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School
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Overall
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PAC
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*(1) Cabrini
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13-4
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6-0
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*(2) Villa Julie
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9-3
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5-1
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*(3) Wesley
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6-7
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4-2
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*(4) Misericordia
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5-9
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3-3
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Neumann
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3-11
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2-4
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Shenandoah
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4-9
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1-5
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Eastern
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1-12
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0-6
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Alvernia
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0-7
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*- Clinched spot in PAC Tournament, numbers (X) indicate seed; PAC Champion in bold.
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2003 Men's Lacrosse Pre-Season Coaches' Poll
Cabrini is Unanimous Choice to Three-peat in Men's Lacrosse
Aston, PA -- Two-time defending champion Cabrini College is a unanimous pick to win the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s lacrosse championship, according to the 2003 PAC pre-season coaches’ poll. The Cavaliers received all eight first place votes for a total of 64 points.
"The competition in the PAC gets stronger each year," said Cabrini head coach Steve Colfer. "It’s a great honor for us to be selected as the pre-season favorite by the league’s coaches."
Villa Julie, in their second season in the PAC, is picked second with 55 points while Wesley, coming off two straight PAC runners-up finishes, is third with 47 points.
Neumann is fourth with 38 points and Shenandoah is fifth with 36. Eastern is sixth with 21 and Misericordia is seventh with 17. Alvernia, in its first season of varsity play, rounds out the poll with 10 points.
2003 Men's Lacrosse Coach's Preseason Poll
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Team
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Team Points
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1st Place Votes
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1. Cabrini
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64
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8
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2. Villa Julie
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55
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3. Wesley
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47
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4. Neumann
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38
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5. Shenandoah
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36
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6. Eastern
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21
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7. Misericordia
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17
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8. Alvernia
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10
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2003 Final Men's Lacrosse Statistics
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2003 Men's Lacrosse Awards
2003 All-PAC Men's Lacrosse Team
Player of the Year: Jim Kostack, Wesley (Sr, Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown)
Rookie of the Year: Matt Campbell, Cabrini (Fr, Arnold, MD/Broadneck)
Coach of the Year: Steve Colfer, Cabrini
First Team
Attack
Rory Friel, Cabrini (So, Ridley Park, PA/Ridley)
Ryan Dengler, Villa Julie (Sr, Fallston, MD/John Carroll)
Chris Miller, Wesley (So, Albany, NY/Colonie)
Midfield
Mike Pape, Cabrini (Sr, Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan)
Mark Skakle, Wesley (Jr, Columbia, MD/Long Reach)
Dan Velez, Villa Julie (Sr, Fallston, MD/Fallston)
Ed Wienecke, Villa Julie (Sr, Fallston, MD/Fallston)
Long Stick Middie
Mike Cottone, Cabrini (Jr, Lafayette Hill, PA/St. Joseph's Prep)
Defenders
Brian Davies, Villa Julie (Sr, Sparks, MD/Hereford)
Tom Grosse, Cabrini (Sr, Port Jefferson, NY/Comsewogue)
Jim Kostack, Wesley (Sr, Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown)
Goalie
Antonio Masone, Cabrini (Jr, Port Jefferson, NY/Comsewogue)
Second Team
Attack
Matt Campbell, Cabrini (Fr, Arnold, MD/Broadneck)
Matt Carey, Misericordia (Fr, Kennebunk, ME/Kennebunk)
Chris Keller, Shenandoah (Sr, Smithsburg, MD/Smithsburg)
Midfield
Jeff Miller, Eastern (Sr, Dillsburg, PA/Northern)
Pete Moran, Wesley (Fr, Lindenhurst, NY/Kellenberg)
Jeff Paolozzi, Shenandoah (Sr, Watertown, NY/General Brown)
Greg Prochazka, Wesley (Sr, West River, MD/Southern)
Long Stick Middie
Jason Kim, Wesley (Jr, Baltimore, MD/Pikesville)
Defenders
Price Beavers, Eastern (Sr, Kent Island, MD/Annapolis Christian)
Dave Johanson, Cabrini (Sr, Syosset, NY/Syosset)
Goalie
Pat Gill, Villa Julie (Sr, Lutherville, MD/Gilman)
Honorable Mention
Jason Lynch, Wesley (Sr, A, East Brunswick, NJ); Luke Pearson, Eastern (Fr, G, Urbana, MD/Urbana)
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PAC Player of the Week
April 28: Ted Schneider, Neumann, JR, A, West Chester, PA/West Chester East. Scored 10 goals and had 7 assists in a 2-1 week (beat Eastern and Alvernia, lost to Misericordia).
