By Brandy Thurston, Director of Sports Information
(Morrisville, NY – March 27, 2013) Four posted three or more goals 
Wednesday afternoon, as Morrisville State College men’s lacrosse rolled to a 16-4 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) victory over visiting SUNY IT on Drake Field in Morrisville.
The Mustangs pick up their first win of the season to improve their record to 1-4, 1-0 in conference action, while the Wildcats have yet to notch one in the victory category, falling to 0-8 on the season, 0-1 in conference play.
Freshman Louis Geswaldo (Lafayette, N.Y.) tallied a collegiate high four goals and three assists for seven team points, while adding five ground balls and two caused turnovers to lead Morrisville State. Jeremy Beresovoy (Jamesville, N.Y.) followed with four tallies, assisting another two, while teammates David Middlemore (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) and Brendan Shannon (Stanhope, N.J.) each collected three scores.
Shannon also assisted two, while teammates Jeremy Bunn (Penn Yan, N.Y.) and Casey Jean (Tully, N.Y.) rounded out Mustang scoring with one apiece.
Freshman keeper Chris Fiore (Staten Island, N.Y.) turned away seven in three quarters of play to earn his first collegiate victory in net. Tyler Catalfano (Rochester, N.Y.) replaced Fiore in the final quarter, and kept the Wildcats at length, posting five saves to secure the conference victory.
Kevin Gardrvits and Denver Babowicz each posted two goals for the Wildcats in their efforts.
Jeffrey Melnik recorded the loss between the pipes, registering 14 saves in 48 minutes of play, before being replaced by Robert Cicak for the final 12.
After opening with back and forth play, the Mustangs took advantage of the quickness of Bunn who dodged his way through the Wildcat defense to post the first tally of the afternoon on the crease doorstep nearly six minutes in. Within minutes, Jean added another for Morrisville State for the two goal advantage.
Babowicz was able to get the Wildcats on the board at the 6:53 mark, firing one past Fiore for the tally, and added another minutes later following two additional Mustang scores, but the Morrisville State offense went on attack, netting three straight for a 7-2 advantage after the opening quarter.
Morrisville State registered three additional scores in the second to take a commanding 10-2 lead into the break, and outscored SUNYIT 6-2 in the final two quarters to collect the victory.
The Mustangs dominated the Wildcats in shots, 45-24 and held the 45-31 advantage in ground balls. SUNYIT struggled on the face-off as Morrisville State won 15-of-23 at the center line.
Morrisville State returns to the field Saturday, hosting defending NEAC tournament champion Keuka College, at 12 p.m. on Drake Field.
Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)
Morrisville State Men’s Lacrosse
SUNY IT vs Morrisville State (Mar 27, 2013 at Morrisville, N.Y.)
SUNY IT (0-8, 0-1 NEAC) vs. Morrisville State (1-4, 1-0 NEAC)
Date: Mar 27, 2013 Location: Morrisville, N.Y. Stadium: Drake Field
Attendance:100 Start time:4:00 PM End time:5:50 PM Total time:1:50 HRS
SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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SUNY IT…………. 2 0 2 0 – 4
Morrisville State… 7 3 3 3 – 16
SUNY IT SCORING: GOALS: Kevin Gardrvits 2; Denver Babowicz 2.
ASSISTS: None.
Morrisville State SCORING: GOALS: Louie Geswaldo 4; Jeremy Beresovoy
4; Brendan Shannon 3; David Middlemore 3; Jeremy Bunn 1; Casey Jean 1.
ASSISTS: Louie Geswaldo 3; Jeremy Beresovoy 2; Brendan Shannon 2;
Jeremy Bunn 1; Phil Cooper 1; Eliud Evans 1.
SUNY IT GROUND BALLS: Tyler Serva 7; Brett Gifford 4; Justin Shade 4;
Kevin Gardrvits 3; Jeffrey Melnik 3; Denver Babowicz 2; Derek Rowe 2;
Andre Shattell 2; Andrew Wurz 2; Robert Cicak 1; Thomas Mokus 1.
Morrisville State GROUND BALLS: Jeffrey Andresen 10; Louie Geswaldo 5;
John Sherlock 5; Daniel Bonilla 4; David Middlemore 4; Nick Perrotta
3; Tyler Catalfano 2; Phil Cooper 2; Chris Fiore 2; Michael Freier 2;
Brendan Shannon 2; Jeremy Beresovoy 1; Joseph Chazen 1; Julien Henry
1; Mike Kellogg 1.
SUNY IT TURNOVERS CAUSED: Brett Gifford 4; Derek Rowe 3; Jeffrey
Melnik 1; Justin Shade 1.
Morrisville State TURNOVERS CAUSED: Jeffrey Andresen 3; Nick Perrotta
3; Louie Geswaldo 2; Daniel Bonilla 1; Phil Cooper 1; Julien Henry 1;
Chad Izyk 1.
SHOTS – SUNY IT 24; Morrisville State 45.
SHOTS ON GOAL – SUNY IT 16; Morrisville State 30.
Penalties – SUNY IT 5/4:30; Morrisville State 12/10:00.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES – SUNY IT 0-12; Morrisville State 5-5.
TURNOVERS – SUNY IT 27; Morrisville State 25.
FACEOFFS – SUNY IT 8-23; Morrisville State 15-23.
CLEARS – SUNY IT 20-24; Morrisville State 25-29.
GOALIES – SITM2013: Jeffrey Melnik 0-7 (48:19 minutes, 30 shots-14
saves, 16 GA) , Robert Cicak (11:41, 0-0, 0); MORM2013: Tyler
Catalfano (15:00, 5-5, 0) , Chris Fiore 1-3 (45:00, 11-7, 4).
Start time: 4:00 PM Finish time: 5:50 PM Length of game: 1:50 HRS
Officials: Clark Mercer; Paul Stockwell; Greg Norris. Scorer: B.
Thurston.
A-100 T-1:50 HRS