2021 Week 14 College Recap

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Joe LiCalzi was EVERYWHERE for Georgetown in the Big East tournament championship game.

The Team 91 2017 alumnus by way of South Side tore it up for the Hoyas, tying a career-best with three caused turnovers to go with four ground balls to lead Georgetown to a 10-9 win over Denver for the Hoyas’ third-straight championship.

That huge effort after he collected a ground ball for Georgetown in the semis in a 14-12 decision over Villanova’16 Lucas Cotler (Syosset) scored once and added an assist for the Pios after picking up a trio of ground balls in the semis in a 14-5 rout of Providence.

Patriot League Tournament
Lehigh 13, Colgate 9
Loyola 16, Navy 9

’19 Orange John Sidorski (East Islip) tore Colgate up in the semifinals, burning the Raiders for three goals, three assists and a ground ball, while ’19 Orange Christian Mulé (Half Hollow Hills West) tacked on a hat trick and a ground ball for Lehigh.

’19 Orange Justin Tiernan (Glenn) scored twice to bolster the Lehigh offense and ’19 Orange Nick Turrini (Calhoun) chipped in two ground balls. The Mountain Hawks will head to the NCAA tournament as the league’s automatic qualifier after Loyola had to pull out of the title game for Covid reasons.

’20 Crush Nick LiCalzi (South Side) snared a ground ball for the Mids.

CAA Tournament
Hofstra 10, Delaware 9
Drexel 15, Hofstra 11

’16 Ryan Tierney (Massapequa) capped his brilliant Hofstra career with two goals and two assists in the championship game, a game after picking up four ground balls for the Pride. He capped his Pride career as the CAA’s all-time leading goal scorer!

’16 Bobby Casey (Wantagh) made a combined 20 saves in the two games, including 11 in the semifinal win. ’16 Justin Lynskey (Massapequa) chipped in two goals and a helper, ’16 Logan Danenza (St. Anthony’s) added two ground balls and ’19 Orange Sam Lutfi (Massapequa) bagged two goals in the title game.

Big Ten Tournament
Johns Hopkins 12, Rutgers 10
Maryland 12, Johns Hopkins 10

’20 Crush Brett Martin (Half Hollow Hills East) picked up a ground ball in both games as the Blue Jays stunned top-10 Rutgers before falling to the rival Terps in the title game. ’18 Extreme Ethan Rall (Islip) had a ground ball for the Scarlet Knights.

NEC Tournament
Saint Joseph’s 19, LIU 11
Bryant 16, Saint Joseph’s 10

’18 Ryan Doran (Half Hollow Hills East) and ’17 Matt Tufano (Glenn) each had three goals and three assists in the Hawks’ offensive explosion in the semifinals. Doran scored a hat trick and had three ground balls in the final, while Tufano paired a goal with an assist. ’19 Orange Blake Behlen (Commack) capped his season with a goal and an assist for the Sharks.

SOCON Tournament
Richmond 11, Air Force 6

’20 Chris Bardak (St. Anthony’s) dislodged a pair of turnovers and collected two ground balls for the Falcons, who also got three ground balls from ’16 Vince Lombardi (Bayport-Blue Point).

America East Tournament
Vermont 10, Stony Brook 7
Albany 14, UMBC 12

’18 Extreme Anthony Palma (East Islip) did everything he could to keep the Seawolves in it with 16 saves and a ground ball.

’17 Tommy Lingner (St. Anthony’s) stopped eight shots for the Retrievers.

Division II
Le Moyne 14, Adelphi 10 

’16 Justin Napolitano (Sachem East) closed out his brilliant Adelphi career with a four-ground ball day. Fellow ’16 Quintin McKenna (Harborfields) set up a goal in the loss.

Rollins 12, Florida Tech 9
Florida Tech 16, Saint Leo 8

’19 White Nick Cannetti (Sayville) helped Florida Tech to a split with an assist and a ground ball for the Panthers.

CACC Tournament
Dominican 10, Caldwell 9

’19 White Billy Gordon (St. Anthony’s) had an assist, a ground ball and a caused turnover to send Dominican into the title game, where the Chargers fell.

Division III
Landmark Conference Tournament
Catholic 11, Moravian 7
Catholic 16, Elizabethtown 8

’17 Sean Baudo (St. Anthony’s) led the Cardinals to a Landmark Conference championship with a combined five goals and three assists in the two games. Baudo’s three-goal, two-assist day in the title game was particularly impressive.

CSAC Tournament
Cabrini 22, Marywood 6

’18 Extreme Matt Sageder (Mount Sinai) made a save in split duty to help the Cavaliers reach the CSAC final, a game in which they rolled to their 20th straight conference title.

Skyline Conference Tournament
Maritime 8, St. Joseph’s 7
Farmingdale State 18, Merchant Marine 6
Maritime 13, Farmingdale State 12

’19 White Connor Buschle (St. John The Baptist) netted a pair of goals to help Maritime take home the title, a game after scoring once and adding a ground ball to help Maritime fend off St. Joseph’s upset bid in the semifinals.

’18 Extreme Jake Wandle (Rocky Point) buried two goals for Farmingdale in the title game after setting up two goals and grabbing four ground balls in the semis.

NESCAC Tournament
Tufts 18, Williams 11

’17 Jensen Corabi (Half Hollow Hills West) caused a turnover to help the Jumbos rack up the NESCAC title.

Wesleyan 14, Trinity 6

’17 Jake Sexton (Chaminade) led the way for Wesleyan with three goals and two assists as the Cardinals rolled.

RPI 19, Vassar 11

’19 White Maximus Albanese (West Islip) popped two goals to go with four ground balls and a caused turnover for Vassar.