No. 5 Molloy Men's Lacrosse Earns 15-14 OT North Regional Win, Moves on to NCAA Championship Quarterfinals

Recap courtesy of Molloy University Sports Information PLEASANTVILLY, NY – The men's lacrosse team topped the Setters of Pace, 15-14 in overtime this afternoon from Northwell Stadium in the First Round of the NCAA Tournnt. Molloy, who improved to 16-4 on the season, will advance to the National Quarterfinal at Adelphi on Sunday (May 11). Pace ends 2025 with an 11-5 record. BOX SCORE How it Happened The Lions quickly got on the board with a goal from junior Brian Green in the first minute of play. Junior Thomas Kofod quickly followed two minutes later with a goal of his own. The Setters took the lead after scoring three goals in the span of four minutes. Junior Tommy Corcoron tied the contest before Green's second of the game put the Lions ahead, 4-3, with six minutes left in the first quarter. Pace scored twice in the final minute of play to lead 5-4 after 15 minutes. The home team's run bled into the second quarter with three more goals. Molloy's offense turned in on in the final seven minutes of the half. Senior Bryan Diliberto started the run before goals from senior Noah Taylor and Mike D'Amato paired with a man-up goal from freshman Jacob Faison tied the game at the break. Diliberto opened the third quarter with another man-up goal to give the Lions a lead. The Setters responded with two goals in less than a minute to retake the lead. D'Amato scored his second of the game to kick off a three-goal run that would put Molloy in front 12-10 to end the quarter.  The run continued into the fourth quarter with goals from juniors Justin Palulis and Jake Taylor to make it 14-10 with 11 minutes to play.  Pace used the final minutes to work the score back, including scoring three times in the final minute of play to force overtime. Kofod picked up the ground ball off the overtime face-off. Shots from both Green and Taylor went wide before Corcoron's goal won the game for the Lions. Top Performances Green topped the squad with five points on three goals and two assist. Corcoron netted a hat trick and added an assist for four points. Diliberto (two goals, one assist) and Noah Taylor (one goal, two assists) had three points. D'Amato's two goals and senior Luke Hickam's two assists followed with Palulis, Faison, Kofod, and Jake Taylor added goals. Kofod also added a game-leading eight ground balls. Hickam and junior Shawn McCabe both picked up four. Jake Taylor and juniors Brandon Pazienza and Eric Schiller, freshman Aiden Dinnigan, and senior Dre Alexis each had three with Pazienza going 10-of-23 on face-offs. Dinnigan led with three caused turnovers with Schiller adding two. Senior Christian Michaels made 10 stops in net. Up Next The Quarterfinal will be played on Sunday (May 11) against top-seeded Adelphi at 1:00 p.m. from Motamed Field in Garden City, N.Y.
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