BETHLEHEM, Pa.- The Immaculata men's lacrosse team fell to Moravian 17-6 on the road on Saturday afternoon. Moravian opened an early 4-0, before Immaculata scored consecutive goals separated by 1:21 to cut the Greyhounds lead to 4-2. Moravian would use a nine-goal run to help pull away from Immaculata on their way to winning 17-6.
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With the loss Immaculata falls to 3-3 overall. With the win Moravian
improves to 3-2 overall.
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Scoring
-Ryan Gorman scored three goals,
David Azzarano scored two goals, and
Bailey Manion scored one goal.
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David Azzarano had two assists, and
Ben Wesolowski had one assist.
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Defensive
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Aidan Lawrence had two caused turnovers,
Seth Panowitz,
Bailey Manion,
Ben Wesolowski, and
Jacob Rhoads each had one caused turnover.
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Seth Panowitz,
David Azzarano,
Ryan Gorman,
Robbie Wishart,
Joseph Biuso,
Colton Rhoades, and
Daniel Alvarez each have two ground balls.
-Goalkeeper
Matthew Ludlow made 16 saves.
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Moravian 17, Immaculata 6
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How it Happened
- Moravian scored four goals early to take a 4-0 lead.
- David Azzarano got Immaculata on the board with an unassisted goal with 5:35 remaining in the first quarter. Baily Manion followed with a goal assisted by Azzarano 1:21 later as Immaculata closed the lead to 4-2.
- Moravian would take control of the game with a nine-goal run to take a 13-2 lead with 12:18 remaining in the third quarter.
- Ryan Gorman broke the Greyhounds run with an unassisted goal with 8:39 remaining in the third quarter. Gorman would follow up with a man up goal assisted by David Azzarano with 4:36 remaining, and another unassisted goal with 0:29 remaining in the quarter to make the score 15-5 Moravian.
- David Azzarano scored the Mighty Macs final goal of the game, a man up goal in the fourth quarter assisted by Ben Weslowski.
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Team Stats
- Moravian outshot Immaculata 54-31
- Immaculata made 18 saves, to Moravian's 8
- Immaculata committed 17 turnovers to Moravian's 15
- Immaculata was 15-21 on clear attempts while Moravian was 15-19.
- Immaculata had 22 ground balls to Moravian's 47
- Immaculata won four faceoffs and Moravian won 21.
- Immaculata was 2-7 on extra man opportunities, while Moravian was 3-6.
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Mighty Mac Leaders
Goals:
Ryan Gorman (3),
David Azzarano (2),
Bailey Manion (1)
Assists:
David Azzarano (2),
Ben Wesolowski (1)
Points:
David Azzarano (4),
Ryan Gorman (3)
Shots:
David Azzarano (6),
Ryan Gorman (6),
Bailey Manion (4)
Ground Balls:
David Azzarano (2),
Ryan Gorman (2),
Joseph Biuso (2),
Robbie Wishart (2), Colton       Rhoades (2),
Seth Panowitz (2), Daniela Alvarez (2)
Caused Turnovers:
Aidan Lawrence (2)
Faceoffs:
Brian Fuchs (2),
Aidan Lawrence (1)
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Up Next
- The Immaculata men's lacrosse team will be back in action on Tuesday, March 11th when they host McDaniel College at Draper Walsh Stadium at 4:00 p.m.
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