The Basics

• Final Score: Neumann University Knights 13, Rosemont Ravens 10
• Records: Neumann 5-6 (2-1 CSAC), Rosemont 3-8 (0-3 CSAC)
• Location: Rosemont, Pa. (Ravens Athletic Complex Turf Field)

How It Happened
The visiting Knights wasted little time in getting on the board this afternoon, as Adam Fagan took a pass from Chase Fraser off the opening faceoff and put it behind the Ravens keeper to make it 1-0 eight seconds in. It took over five minutes before the next goal was scored as Fagan buried another one. With 7:11 left in first Rosemont netted their first when Ben Koszelak got a feed from Brandon Krausse pulling it back to 2-1. Neumann added the following two to go up 4-1, 9:22 into the frame. In the span of two-minutes three shots hit the back of the net, two from the Ravens and one by the Knights. Bobby Fritz and Koszelak (up) scored for Rosemont, while Chris Augustine got one for Neumann. After one it was, 5-3 Knights.

Quarter number two saw Neumann run their edge to 6-3 with 10:40 left in the half. The Ravens did not go away however as Tyler Ferrara and Zach Bowe hit 1:15 apart cutting the deficit down to 6-5. The took advantage of a late giveaway as Alex Rucci sent a long pass to Fagan who put it away, making it 7-5 Knights at halftime.

Neumann came out of the break and opened the lead back up as two straight one from Fraser and Sergio Plesati ran the lead out to 9-5 with 9:19 to go. Koszelak stashed away two in a row cutting the edge down to 9-7 with 6:18 gone in the third. The Knights capped off the period at the 12:57 mark when Ryan Lee put one away unassisted. At the end of 45 minutes it was Neumann up 10-7.

The final stanza saw the Knights open the lead up to 11-7, as Fraser found the net again 3:23 into the fourth. The Ravens would close the gap to two as consecutive goals Ferrara and Anthony Bottoms pulled the home side to 11-9. Fraser's fourth and fifth goals of the game made it 13-9 with 90-seconds to go. Ferrara wrapped up the scoring on the day with his third of the day with only 25-seconds to play. The final horn sounded and the Knights left the famous "gray turf" with the 13-10 win.

Ravens' Top Performers

• Zach Bowe led with one goal on seven shots, scooped up a team-high sixteen ground balls and went 19-25 at the faceoff X.
• Ben Koszelak buried four on eight shots and picked up two ground balls.
• Tyler Ferrara had a hat trick on four shots and grabbed two ground balls.
• Anthony Bottoms and Bobby Fritz each had a goal and an assist.
• Cassius Christie made 4 saves in the loss.

For the Knights'

• Chase Fraser had a game-high five goals on 13 shots, dished out an assist and scooped up five ground balls.
• Adam Fagan chipped in four goals on five shots.
• Xavier Glanzel, Ryan Lee, Chris Augustine and Sergio Plesati each added a goal.
• Brendan Risley made 13 saves for the win.

Stats of the Game

• Faceoffs: Rosemont 20-26, Neumann 6-26
• Shots (On Goal): Rosemont 41 (23), Neumann 26 (17)
• Saves: Rosemont 4, Neumann 13
• Ground Balls: Rosemont 47, Neumann 31
• Clears: Rosemont 14-18, Neumann 14-21
• Extra Man Opportunities: Rosemont 2-7, Neumann 1-3

Up Next
The Ravens will continue CSAC play on Wednesday, 4/12 when, they travel to the Marywood University Pacers. Game time is set for 4pm. Please stay tuned to rosemont-ravens.com during the coming week for potential schedule changes.