ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Sophomore
Chase Wilson scored five goals as the Roberts Wesleyan University men's lacrosse team defeated Saint Thomas Aquinas College 11-9 on Saturday to secure a spot in the East Coast Conference Championship Tournament.
The victory was the third straight for the Redhawks (6-6, 4-2 ECC), who earned the No. 4 seed for the ECC postseason championship and will travel to play top-seeded Molloy at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Â
Wilson, who scored four of his goals in the first half, converted a feed from
Colin Duncan to give Roberts a 9-5 lead at halftime.
STAC (4-11, 1-5 ECC) rallied to cut the Redhawks' lead to 10-9 with 8:41 remaining in the fourth quarter before Wilson finished a pass from
Colton Ugine to complete the scoring with 6:26 to play.
Ugine finished with three points with a goal and two assists and
Cody Coleman and
Ryan Brown both added a goal and an assist for the Redhawks. Killian Cici,
Nixon Karcz and
Brady Kustra also scored for Roberts.
Kustra, a defender, led Roberts with four caused turnovers and scooped seven ground balls. Fellow senior
Isaac Marrero won 12 of 20 face-offs and also collected seven ground balls and an assist.
Senior
Garrett Kayser started the game and made six saves for Roberts. Sophomore
Landon Brimmer added two saves in 24:01 of game action.
The Redhawks honored seniors Kayser, Kustra, Marrero,
Sam Keens,
Liam Linden,
Connor Pearce,
Preston Steve and RT "Ty" Stevenson in a ceremony before the game. Roberts also recognized former head coach
Rocky Delfino, who helped start the program in 2011 and coached for 14 seasons before stepping aside this spring.
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