Syracuse, N.Y. ? Mike Leveille had three goals to lead Syracuse, the nation's top team, to its ninth consecutive win in a 10-5 victory over UAlbany on Friday, April 18 before 5,420 fans at the Carrier Dome. The Orange are ranked No. 1 in the USILA coaches' poll and No. 2 by Inside Lacrosse.
Syracuse (11-1) broke an early 1-1 tie with three consecutive goals. Greg Niewieroski scored from right in front following a failed clearing attempt. Leveille then found the net from the right side by going low inside the near post. Niewieroski rolled in from the right around two defenders to complete the outburst.
UAlbany (5-7) closed the gap to 4-2 when freshman Brian Caufield sent a blast into the top corner with 2:47 left in the opening period. But the Orange used a stingy defense and forced the visitors into several clearing miscues to keep them off the scoreboard for the rest of the half. Kenny Nims, who had two goals and one assist, found an empty net when defenseman Craig McDonald coughed up the ball on his side of the field. Steven Brooks and Stephen Keogh added unassisted goals in the second quarter.
The Great Danes, who are now winless in seven meetings when playing the nation's No. 1 team, closed within four goals on two occasions in the third period. Jordan Levine drove from the right point to connect on a tough-angle goal with 2:23 on the clock that cut the lead to 8-4. UAlbany had many opportunities to make it a tighter affair, but made seven of its 24 turnovers in the stanza.
Leveille, who extended his scoring streak to 51 straight games, helped slam door with back-to-back goals. Following a 10-second clearing violation by the Great Danes, the senior attacker converted Brooks' feed with 17 seconds remaining in the quarter. He added his 33rd of the season in the final period by circling back to his right and sending a high blast over reserve goalkeeper Dan McKeon's head.
“We turned the ball over too many times and gave them too many chances,” said UAlbany coach Scott Marr, whose team was facing its fifth top-10 opponent and second No. 1 squad this season. “They rode us well and came with pressure. Their defense made it hard to get shots off and the goalie was outstanding.”
SU goalkeeper John Galloway finished with 14 saves, one off his career-best total. Brooks, a senior midfielder, had two goals and one assist. UAlbany's Brett Queener, who also saw time on the man-up unit, stopped 10 shots and had a career-high 10 ground balls.
“They have a solid defense that works well together and slides fast to the ball,” commented Caufield, who led his team with three goals. “We didn't play our best, but we had good looks and they didn't fall.”
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UAlbany (5-7) 2 0 2 1 - 5
#1 Syracuse (11-1) 5 2 2 1 - 10
UAlbany ? Scoring: Brian Caufield 3-0, Jordan Levine 1-0, Kyle Brunk 1-0, Mike Ammann 0-2, Joe Pompo 0-1, John Alpizar 0-1; Goalkeeper(s): Brett Queener (51:32, 10 saves, 9 GA), Dan McKeon (8:28, 0 saves, 1 GA).
Syracuse ? Scoring: Mike Leveille 3-0, Steve Brooks 2-1, Kenny Nims 2-1, Greg Niewieroski 2-0, Stephen Keogh 1-0, Dan Hardy 0-1; Goalkeeper(s): John Galloway (60:00, 14 saves, 5 GA).
#1 Syracuse 10, UAlbany 5 (Apr 18, 2008)
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Albany (5-7) vs. SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
Syracuse (11-1) -------------------------------------
Date: Apr 18, 2008 Attendance: 5420 Albany.............. 2 0 2 1 - 5
Weather: Syracuse............ 5 2 2 1 - 10
Albany SCORING: GOALS: Brian Caufield 3; Jordan Levine 1; Kyle Brunk 1.
ASSISTS: Mike Ammann 2; John Alpizar 1; Joe Pompo 1.
Syracuse SCORING: GOALS: LEVEILLE, Mike 3; BROOKS, Steven 2; NIMS, Kenny 2;
NIEWIEROSKI, Greg 2; KEOGH, Stephen 1.
ASSISTS: BROOKS, Steven 1; HARDY, Dan 1; NIMS, Kenny 1.