April 21: Dan Velez, Villa Julie, SR, A, Fallston, MD/Fallston. Had 9 goals and 3 assists, including 4-and-2 against Alvernia and 4-and-1 in win over Randolph-Macon in 3-0 week (2-0 PAC), also beat Neumann.
April 14: Matt Campbell, Cabrini, FR, A, Arnold, MD/Broadneck. Had six goals, four assists, 10 ground balls, and five clears in a 1-1 week (lost to Stevens Tech, def. Shenandoah).
April 7: Antonio Masone, Cabrini, JR, G, Port Jefferson Station, NY/ Comsewogue. Posted a 1.84 goals against average, stopping 70 percent of the shots he faced in a 2-0 week (beat Alvernia, Misericordia).
March 31: Chris Miller, Wesley, SO, M, Albany, NY/Colonie. Had 5 goals, 12 assists, 17 points and 3 takeways in a 1-1 PAC week (win over Eastern, loss to Villa Julie).
March 24: Todd Smith, Villa Julie, JR, M, Hereford, MD/Hereford. Had 4 goals & 2 assists in 1-0 PAC week.
March 17: Matt Carey, Misericordia, FR, A, Kennebunk, ME/Kennebunk. Had three goals and an assist in an 8-7 OT win over Shenandoah. Added a goal in a 12-4 loss to E-Town.
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2003 Men's Lacrosse Championships PAC | NCAA | ECAC
2003 PAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament
Saturday, May 3, 2003- Final
@ #1 Cabrini 13, #3 Wesley 1
Senior Mike Pape scored four goals and had one assist, and junior Mike Piccoli added two goals and three assists to lead Cabrini College to a 13-1 win over Wesley College to win its third straight men's lacrosse PAC Championship. With the win, the Cavaliers earn their second straight bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Junior goaltender Antonio Masone made 13 saves for Cabrini. Pape was named the game's Most Valuable Player for his performance. It was his first game back after suffering a leg injury on April 9. Cabrini took control of the game in the openinq quarter, scoring six times. Pape started the scoring midway through the period. Kevin Rayer tallied 17 seconds later, and Pape scored his second of the game with 5:16 remaining. Dan Collins, Piccoli and Chris Ogonowski rounded out the scoring in the first quarter.
After the teams split a pair of goals in the second quarter, Cabrini owned the second half, shutting the Wolverines out, while scoring six unanswered goals at the other end.
The win was the 21st straight Conference win for the Cavaliers. Wesley's goal was scored by Greg Prochazka at the end of the second quarter.
This was the fourth straight year the Cavaliers and Wolverines met for the PAC title.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2003- Semifinal
@ #1 Cabrini 19, #4 Misericordia 4
Radnor, PA - Justin Gray scored five goals and Paul Archambault and Kevin Rayer added three goals apiece as Cabrini College defeated College Misericordia 19-4 in a Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) semifinal.
Cabrini (11-3) will host Wesley College (6-6) in the Championship Game on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Wesley defeated Villa Julie College, 9-7 in today's other PAC semifinal.
The Cavaliers held a 4-2 lead after one quarter, then outscored Misericordia 8-1 in the second quarter behind two goals apiece from Gray and Archambault.
Misericordia (5-9) was led by Brandon Fields (two goals, one assist), and Matt Carey (one goal, two assists).
