MADISON, N.J.- The Immaculata men's lacrosse team fell in overtime to Drew University on Friday night in their opening game of the Leanos Cup. Immaculata started the game with momentum, taking an early 4-1 lead ten minutes into play. Drew would draw the score closer before taking a late lead that the Mighty Macs evened, 8-8, before an overtime goal gave the Rangers the home win. David Azzarano netted three goals including a pair of late heroic goals in the contest as he became Immaculata Men's Lacrosse's all-time career points leader. With the coinflip loss, Immaculata falls to 3-5 overall, as Drew improves to 4-2 on the season.
 
Scoring
-David Azzarano scored three goals and added an assist, as Bailey Manion matched his four points with two goals and two assists.
-Connor Teears scored a pair of goals, as Ben Wesolowski had one.
-Seth Panowitz, Matthew Frame, and Jude Azzarano each recorded one helper.
 
Defensive
-Robbie Wishart and Aidan Lawrence mirrored one another in the box score as each had two caused turnovers, and three ground balls. 
-Matthew Ludlow made twenty saves to nine goals against, covering three ground balls.
-Colton Rhoades and David Azzarano had one caused turnover apiece.
-David Azzarano, Nicholas DeFilippo, and Daniel Alvarez each dug multiple ground balls.
 
Drew 9, Immaculata 8  (OT)
How it Happened

• Connor Teears and Bailey Manion each produced a pair of first quarter goals to feed a 4-1 Immaculata lead with five minutes remaining in the opening period.
• Drew fought back late in the first, tightening the score to 5-3 Immaculata.
• Ben Wesolowski gave the Mighty Macs a three goal advantage with a second quarter score.
• Drew scored a string of four goals to take their first lead of the game, 7-6, in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter.
• David Azzarano found the back of the net to knot the score at 7-7 with ten minutes to play.
• The Rangers collected a goal to go ahead, 8-7, with less than three minutes left.
• David Azzarano answered the call again, leveling the score 8-8 with under a minute remaining.
• Ultimately, Drew claimed the 9-8 in extra time with an unassisted score.

 
Team Stats

• Total shots favored Immaculata 43-37, while Drew had 29 shots on target to Immaculata's 26. 
• Immaculata made 20 saves, to Drew's 18.
• The Mighty Macs were slightly stingier, having 14 turnovers to the Rangers' 20.
• Drew had nine more ground balls than Immaculata, 27-18.
• Immaculata went 22-26 on clear attempts as Drew was successful on 16 of 22.
• Drew won 13 of a 20 possible face-offs (65%)
• Immaculata was 15-21 on clear attempts while Moravian was 15-19.
• Immaculata was 0-2 on extra man opportunities, while Drew capitalized on one of their two chances.

 
Mighty Mac Leaders
Goals: D.Azzarano (3), Manion/Teears (2), Wesolowski (1)
Assists: Manion (2), Panowitz/D.Azzarano/J.Azzarano (1)
Points: Manion/D.Azzarano (4), Tears (2)
Shots: D.Azzarano (13), Biuso (9), Manion (8)
Ground Balls: D.Azzarano (4), Wishart/Lawrence (3), DeFilippo/Alvarez (1)
Caused Turnovers: Wishart/Lawrence (2), Rhoades/D.Azzarano (1)
Faceoffs: Klosinski 5-14, Fuchs 2-5 
Saves: Ludlow (20)
 
Up Next
The Immaculata men's lacrosse team returns to action on Sunday when they face Manhattanville in the 11am consolation game.