2023 Team 91 in College: Feb. 20 Recap

Published on February 20, 2023

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When all else fails, just give Brennan O’Neill the ball and let him cook.

Duke smartly used that strategy down the stretch and it paid off in its 14-13 overtime win against Denver. The ’20 Crush attackman from St. Anthony’s tied the game up with 19 seconds left with a nasty question mark goal. Then, in overtime, he took a feed from fellow Crush and St. Anthony’s product Andrew McAdorey and ripped home a high-to-high crank to end it for the Blue Devils.

O’Neill finished with a whopping four goals, three assists and two ground balls. McAdorey tallied up three assists to go with two goals, while ’19 Orange defenseman Kenny Brower (Massapequa) dislodged a pair of turnovers to lead the Duke defense. ’19 Orange LSM Tyler Carpenter (Salisbury, Conn.) was a menace in the middle of the field with four ground balls and two caused turnovers.

’20 Crush Aidan Danenza (St. Anthony’s) chipped in a goal and a caused turnover, while ’18 Extreme Owen Caputo (Middle Creek, N.C.) tallied once and grabbed a ground ball.

Lehigh 19, Hobart 13

’19 Orange Christian Mulé (Half Hollow Hills West) continued his torrid start to his senior campaign with a superb five-goal, one-assist, one-ground ball day to help the Mountain Hawks storm back from an early deficit.

’19 Orange running mate John Sidorski (East Islip) buried a goal and set up both Mulé and another ’19 Orange standout, Justin Tiernan (Glenn) for goals while also picking up a pair of ground balls. Tiernan finished with a hat trick, an assist and two ground balls.

Binghamton 12, St. Bonaventure 11

’21 Matt Keegan (Sachem North) started the scoring for the Bearcats and also ended it, rifling home a man-up bomb in overtime for his fourth goal of the game to give Binghamton its second straight win to start the season.

Keegan finished with four goals, an assist and a ground ball for the Bearcats. ’18 Extreme Max Verch (Syosset) collected a pair of ground balls in the win.

Yale 20, Villanova 14

’19 White Jared Paquette (West Islip) was fantastic in goal for the Bulldogs, stymying 18 shots fired his way to help Yale open its season in style.

Fellow West Islip alum ’19 Orange Mikey Alexander paced the defense with two ground balls and a caused turnover. ’21 Blaze Machado Rodriguez (Chaminade) won three faceoffs and collected ground balls on two of them.

Cornell 12, Albany 10

’19 Orange Angelo Petrakis (Massapequa) won seven faceoffs and collected five ground balls to help last year’s national runners-up start their season with a win.

’22 Smash Austin Oppenheim (Mount Sinai) collected his first career faceoff win for the Great Danes. Albany also got three ground balls and a caused turnover from ’22 Smash Max Neeson (Pottsgrove, Pa.).

UMBC 12, Drexel 7

’20 Crush Jayson Tingue (Bay Shore) was brilliant in the Retrievers’ cage, stopping 10 shots and snaring a ground ballm to pace UMBC in its season opener.

Quinnipiac 11, Brown 10

’20 Crush Kevin Sweeney (Mount Sinai) caused a pair of turnovers from his SSDM spot and ’22 Smash Marcus Wertheim (Smithtown East) collected a ground ball in his Brown debut.

North Carolina 11, Johns Hopkins 7
Ohio State 8, North Carolina 5
Loyola 13, Johns Hopkins 8

’21 Blaze Johnny Schwarz (Shoreham-Wading River) doled out an assist to fuel UNC’s mid-week win over the Blue Jays. His twin brother, ’21 Blaze LSM Tyler Schwarz, helped the Tar Heels limit Hopkins to one second-half goal to kickstart a comeback. ’20 Crush SSDM Brett Martin (Half Hollow Hills East) collected a ground ball for the Blue Jays.

Johnny Schwarz scored once and grabbed a pair of ground balls against the Buckeyes. Tyler Schwarz added a caused turnover and a ground ball.

Dartmouth 11, Merrimack 10

’21 Blaze Brandon Ventarola (Trinity-Pawling) helped the Big Green start their season off in style with a goal, three ground balls and a caused turnover.

Michigan 11, Hofstra 10

’22 Smash Anthony Mollica (Massapequa) found the back of the net for the first time in his Pride career. ’19 Orange Sam Lutfi (Massapequa) also tallied once for Hofstra.

