturday, February 22^nd when they host Cairn University at Draper Walsh Stadium at 4:00 p.m.