Carroll, Maklan Lead in Men's Lacrosse's Triumph Over Manhattanville

PURCHASE, N.Y. – Guided by ten points from senior Liam Carroll (Brookfield, Conn.) and six goals from junior Logan Maklan (Boca Raton, Fla.), the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's lacrosse team (3-5) outpaced the Manhattanville Valiants (2-5) by a 20-9 score Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Wentworth started a high-scoring first quarter by breaking the ice at the 12:36 mark on a goal by Maklan. 39 seconds later, freshman Tyler Longo (Kingston, N.Y.) ripped a goal to give the Leopards an early 2-0 advantage. Both goals were assisted by Carroll, who later found the twine himself at the 9:04 mark, raising Wentworth's lead to 3-0.
• Two-straight goals from Maklan 16 seconds apart following Carroll's tally gave the junior a hat-trick and Wentworth a 5-0 lead. Junior Brayden Wilkins (Colchester, Vt.) found the back of the net at the 6:52 mark before Carroll scored his second of the game, marking a 7-0 score. After the Valiants got on the board with 4:29 to go in the first frame, junior Drew Bouley (Gloucester, Mass.) scored to bring the score to 8-1. The Valiants ending the quarter scoring three unanswered, with two coming from graduate student Nick Cornelia (Lindenhurt, N.Y.), to mark an 8-4 score at the end of the first quarter.
• The Leopards opened the second frame with the first three goals, one each coming from Maklan, Carroll, and freshman Colin Ocampo (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.), who scored on the man-advantage, before an answering tally by junior Sean Larkin (White Plains, N.Y.) with 6:05 left marked an 11-5 score. After a score from Cornelia cut the deficit to 11-6 with 39 seconds left in the half, Longo found twine for his second of the day with three seconds remaining in the half to bring Wentworth's lead to 12-6 heading into the break.
• After Bouley tallied at the 13:39 mark of the third quarter, sophomore Erik Vogt (Warwick, N.Y.) notched a goal at the 10:52 mark to extend Wentworth's lead to 14-6. A goal from graduate student Jesse McGrath (Walden, N.Y.) cut the deficit to 14-7 before another Vogt score marked a 15-7 score at the 5:52 mark. A Cornelia tally cut the deficit to seven with three minutes remaining in the third frame before another Maklan goal with 1:03 to go brought the score to 16-8.
• Bouley and Carroll tallies extended the Leopards' lead to ten at 18-8 1:50 apart just around the midway point of the fourth quarter. Maklan scored once more with 5:34 to go in the final quarter, bringing the score to 19-8. A Valiant score with 1:26 remaining marked a 19-9 score before a Vogt tally with 30 seconds remaining raised the score to 20-9.
• Junior Connor Charron (Tewksbury, Mass.) led the Leopards on draws, going 14-32 with a team-high nine ground balls. Sophomore Ryan Kalberer (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) made 17 saves between the pipes.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Wentworth dominated the ground game, scooping 52 ground balls compared to Manhattanville's 31.
• The Leopards went 1-2 with the man-up.
  

SERIES NOTES:

• Today marked the first-ever matchup between the two teams.

NEXT UP:

• The Leopards open their Commonwealth Coast Conference slate Wednesday at Endicott.

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