Doylestown, PA – The Rosemont Ravens men's lacrosse team (0-4) were seeking their elusive first win of the season this afternoon at Delaware Valley (3-1) in a non-conference contest. The third quarter was the key period in the game, as the Aggies shut out the Ravens 4-0 in that stanza. The Ravens eventually were outscored 10-6. Not counting the third quarter, the teams scored six goals apiece in the other quarters combined.
Under rainy skies, neither team would be able to make a dent on the scoreboard as the first quarter ended scoreless.
The goals started to come frequently in the second quarter. DelVal started off with a three-goal barrage within a period of 2:14 to take a 3-0 lead with 11:27 to go in the half. Rosemont's Tyler Ferrara would score off of an assist from Stephen Licata to make the score 3-1. With just under three minutes left, the Aggies would put up their fourth goal of the quarter to take a 4-1 lead.
The Ravens' Justin Regan would score the first of three straight Rosemont goals, finding the net in a man-up opportunity on a pass from Zach Bowe. Regan's goal was followed by an unassisted goal from Dean Grisoff and Tyler Ferrara's second goal of the game with 0:16 on the clock to knot the score at 4-4 going into the break.
The decisive third period featured four Aggie goals, including two in the final minute to give the home side an 8-4 advantage. Rasool Smith would start the scoring in the fourth quarter, but DelVal scored the next two goals and except for one more score from Ralph Ibezim with 1:09 left in the game, were able to stop the Ravens from causing further damage.
Rosemont's six goals came from five players, led by Tyler Ferrara's two. Dean Grisoff and Zach Bowe both led Rosemont with five ground balls. Purnell Summers had four ground balls and three caused turnovers. Zach Bowe was impressive in the center circle, going 8-for-10 on faceoffs.
For Delaware Valley, Riley Kratzke had a hat trick to lead the Aggies. Seth Clauser and Chris Coyle each scored twice. KaVell Jenkins had eight ground balls and four caused turnovers.
In goal, Kiefer Paul took the loss, stopping 13 of 23 shots on goal. For the Aggies, Jacob Tomasik stopped four of 10 Rosemont shots on goal to get credited with the win.
The Ravens are next scheduled for another non-conference game on Wednesday, 3/18 when they will travel to Reading to face the Alvernia Crusaders. The game is slated to start at 7:00pm.
