2023 Team 91 in College: March 13 Recap

Published on March 13, 2023

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Free scouting report for anyone playing Binghamton this year: put someone on Matt Keegan. Maybe two someones. Possibly even three at times.

The Team 91 2021 Blaze sniper and Sachem North alum continued to get acquainted with the back of the net last week. Keegan blasted home six goals on only nine shots to highlight the Bearcats’ 14-9 win over Fairfield. It marked a career-high in goals for Keegan, and it was his fifth multi-goal game of the year.

’18 Extreme LSM Max Verch (Syosset) dislodged a pair of turnovers and handled a pair of ground balls in the Binghamton win. ’20 Orange midfielder Trey Sofield (Long Beach) picked up a ground ball. Earlier in the week in a narrow 14-13 loss to Lehigh, Keegan tallied twice and added an assist and a ground ball. Verch picked up four ground balls and took the ball away twice.

’19 Orange Christian Mulé (Half Hollow Hills West) led the Mountain Hawks in the win over the Bearcats. Mulé dished out three assists to go with a goal and a trio of ground balls. ’19 Orange Justin Tiernan (Glenn) snapped home a hat trick, while ’19 Orange John Sidorski (East Islip) collected two ground balls and caused a turnover in the win.

Tiernan continued his hot streak with a monster five-goal performance to pace Lehigh past Holy Cross, 18-11. Mulé wasn’t far behind with two goals, two assists and two ground balls, while Sidorski handed out two assists, scored once and grabbed a ground ball.

Duke 17, Loyola 9

’20 Crush Andrew McAdorey (St. Anthony’s) put up a ridiculous stat line, posting a career-best six assists to go with a hat trick and a ground ball as the Blue Devils rolled to their fourth straight win.

’20 Crush Brennan O’Neill (St. Anthony’s) hammered home a hat trick, ’18 Extreme Owen Caputo (Middle Creek, N.C.) posted a well-rounded stat line of two goals, two assists and two ground balls and ’19 Orange LSM Tyler Carpenter (Salisbury, Conn.) caused a pair of turnovers to go with two ground balls. ’19 Orange defenseman Kenny Brower (Massapequa) vacuumed up a trio of ground balls in the win.

Yale 11, Denver 9

’19 White goalie Jared Paquette (West Islip) was robust in the Bulldogs’ cage, rebuffing 13 attempts sent his way and collecting a pair of ground balls to cement the win. ’21 Blaze Machado Rodriguez (Chaminade) won four faceoffs and tracked down a pair of ground balls, while ’19 Orange defenseman Mikey Alexander (West Islip) caused a turnover in the win.

Johns Hopkins 11, Syracuse 9

’20 Crush SSDM Brett Martin (Half Hollow Hills East) was lockdown yet again, causing a turnover and picking up a ground ball to highlight a strong day from the Blue Jays’ defense.

’22 Smash Joey Spallina (Mount Sinai) handed out three assists to go with a goal and two ground balls for the Orange. ’22 Smash Michael Leo (St. Anthony’s) snapped home a pair of goals for his third multi-goal game of the year. ’20 Crush defenseman Nick Caccamo (Harborfields) scooped up one ground ball for ‘Cuse.

Air Force 11, Bryant 6

’20 Crush LSM Chris Bardak (St. Anthony’s) continued his gamewrecking ways with a goal, an assist, three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers to lead the Falcons to their second straight win.

Rutgers 14, Princeton 13

If the ball was on the ground, ’18 Extreme LSM Ethan Rall (Islip) came up with it. The All-American pole gobbled up a whopping 10 ground balls to help the Scarlet Knights fend off the Tigers in overtime for the Meistrell Cup. ’19 Orange James Ringer (Bayport-Blue Point) tossed in a goal for Rutgers.

’20 Crush Koby Ginder (Brunswick, Conn.) won four faceoffs and grabbed ground balls on two of them.

Siena 11, Sacred Heart 8

’21 Ambush Ryan McCarthy (Northport) was in a giving mood, dishing out four assists to go with three ground balls to spur the Saints. ’20 Crush defenseman Trevor Marsala (Mount Sinai) dislodged a pair of turnovers and snared three ground balls in the win.

North Carolina 19, Brown 6

’21 Blaze Johnny Schwarz (Shoreham-Wading River) set up a goal and added a caused turnover and a ground ball to fuel the Tar Heels’ rout.

’20 Crush SSDM Kevin Sweeney (Mount Sinai) snared a ground ball for the Bears.

Dartmouth 20, Hobart 16

’21 Blaze Brandon Ventarola (Trinity-Pawling) bagged a goal to go with an assist as the Big Green moved to 4-0 for their best start to the season since 2003.

Delaware 17, UMBC 11
UMBC 13, Mercer 8

’20 Crush goalie Jayson Tingue (Bay Shore) made a dozen saves and grabbed two ground balls against the Blue Hens. He followed it up with 10 saves to get UMBC back in the win column against Mercer.