SHOTS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Albany.............. 7 5 5 11 - 28
Syracuse............ 14 10 12 5 - 41
GROUND BALLS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Albany.............. 9 7 9 13 - 38
Syracuse............ 12 5 9 8 - 34
FACE-OFFS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Albany.............. 2-8 2-3 2-5 3-3 - 9-19
Syracuse............ 6-8 1-3 3-5 0-3 - 10-19
CLEARS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Total
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Albany.............. 5-9 3-4 4-5 2-3 - 14-21
Syracuse............ 5-5 7-7 2-4 4-7 - 18-23
EXTRA-MAN OPPS 1 2 3 4 Total
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Albany.............. 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 - 0-4
Syracuse............ 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0 - 0-3
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Albany.............. 5 1 3 1 - 10
Syracuse............ 3 4 1 6 - 14
TURNOVERS BY PRD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Albany.............. 7 4 7 6 - 24
Syracuse............ 5 7 3 6 - 21
PENALTIES - Albany 4/2:30; Syracuse 5/4:30.
Officials: Michael Branski; Terry MacNabb; Thomas Sutton. Scorer: Brian Beacham.
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Syracuse
Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min
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A 10 NIMS, Kenny......... 2 1 3 5 3 1 - - -
A 19 LEVEILLE, Mike...... 3 - 3 6 4 3 - - -
A 20 NIEWIEROSKI, Greg... 2 - 2 6 4 - - - -
A 44 BROOKS, Steven...... 2 1 3 7 2 5 - - - 1/ 1:00
A 3 ABBOTT, Matt........ - - - 1 1 2 - - -
A 24 LOFTUS, Brendan..... - - - 1 1 1 - - -
D 42 GUADAGNOLO, Kyle.... - - - - - 3 - - - 1/ 1:00
D 31 BRADY, Evan......... - - - - - 2 - - -
D 33 SMITH, Sid.......... - - - - - 2 - - -
G 15 GALLOWAY, John...... - - - - - 1 - - -
---------- Substitutes ----------
1 PERRITT, Patrick.... - - - 5 1 - - - -
4 HARMATUK, Jack...... - - - - - - - - -
5 BARTIG, Max......... - - - - - - - - -
8 MOULTON, Jake....... - - - - - - 0-1 - -
9 AMIDON, Josh........ - - - - - 1 - - -
11 WHITE, Joel......... - - - - - 1 - - - 1/ 0:30
12 VAN SCHAACK, Spencer - - - - - 1 - - -
14 DANIELLO, Chris..... - - - - - 1 - - -
17 CARROZZA, John...... - - - 1 - 3 0-1 - -
18 TIERNEY, Matt....... - - - - - - - - -
21 MACDONALD, Mike..... - - - - - - - - -
22 HARDY, Dan.......... - 1 1 5 1 - - - -
23 MILLER, Jovan....... - - - 2 2 1 - - - 2/ 2:00
25 MECIONIS, John...... - - - - - - - - -
26 COULTER, Joe........ - - - - - - - - -
28 KEOGH, Stephen...... 1 - 1 2 1 - - - -
34 GUADAGNOLO, Thomas.. - - - - - - - - -
35 MCGONIGLE, Sean..... - - - - - 3 - - -
37 HLAWATI, Tyler...... - - - - - - - - -
40 BRENNAN, Danny...... - - - - - 2 10-17 - -
47 BUCCO, Anthony...... - - - - - 1 - - -
TM TEAM................ - - - - - - - 21 -
Totals.............. 10 3 13 41 20 34 10-19 21 0 5/ 4:30
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Syracuse Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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15 GALLOWAY, John...... 60:00 5 W 3 4 1 6 14
Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers
CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
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Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB Face T/O CT Pen-Min
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A 6 Joe Pompo........... - 1 1 3 2 - - - - 1/ 0:30
A 12 John Alpizar........ - 1 1 1 - 3 - - -
A 28 Brian Caufield...... 3 - 3 6 4 1 - - -
M 22 Jordan Levine....... 1 - 1 5 3 5 - - -
M 25 Chris Schongar...... - - - - - 4 1-1 - - 1/ 0:30
M 40 Kevin Courtney...... - - - - - - 8-17 - -
D 19 Craig McDonald...... - - - - - 2 - - -
D 38 Mark Phelan......... - - - - - 1 - - -
D 45 Mike Banks.......... - - - - - 2 - - -
G 23 Brett Queener....... - - - 1 1 10 - - -