Antonio Masone made five saves for the Cavaliers to notch the win. Chris Brauch made 18 saves for the Cougars in the losing effort.
Cabrini defeated Wesley in their regular season meeting, 14-4.
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#3 Wesley 9, @ #2 Villa Julie 7
Chris Hurley scored six goals to power the visiting Wolverines over the host Mustangs in a Pennsylvania Athletic Conference semi-final game on Wednesday. Dan Velez tallied three goals and two assists to lead Villa Julie, which finishes the season at 8-3 overall and 6-2 in the PAC.
Villa Julie jumped out first as Velez scored at 10:16 off a smooth feed from Ed Wienecke. Wesley answered with a four-goal run, two scores each from senior attackmen Jason Lynch and Hurley. Brian Bacon fired home an unassisted goal at 0:46 to bring Villa Julie to within 4-2 at the end of the quarter.
VJ put up a pair of second quarter goals -- both in extra-man -- as Wienecke fed Velez and then Velez returned the favor to Wienecke, tying the game at 4-4. Wesley got the final goal of the half, as Hurley notched his third off an assist from Chris Miller, giving his team a 5-4 lead at the break.
The third period was all Villa Julie, as the Mustang defense shut down the Wesley attack. VJ goalie Pat Gill got hot, with six of his overall 13 saves coming in the third. Meanwhile, the Mustang offense put up three unanswered goals. Two Velez goals were sandwiched around a Nate Montanye score, and VJ had the lead, 7-5, and the momentum going into the final period.
But it was all Wesley in the fourth, as they won the pivotal quarter, 4-0. Hurley scored off a feed from Mark Skakle at 12:08 to make it 7-6. Then a Brandon Fohl goal a minute later tied it at 7-7. It was a tension-filled play-off atmosphere over the next three and a half minutes, as both teams looked for an advantage. Hurley broke the ice with a solo goal at 7:28 to give Wesley an 8-7 lead, and the momentum had clearly shifted. Hurley added his sixth and final goal of the day at 6:20, assisted by Greg Prochazka, to account for the final score. The Wolverine defense then dug in as the Mustangs tried to counter over the final six minutes.
In the stats department, Wesley finished with a 31-26 edge in shots, while VJ had the slim 42-41 edge in groundballs. Wolverine goalie Bill Brennan had 18 saves to anchor the defense. Face-offs were almost even, 10-9 in favor of VJ. Both teams controlled two quarters, but Wesley’s four-goal runs in the first and fourth were the difference.
The scenario was, in a way, a carbon copy of last year, as Villa Julie won the regular-season meeting between the two teams and Wesley (both times as #3 seed) defeated VJ (both times the #2 seed) in the post-season semi-final game. In today’s contest, the Wolverines were clearly focused as they rode the emotional wave of playing in memory of their Head Coach, David Reynolds, who passed away several weeks ago.
Wesley (6-6, 6-2) travels to Cabrini on Saturday for the PAC championship game at 2:30 p.m. Cabrini was a 19-4 winner over Misericordia in the day’s other semi-final.
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2003 NCAA Tournament- 2nd Round
Saturday, May 10, 2003
@ Salisbury (16-1) 16, Cabrini (13-4) 1
Number one ranked Salisbury jumped to a 10-0 first quarter lead en route to a 16-1 win over visiting Cabrini in the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. Senior Josh Bergey (4g-2a), sophomore Chris Phillips (3g) and sophomore Justin Smith (2g) each scored twice to fuel SU’s opening run. The Sea Gulls (16-1 overall) advance to Wednesday’s national quarterfinals and will host the winner of Sunday’s Lynchburg-Franklin & Marshall game. Cabrini ends its season with a 13-4 mark.
Salisbury, which scored on 10 of its 22 shots in the opening period, pushed its margin to 11-0 in the opening seconds of the second quarter as Phillips added his third of the game, assisted by face off specialist Andy Murray (1g-1a). Murray enjoyed a near perfect day on face offs, winning 18 of his 19 attempts. Salisbury controlled 19 of 21 draws overall.
