IMMACULATA, Pa.- The Immaculata men's lacrosse team opened Atlantic East Conference defeating Neumann 15-8 this afternoon at Draper Walsh Stadium. David Azzarano led Immaculata with nine points scoring two goals and adding seven assists. Joseph Biuso scored three goals, and added one assist, and Connor Teears scored three goals for the Mighty Macs. With the win Immaculata improves to 8-5 overall, and 1-0 in Atlantic East Conference play. Neumann falls to 3-10 overall, and 0-1 in Atlantic East Conference play.
 
Scoring
-Joseph Biuso and Connor Teears each scored three goals. David Azzarano and Baily Manion each scored two goals. Nicholas DeFilippo, Brian Fuchs, Robbie Wishart, Ryan Gorman, and Ben Wesolowski each scored one goal.
 
-David Azzarano had seven assists, and Joseph Biuso had one assist.
 
Defensive
-Connor Teears and Matthew Ludlow each had six ground balls, Aidan Lawrence, and Colton Rhoades each had four ground balls, Bradley Mead had three ground balls, David Azzarano, Joseph Biuso, Nicholas DeFilippo, Brian Fuchs, Ryan Gorman, and Jacob Rhoads all had two ground balls. Robbie Wishart, Daniel Alvarez, Seth Panowitz, and Jason Smaron each had one ground ball.
 
-Aidan Lawrence, Jacob Rhoads, and Daniel Alvarez each had two caused turnovers. David Azzarano, Nicholas DeFilippo, Connor Teears, Matthew Ludlow, Colton Rhoades, Joseph Biuso, Brian Fuchs, Seth Panowitz, and Bailey Manion each had one caused turnover.
 
-Matthew Ludlow had 10 saves on 43 shots faced.
 
-Brian Fuchs won five faceoffs.
 
How it Happened

• Immaculata opened the scoring with a pair of goals by Connor Teears with the first goal assisted by David Azzarano to lead 2-0 at 7:57 of the first quarter.
• David Azzarano scored Immaculata's third goal. Nicholas DeFilippo scored, and Joseph Biuso scored to extend Immaculata's lead to 5-0 at 2:48 of the first quarter.
• Neumann scored a man-up goal with 0:17 remaining in the quarter to make the score 5-1 after one quarter of play.
• Neumann scored a pair of goals to open the second quarter, cutting Immaculata's lead to 5-3.
• Brian Fuchs broke the Neumann run with a goal at 8:04 assisted by David Azzarano.
• Neumann scored back-to-back goals to cut the lead to 6-5 with 2:11 remaining in the second quarter.
• Robbie Wishart took a pass from Matthew Ludlow ran the ball the length of the field and scored a man-down goals with 0:59 remaining in the quarter to give Immaculata a 7-5 lead at halftime.
• Joseph Biuso opened the scoring with for Immaculata in the third quarter.
• Neumann scored at 9:11 of the third quarter to make the score 8-6.
• Ben Weslowski scored at 7:04, and Bailey Manion scored at 5:50 to extend Immaculata's lead to 10-6.
• Neumann scored late in the third quarter, and early in the fourth quarter to trim Immaculata's lead to 10-8.
• Immaculata responded with goals by Joseph Biuso, Bailey Manion, Ryan Gorman, David Azzarano, and Connor Teears to close out the 15-8 win. Azzarano had three assists in the fourth quarter.

 
Team Stats

• Immaculata outshot Neumann 55-43, and 38-18 in shots on goal.
• Immaculata had 10 saves, to Neumann's 23.
• Immaculata had 27 turnovers to Neumann's 28.
• Immaculata was 22-27 on clear attempts, and Neuman was18-23.
• Immaculata had 40 ground balls to Neumann's 41.
• Immaculata was 2-3 in man-up opportunities, and Neumann was 4-9.
• Immaculata won eight faceoffs, to Neumann's 18.

 
Mighty Mac Leaders

• Goals: Biuso (3), Teears (3), D. Azzarano (2), Manion (2)
• Assists: D. Azzarano (7), Biuso (1)
• Points: D. Azzarano (9), Biuso (4), Teears (3)
• Shots: D. Azzarano (13), Manion (11), Biuso (9)
• Ground balls: Ludlow (6), Teears (6), Lawrence (4), Rhoades (4).
• Caused Turnovers: Lawrence (2), Rhoads (2), Alvarez (2).
• Faceoffs: Fuchs (5)
• Saves: Ludlow (10)

 
Up Next

• The Immaculata men's lacrosse team will be back in action on Wednesday, April 9^th when they visit Gwynedd Mercy University for an AEC game at 7:00 p.m.