Box Score Radnor, Pa. - May 11, 2019 - The Springfield College men's lacrosse team fell to No. 6 Cabrini, 15-8, in the NCAA Division III Championship Third Round on Saturday afternoon on Edith Robb Dixon Field.
Cabrini, which was ranked sixth in the country in the latest USILA Division III National Poll, improved to 19-2. Springfield, competing as one of the final 16 teams in the tournament for the first time since 2016 and fourth time in the past 10 seasons, had the season come to a close with an 11-10 record.
For the game, Cabrini owned a 56-26 advantage in shots, a 37-25 edge in ground balls, and won 17-of-27 face-offs. Jordan Krug led all players with five goals and three assists, Kyle Tucker contributed five goals and an assist, and Tyler Kostack registered four goals and an assist. Riley White turned in 10 saves earning the win.
Cole Finerty (Kensington, N.H.) made 14 saves in his final collegiate game for the Pride, capping off a remarkable senior season in which he totaled 270 saves, which was the second most in single-season program history. Jack Vail (Franklin, Mass.) led Springfield with three goals and an assist, while Lucas Habich (Little Silver, N.J.) notched two goals and a helper as each concluded their careers at Springfield.
The Cavaliers scored a pair of unassisted goals to open up the game, as Krug buried a strike on just 25 seconds into the contest before Mike Gerzabek elevated along the crease for a goal with eight minutes left in the quarter. Springfield would respond, as Cole Pecora (North Haven, Conn.) found Joe Hawley (Poulsbo, Wash.) all alone in front of the cage at 5:15 before Zachary Schuette (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) stung a shot just under the cross bar 36 seconds later to even the game up. The hosts then benefitted from two more goals from Krug in the final 3:20 of the quarter to gain a 4-2 edge after 15 minutes of play.
Despite turning the ball over eight times in the second quarter, Springfield was able to find the back of the cage three times on just five shots to go into the half trailing 6-5. Vail scored twice for the Pride, getting things going at 10:48 when he tucked home a shot in transition off a great look from Devin Samuelson (Longmeadow, Mass.) before he converted a feed from Schuette just over a minute later. The Cavaliers answered with their first goal of the stanza at 8:11, but Cameron Glover (Brunswick, Maine) knotted the game up at 5-5 with 3:57 on the clock. Cabrini would then use a strike from Kostack just over a minute later to take a 6-5 advantage into the half.
The Cavaliers opened up the third quarter with three-straight goals in the opening four-plus minutes, but Vail and Habich strung together two goals 2:15 apart to pull the Pride within 9-7 with 6:16 on the clock. However, a man-up goal from Kostack with just over two minutes left in the third gave the Cavaliers a three-goal cushion heading into the fourth.
After back-to-back strikes from Tucker to begin the fourth push the advantage to 12-7, Habich delivered a sensational goal at 9:28 for what would prove to be Springfield's final goal of the game. The hosts added three goals in the final 6:43 en route to the 15-8 triumph.
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Springfield, Mass. - May 9, 2019 - The Springfield College men's lacrosse team had four student-athletes named to the 2019 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) All-Conference Teams.
In helping Springfield reached the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament for the 12th-straight year after once again capturing the conference's title, Joe Hawley (Poulsbo, Wash.) and Kyle Murakami (South Burlington, Vt.) were named to the all-conference first team, while Cole Finerty (Kensington, N.H.) and Cameron Glover (Brunswick, Maine) garnered all-conference second team accolades. This marks the first all-conference honor for each student-athlete in their careers at Springfield.
Hawley had a special junior season and has produced a team-best 71 points. The Sport Management major leads the team with 30 assists to go along with 41 goals and has had at least three points in 12 games this year.
Murakami has had a tremendous impact for the Pride and was the one shortstick defensive midfielder named to the first team. The Psychology major has been credited with 37 ground balls and 14 caused turnovers and has also chipped in three goals and an assist in his junior campaign.
In his final season at Springfield, Finerty has delivered one of the best single-season performances for a goalie in history of the program. The Sport Management major has notched 256 saves, the second most in single season for a Springfield goalie, and headlines a defense that ranks 10th among the 240 Division III programs in the country in total saves.
Glover has put together a fantastic senior year as a leader on Springfield's first midfield line. A Physical Education major, Glover has found the back of the cage 26 times and has totaled 41 points, including nine games with at least three points.
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