Cabrini registered its only marker with 1:43 remaining in the second quarter as freshman Matt Grosse scored unassisted. Murray answered that goal by winning the ensuing face off and scoring unassisted just seven seconds later. Salisbury led 12-1 at halftime.
Bergey added his third and fourth goals of the game in the third quarter. The Gulls closed out the game with two more tallies in the final period, including Mike Ricucci’s second goal of the contest. Sophomore Joe Tamberrino finished with a team-high three assists.
Cabrini’s junior goalie Antonio Masone finished with 18 saves. Salisbury starter Dan Korpon recorded nine saves in 48 minutes. The Sea Gulls finished with a 50-18 advantage in total shots and 67-30 edge in ground balls. The Salisbury defense registered its fourth game of the season in which it allowed one goal or less.
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2003 NCAA Tournament- 1st Round
Wednesday, May 7, 2003
Cabrini (13-3) 13, @ Widener (12-4) 8
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference champion Cabrini scored four unanswered goals in the final 9:39 of the game to pull away with a 13-8 men's lacrosse victory at Widener, the Middle Atlantic Conference champions, in NCAA Tournament first round action. Cabrini advances to the second round where they will face Salisbury University (15-1) on Satuday.
Widener jumped out to a quick start, scoring the first three goals of the game, and led 6-4 with 10:46 left in the second quarter as the two teams traded goals over a 15-minute span in the two quarters. Cabrini scored the final three goals of the first half to knot the game up at six apiece as the first half came to an end.
Matthew Grosse scored the first goal of the second half, giving Cabrini a 7-6 lead with 6:23 left in the third quarter, and led by as many as two goals as Mike Pape registered his third goal of the game just over a minute later. Kyle Swezey scored his third of four goals for Widener 23 seconds later but Cabrini received a lift when Rory Friel scored his first of three goals with 35 seconds left in the quarter.
Widener pulled back to within a goal when Swezey scored for the fourth time in the game just 18 seconds into the final quarter before Cabrini scored the final four goals of the game.
Cabrini had two players score three times, including Mike Pape and Rory Friel. Matt Campbell and Michael Piccoli had two goals each. Swezey was Widener's only multiple goal scorer with four goals and Jamie Lockard had one goal and one assist.
Pat Carmack made 24 saves in 59 minutes of action for Widener and Antonio Masone made 11 saves for Cabrini.
Widener concludes its season with a final record of 12-4 while Cabrini improves to 13-3 overall.
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ECAC Division III Men's Southern Lacrosse Championship
Saturday, May 10, 2003
@ Villa Julie (9-3) 12, Swarthmore (8-7) 11 (VJC ECAC CHAMPS)
Zach Steeg scored the last of his game-high four goals with 0:34 remaining to give Villa Julie a 12-11 win over Swarthmore in the ECAC Southern Region Championship game on Saturday. With the win, the Mustangs finished the season at 9-3, while the Garnet Tide dropped to 8-7.
Steeg put Villa Julie on the board at 10:09 of the opening quarter with an unassisted score. After Swarthmore tied it, Villa ran off the next four goals to take a 5-1 lead. The Mustangs had a seemingly comfortable 8-3 lead at the half, but the Garnet Tide regrouped and answered the challenge, outscoring VJ by an 8-4 margin in the second half.
A Brian Bacon goal at 10:10 of the third period gave Villa Julie their biggest lead of the game at 9-3. The Tide chipped away and cut the deficit to 10-7 at the end of the third. After a Mustang goal by Todd Smith to start the fourth, Swarthmore went on a four-goal run over the next ten minutes to tie the game at 11-11, setting the stage for Steeg’s unassisted game-winner. Steeg was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
Smith scored two goals for VJ and Bacon added two goals and an assist. Chris Murphy and Tom Coughlin scored three goals apiece to lead Swarthmore and Murphy added two assists. Pat Gill turned in a gutsy performance in goal for the Mustangs. Hobbled from a sprained ankle early in the game, he still notched 18 saves, including several from close range.
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