Annapolis, Md. (February 29, 2008)—No. 11 Navy defeated Mount St. Mary's, 12-5, in men's lacrosse action at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Sophomore Jim O'Shea paced the Mount (0-2) with a career high two goals and one assist.

The Midshipmen (3-1) took a 2-0 lead after the first quarter on goals from Gregory Clement and Michael Beggins. The Mount cut the lead in half when Geery Grant converted a Joe Derwent feed 2:51 into the second quarter.

Navy answered with three straight goals from Tim Paul, Nick Mirabito and Brendan Connors. Freshman Dan Mohr countered with his third goal of the season to make the score 5-2 at the half.

The Midshipmen took control of the game with the first three goals of the third quarter. Joe Lennon, Paul and Mirabito found the back of the cage for an 8-2 Navy lead. O'Shea scored an unassisted goal before Mirabito scored his third goal of the game to make the score 9-3 heading into the fourth quarter.

Mohr scored his second goal of the game with 10:36 remaining, but Navy sealed the win by scoring the next three tallies. Patrick Moran connected for back-to-back goals while Beggins made it 12-4 with 7:12 left in the contest. O'Shea's second goal of the day rounded out the scoring in the game.

O'Shea had two goals and an assist to pace the Mount while Mohr added two markers. Freshman Jon Rodrick recorded his first collegiate point with an assist. Mirabito led Navy with three goals and two assists while Paul chipped in a pair of goals and two assists in the game.

Freshman goalkeeper T.C. DiBartolo made 13 saves in 56:39 of action while Kyle Overs made a save in his first appearance in goal for the Mount this year. Matt Couglin made five saves for the Midshipmen.

Freshman Ben Trapp won 13-of-18 face-offs in the game and picked up a team-high seven ground balls. Navy outshot the Mount 44-19 in the game while holding a 39-28 advantage in ground balls.

The Mount returns to action on Saturday, March 8, at No. 19 Bucknell.