Manhattan 6, Navy 5

’19 White Christian Lyons (Syosset) snagged a ground ball to help the Jaspers stun the Midshipmen. ’22 Smash Jack Flaherty (Chaminade) tallied once for Navy, while ’20 Crush defenseman Nick LiCalzi (South Side) started and helped limit the Manhattan offense to six goals. ’20 Crush Xavier Arline (Shoreham-Wading River) had a ground ball for the Mids.

Queens 17, Hampton 10 

’20 Orange defenseman Colby Suglia (Mattituck) caused havoc with a pair of caused turnovers and two ground balls to help the Royals win their first game as a Division I program.

Saint Joseph’s 16, Towson 13

’19 White defenseman Alex Keener (Bethpage) corralled a pair of ground balls and caused a turnover to pace the Hawks in their second straight win. ’18 Extreme Ryan Doran (Half Hollow Hills East) buried a goal in the win.

Princeton 22, Monmouth 9

’20 Crush Koby Ginder (Brunswick) won three faceoffs and added a ground ball to help the Tigers roll in their season opener.

Maryland 15, Syracuse 12

’22 Smash Michael Leo (St. Anthony’s) secured his second straight multi-goal game with a pair of tallies and ’20 Crush defenseman Nick Caccamo (Harborfields) caused two turnovers and picked up three ground balls for the Orange.

’22 Smash Joey Spallina (Mount Sinai) tallied on a ludicrous no-look behind-the-back shot and also set up one of Leo’s goals to go along with a caused turnover. ’22 Smash LSM Dylan Sageder (Mount Sinai) vacuumed up a ground ball for the Orange.

Penn State 17, Stony Brook 12

’22 Smash Sean Carlo (Wantagh) snapped home his first career goal for the Seawolves. ’19 Orange Blake Behlen (Commack) secured a ground ball in the loss.

Providence 18, Siena 11

’21 Ambush Ryan McCarthy (Northport) put forth his second straight three-goal, one-assist outing, complete with two ground balls and a caused turnover, for Siena. ’20 Crush defenseman Trevor Marsala (Mount Sinai) knocked out a turnover and had three ground balls for the Saints.

Delaware 16, St. John’s 9

’20 Crush Jack Schirtzer (Mount Sinai) knocked loose a trio of turnovers and added three ground balls for the Johnnies. ’19 Orange Kyle Munson (Calhoun) stopped 15 shots and picked up two ground balls for St. John’s. ’18 Extreme SSDM Drew Martin (Half Hollow Hills East) added a caused turnover.

Jacksonville 13, Marist 5

’21 Blaze defenseman Aiden McCaffrey (Comsewogue) led the Red Foxes with two caused turnovers and four ground balls. ’19 Orange defenseman Larry Cangro (Eastport-South Manor) chipped in a ground ball for Marist.

Army 14, Rutgers 13

’18 Extreme LSM Ethan Rall (Islip) grabbed a ground ball for the Scarlet Knights.

Virginia 25, Harvard 21

’19 Orange LSM Greg Campisi (St. Anthony’s) caused a turnover for the Crimson.

Division II

Wingate 19, Mount Olive 10

’19 White Marc Cottage (Smithtown West) went on a rampage for Wingate, tallying career bests in goals (four) and points (five) to pace the Bulldogs’ offensive outburst.

Mercy 23, Dominican 1

’19 White Billy Gordon (St. Anthony’s) caused a turnover for the Chargers.

Division III

Franklin & Marshall 18, Lebanon Valley 6

’19 White defenseman Kyle Craig (Wantagh) grabbed a ground ball and spearheaded a stingy Diplomats defense.

Penn College 14, Fairleigh-Dickinson 8

’21 Ambush defenseman Aidan Bonn (Huntington) grabbed four ground balls and caused a turnover for FDU.

Susquehanna 21, Wilkes 6
Juniata 9, Wilkes 8

’20 Orange LSM Matthew Warns (Mattituck) grabbed two ground balls against Susquehanna and followed it up with four ground balls and a caused turnover against Juniata.

NAIA

Keiser 14, St. Andrews 2

’19 White James MacGilvray (Bellport) buried both of his shots and also set up another goal to help Keiser rack up its fourth straight win to start the season.