Manhattan 9, Mount St. Mary’s 3

’19 White Christian Lyons (Syosset) scored once and engulfed three ground balls to help the Jaspers roll in their MAAC opener.

Marist 16, Wagner 7

’21 Blaze defenseman Aidan McCaffrey (Comsewogue) picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover to lead a dominant effort from the Red Foxes.

LIU 14, VMI 13

’21 Blaze defenseman AJ Volkmann (Mount Sinai) snared a ground ball to help the Sharks to their second straight win.

Michigan 19, Harvard 13

’19 Orange LSM Greg Campisi (St. Anthony’s) hammered out a turnover and grabbed a ground ball for the Crimson.

UMass 9, Albany 6
Maryland 16, Albany 9

’22 Smash defenseman Max Neeson (Pottsgrove, Pa.) was a force for the Great Danes against the Minutemen. Neeson took the ball away three times and corralled three ground balls before adding a caused turnover and a ground ball against the Terps. ’22 Smash Alex Pfeiffer (Sachem North) fired home a goal for Albany against Maryland.

Penn 13, Saint Joseph’s 12
Drexel 18, Saint Joseph’s 16

’19 White defenseman Alex Keener (Bethpage) snagged three ground balls for the Hawks against the Quakers and added another against the Dragons. ’18 Extreme Ryan Doran (Half Hollow Hills East) picked up a pair of ground balls against Drexel.

Jacksonville 17, St. John’s 9

’20 Crush defenseman Jack Schirtzer (Mount Sinai) corralled three ground balls and caused a turnover for the Johnnies, who also got a caused turnover from ’20 Orange Jack McCarthy (Connetquot) and a save in relief from ’20 Orange Ronnie Durante (Lindenhurst).

Providence 10, Stony Brook 9

’19 Orange Blake Behlen (Commack) scored once for the Seawolves.

Colgate 17, Navy 8

’20 Crush Xavier Arline (Shoreham-Wading River) set up a goal for the Mids.

Division II

Molloy 11, Georgian Court 9
Molloy 13, Bridgeport 3

’19 White goalie Christian Michaels (Kings Park) was brilliant for Molloy. He stopped 17 shots and caused a turnover against Georgian Court, then followed it up with three saves against only one goal allowed and three ground balls against Bridgeport.

Pace 12, Lynn 6

’21 Ambush Danny Zabbia (Half Hollow Hills West) launched home a pair of goals, set up two more, grabbed two ground balls and caused a turnover to lead Pace to its third straight win to start the season.

Wingate 16, Newberry 14

’19 White Marc Cottage (Smithtown West) snapped home a hat trick on only four shots as the Bulldogs racked up their fourth straight win.

Dominican 8, American International 4
Dominican 21, District of Columbia 8

’19 White Billy Gordon (St. Anthony’s) helped get Dominican in the win column with a goal and two ground balls against AIC before firing home a pair of tallies, causing three turnovers and gobbling up a ground ball in the rout of UDC.

Florida Tech 26, Emmanuel 8
Lenoir-Rhyne 20, Florida Tech 11

’19 White Nick Cannetti (Sayville) buried his first goal of the season to go with a ground ball in the Panthers’ rout, then added another ground ball against Lenoir-Rhyne.

Eastern 9, Arcadia 7

’21 Ambush defenseman Gavin Lacy (North Shore) picked up a ground ball for Arcadia.

Division III

Cortland 17, Lasell 2
Cortland 21, Washington College 4

’21 Ambush defenseman Logan Schanars (Half Hollow Hills East) caused a turnover and collected three ground balls in the rout of Lasell. Fellow ’21 Ambush defenseman Conner Gallagher (Northport) had a caused turnover and a ground ball, while ’21 Ambush Sam Rothman (Half Hollow Hills East) tossed in a goal for the Red Dragons. Schanars and Rothman each added a ground ball in the win over WAC.

Farmingdale State 26, Anna Maria 7
Farmingdale State 13, Lasell 9

’18 Extreme Robbie Varello (Smithtown East) got the party started against Anna Maria with a whopping five-goal, two-assist two-ground ball day, and ’18 Extreme running mate Jake Wandle (Rocky Point) paired three goals with three assists to go with a caused turnover and a ground ball as the Rams rolled.

Wandle connected for his second straight hat trick against Lasell while also adding a ground ball.

Franklin & Marshall 14, Roanoke 9
Elizabethtown 14, Franklin & Marshall 13

’19 White defenseman Kyle Craig (Wantagh) was a beast once again for F&M, leading the Diplomats to a win with three caused turnovers and three ground balls. He added one of each against Elizabethtown.

Marywood 6, Wilkes 5

’20 Orange LSM Matthew Warns (Mattituck) scored once and vacuumed up a half-dozen ground balls for Wilkes.

Kean 21, Fairleigh-Dickinson 3

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

Middlebury 10, RPI 9

’21 Ambush Trey Berry (Chaminade) corralled a ground ball for RPI.