EMMITSBURG, Md. (April 9, 2022) – The Mountaineers had four different players score two goals but were held scoreless in the fourth quarter as LIU picked up a 14-10 win. Jared McMahon led the offense with two goals and two assists, while Justin Weick had a career-high three assists for the Mount. Mitchell Dunham added two assists, three caused turnovers, and five ground balls.
 
LIU's Richie LaCalandra had four goals and one assist, while Will Snelders and Blake Behlen added three goals.
 
 The Mount's Griffin McGinley made six saves in net, and Will Mark made 20 saves for the Sharks.
 
LIU got off to a fast start scoring two goals to jump out to a 2-0 lead, but the Mountaineers responded with goals from Brendan Lantieri and Noah Daniels to tie the score at two with 6:49 left. J. McMahon fired a low shot that got past Marks to give the Mount their first lead of the game at 3-2, but LaCalandra equalized about a minute later on a tight angle.
 
LIU scored two goals to start the second quarter and had a 5-3 lead. Jake Krieger scored his only goal of the game after he juked his defender and rifled a shot past Marks to cut the lead to one with 6:24 remaining. The Sharks added two more goals to expand the lead to 7-4, but Daniels found the back of the net on a counterattack before halftime to cut the deficit to two goals.
 
LIU scored goals 40 seconds apart to take a 9-5 lead, but the Mount responded with a 5-0 run that lasted seven minutes. The run was kicked off when Lantieri fired a shot and took a hit, but the ball found the back of the net. The Mount cut the lead to two on a counterattack from an LIU turnover that was worked around, and J. McMahon finished the opportunity. Kyle DeCrispino scored next for the Mount on a shot that was blasted under the crossbar, then J. McMahon tied the game at nine on a nice feed from Weick. The Mount took a 10-9 lead on DeCripsino's second goal when he tucked a shot near post that Marks could not stop. Snelders tied the game for LIU at ten with 1:40 left.   
 
The Sharks got two quick goals again to take a 12-10 lead within the first three minutes of the fourth, then added another goal on the man advantage to take a three goal lead. LIU sealed the game with a late goal to reach the final score of 14-10.
 
Connor Beals went 15-out-of-25 (60%) from the X today.
 
The Mountaineer's next game is against the Wagner Seahawks in Staten Island on April 16th at noon.