St. John's University Athletics
St. John's University
Drexel
St. John's Falls to Drexel, 11-5
3/12/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Lacrosse
March 12, 2005
Philadelphia, Pa. - The St. John's University men's lacrosse team fell to Drexel University, 11-5, in a non-conference game at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The Dragons improve to 5-1 on the season, while the Red Storm falls to 1-3 (0-1 ECAC).
The Dragons had the only two goals of the first period as Brian Neary and Jesse Rumble each scored. Yoni Cohen found the net at the 9:31 mark of the second quarter to put the Dragons up by three. The Red Storm got on the board for the first time when Robert Gannon scored at 6:31. Cohen added another and Greg Dougherty completed the scoring in the first half with just 30 seconds left to increase Drexel's lead to 5-1 at intermission.
St. John's cut the lead to three goals on three occasions in the second half, but each time they scored the Dragons answered with a goal of their own. Drexel led 7-4, but St. John's had a good scoring opportunity come up empty with a turnover, and the Dragons converted. Steve Grossi finished off the fast break with his first career goal to put Drexel up by four. Lee Schaknowski and Jeff Pfeffer followed with quick goals as the Dragons took a 10-4 lead.
Schaknowski and Chris O'Connor each had a pair of goals and an assist for Drexel. Justin O'Donnell scored twice for the Red Storm.
Bruce Bickford made his first career start and came up with seven saves for Drexel. Matthew Duca had 11 saves in the cage for St. John's. The Dragons out shot the Red Storm, 41-21 and had nine more ground balls. St. John's won 11 of the 19 draws, led by Devin Madden, who won nine.
The Red Storm returns to action this Wednesday, March 16, when they will host the University of Hartford at DaSilva Memorial Field. Face off is set for 3 p.m.