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4 Dan McKeon.......... - - - - - - - - -
7 Shane Moriarty...... - - - - - 2 - - -
8 Tyler Endres........ - - - - - - - - -
9 Derek Kreuzer....... - - - 2 1 - - - -
10 Mark Cometti........ - - - 3 1 - - - -
16 Mark Kelly.......... - - - - - - - - -
17 Greg Shondel........ - - - - - - - - -
20 Steve Ammann........ - - - 3 3 2 - - -
21 Kyle Brunk.......... 1 - 1 2 2 1 - - -
27 Scott Raffensperger. - - - - - - - - -
29 Mike Finnegan....... - - - - - - - - -
30 Kyle Crotty......... - - - - - 1 - - -
32 Brendan Gleason..... - - - - - - - - -
33 Mike Ammann......... - 2 2 1 1 4 - - - 2/ 1:30
34 Garrett Pedley...... - - - - - - - - -
41 Rob Mendizabal...... - - - - - - 0-1 - -
42 Nate Sullivan....... - - - 1 1 - - - -
46 Derek Speziale...... - - - - - - - - -
47 Ryan Ivory.......... - - - - - - - - -
TM TEAM................ - - - - - - - 24 -
Totals.............. 5 4 9 28 19 38 9-19 24 0 4/ 2:30
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Albany Minutes GA W/L 1 2 3 4 Saves
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23 Brett Queener....... 51:32 9 L 5 1 3 1 10
4 Dan McKeon.......... 8:28 1 0 0 0 0 0
Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers
CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
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SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists H-V
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1. 1st 14:05 SU EVEN BROOKS, Steven................... Unassisted.............................. 1-0
2. 12:47 ALBANY EVEN Brian Caufield................... Joe Pompo............................... 1-1
3. 12:03 SU EVEN NIEWIEROSKI, Greg................ NIMS, Kenny............................. 2-1
4. 7:16 SU EVEN LEVEILLE, Mike................... Unassisted.............................. 3-1
5. 6:24 SU EVEN NIEWIEROSKI, Greg................ Unassisted.............................. 4-1
6. 2:47 ALBANY EVEN Brian Caufield................... Mike Ammann............................. 4-2
7. 0:14 SU EVEN NIMS, Kenny...................... Unassisted.............................. 5-2
8. 2nd 14:19 SU EVEN BROOKS, Steven................... Unassisted.............................. 6-2
9. 9:22 SU EVEN KEOGH, Stephen................... Unassisted.............................. 7-2
10. 3rd 12:43 ALBANY EVEN Brian Caufield................... Mike Ammann............................. 7-3
11. 3:59 SU EVEN NIMS, Kenny...................... HARDY, Dan.............................. 8-3
12. 2:23 ALBANY EVEN Jordan Levine.................... Unassisted.............................. 8-4
13. 0:17 SU EVEN LEVEILLE, Mike................... BROOKS, Steven.......................... 9-4
14. 4th 9:45 SU EVEN LEVEILLE, Mike................... Unassisted.............................. 10-4
15. 3:09 ALBANY EVEN Kyle Brunk....................... John Alpizar............................ 10-5
PENALTY SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team ##-Player Min Offense
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1st 04:32 SU 42-GUADAGNOLO, Kyle 1:00 PP SLASHING................................
2nd 04:21 ALBANY 6 -Joe Pompo 0:30 PP TOO MANY PLAYERS........................
00:36 ALBANY 33-Mike Ammann 0:30 PP PUSHING.................................
3rd 08:57 SU 11-WHITE, Joel 0:30 PP HOLDING.................................
04:50 SU 23-MILLER, Jovan 1:00 UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.................
04:50 ALBANY 33-Mike Ammann 1:00 UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.................
02:00 ALBANY 25-Chris Schongar 0:30 PP PUSHING.................................
4th 12:27 SU 44-BROOKS, Steven 1:00 PP UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS...................
04:33 SU 23-MILLER, Jovan 1:00 PP TRIPPING................................
