HAMPTON, VA - The Iona University men's lacrosse team took on Hampton on Sunday at noon from Armstrong Stadium, beating the hosts 13-8 for the Gaels first victory in program history. The Maroon & Gold attack flourished, firing off more than sixty shots with five players ending with at least two points.Â
AS IT HAPPENED
Cullen Lawry would set the tone early by scoring and putting the Gaels up 1-0 in the opening minute, grabbing an assist from
Kyle Hardie. Lawry was involved in all four of Iona's opening goals, scoring the first three and delivering an assist to
Kolbe Curtin on the fourth. Up a man late in the first stanza,
Jimmy Kennedy snuck home his first career goal on a man-up opportunity, taking the Gael's out of the first quarter up a score of 5-2.Â
Jack Martinez became the next Gael to rifle a career-first goal and within seven minutes would take home his second, finishing a career-first assist from
Max Monzo.
Kolbe Curtin completed the Maroon & Gold's first half goal tally by finding the back of the net with his third goal of the season. With the contributions from Martinez and Curtin, the Gaels matched the three goals put up by the Pirates in the second quarter and headed into the locker room up 8-5.
Hampton struck first out of the break, not long before
Vincent Pititto responded with his first career goal in Maroon & Gold. After another goal from the hosts to make it 9-7, the Gaels scored four unanswered to put the game out of reach.
Jake Riglietti distributed the first two of the 4-0 run, with
Jimmy Kennedy and
Cullen Lawry sharing the spoils for two more goals a piece.
The Pirates responded with two late goals, but the offensive showing from the Gaels would be too much, as Iona completed their first win in program history, 13-9.
IONA PERFORMERS
- Cullen Lawry improved on his career-high in scoring for the second straight game, scoring five goals and handing out his first career assist for a six point afternoon. The attackman fired an outstanding 16 shots in the game.
- Jimmy Kennedy scored his first career goal in the first quarter and moved on to complete his first career hat trick. The captain finished with four points after dishing out one assist while tallying six shots and three ground balls.Â
- Vincenzo Gramaglia won 16Â of 24 face-offs, and led the Gaels with five ground balls.
- Kolbe Curtin counted 11 shots in the game, with two of them finding the back of the net. Also delivering one assist, the Chantilly, Virginia native ended the game with three points.
- Jack Martinez counted his first and second career goals in an afternoon that saw him fire off six shots.
- Jake Riglietti led Iona with two assists, taking five shots and grabbing one ground ball.
- Vincent Pititto snagged his first career goal in Maroon & Gold.
THE OPPONENT
- AJ Knox led the Pirates with four goals on seven shots.Â
- Darius Stanley finished with three points in a two assist, one goal outing.
Up Next
The Gaels travel to Brookville, New York on Saturday to take on LIU at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium at 1 pm.Â
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