WILKES-BARRE, PA (March 26, 2019) – Coming off an exciting overtime victory for their first win of the 2019 season, the King's College men's lacrosse team will look to get back in the win column as it travels to Immaculata University this upcoming Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m.

Event Details
Opponent: at Immaculata University (2-5, 0-0 Atlantic East)
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Immaculata, PA – Draper Walsh Stadium (Directions)
Live Coverage: (Live Video) (Live Stats)

Last Time Out: Senior Brian Steiger scored with 1:02 remaining in the first overtime period, lifting the King's College men's lacrosse to a thrilling 11-10 victory over Marywood University to earn the team's first win of the year.

The victory for the Monarchs wouldn't have come though if it wasn't for a late bit of magic to tie the game at 10. With less than 30 seconds left, King's (1-6) had a few shot attempts but none would hit the net. With the clock winding down, sophomore Michael O'Brien retrieved a loose ball and fed Alec Martin on the left wing about 10 yards from goal. Martin would take two steps and fire his shot past the Pacer goalkeeper with 1.6 seconds to go in the game to send things to overtime.

In the overtime period, Marywood won the first face-off attempt and had back-to-back shot attempts but senior goalkeeper Matt Basile fended off one while the other hit the side of the net. King's drew a penalty, but couldn't capitalize with the extra-man but kept control of the ball.

With the possession clock ticking down, sophomore Jack Camp moved through "X", and fed a pass over the goal to the top of restraining box. Steiger took the pass and fired to the bottom left of the cage, beating the keeper and giving King's the win.

The win rewarded a great start for the Monarchs, who scored the first four goals of the game in the first quarter including a pair from O'Brien. King's led by as many as four at 5-1 after a Jared Gambino goal at 13:22 of the second quarter. Marywood (2-5) tallied twice before halftime to make it 5-3 going into the break.

After the break, the two teams each scored twice including a goal with 0.6 seconds to go in the third quarter by Gabe Vansuch to make it 7-5 King's heading to the final period.

In the final quarter, Eric Morin started a Marywood comeback with an unassisted goal followed by a game-tying strike from Zach Vaughan. King's regained its lead with the man-advantage at 9:41 on a Camp goal before Matt Mitarotonda tied the game back up at eight.

Senior Omar Nijmeh made a nice move to get free and scored to push King's ahead 9-8 at 6:58. Marywood answered with two goals in 40 seconds to take its first lead of the game at 10-9 after a Jeff Johnsen tally. After the Pacers won the ensuing face-off, MU nearly doubled its lead but a huge save from Matt Basile set up the exciting finish for King's.

O'Brien extended his points streak to three with a career-high four points Wednesday evening, tallying a career-high three goals along with an assist. Steiger finished with two goals and two assists, along with a team-high 11 shots.

Camp posted two huge points for King's on a goal and an assist, and face-off man Trevor Douenias was strong with a team-leading eight ground balls while going 11-of-22 on draws. Defenders Jacob Wrede and Sam Moyer each posted two caused turnovers, and Basile tallied a great game with 17 saves and three ground balls.
A Look At The Monarchs (1-6, 0-0 MAC Freedom):

• King's has been in every game this season, but broke through for its first win last Wednesday. Prior to the win, King's had lost its previous three games by a combined 12 goals.
• Sophomore Gabe Vansuch has tallied at least one goal in all seven games this season, while the second-year has two or more goals per game in six of the seven contests this year. He leads the team with 14 goals.
• Junior Jared Gambino has scored nine goals while handing out three assists. His 16 goals are tied for the team-lead among non-face-off or goalkeepers.
• Sophomore Michael O'Brien has been hot offensively, posting six goals over the last three games including his first career hat trick last Wednesday against Marywood.
• Sophomore Alec Martin has scored in each of his last three games, while his lone goal against Marywood was the biggest score of his career as he tied the game with 1.6 seconds to go in regulation.
• Sophomore face-off man Trevor Douenias has won 59 of his 130 attempts on the draw, posting a 45.4 percent win percentage. Douenias has posted a win percentage of 50 percent or higher in four of his last five games.
• Senior goalkeeper Matt Basile has been strong this season including last Wednesday, as the netminder made 17 saves while allowing just 10 goals. On the season, he has a 54.1 percent save clip, making 106 saves on the year.
• Jacob Wrede continues to shine defensively, causing a team-high nine turnovers while Sam Moyer has added eight caused turnovers and nine ground balls as well.

A Look At The Mighty Macs (2-5, 0-0 Atlantic East):

• The Mighty Macs are looking to snap a two-game losing skid, falling to Lebanon Valley 18-5 last time out this past Saturday. Before that, Immaculata fell 17-6 at Drew University.
• James Barretta leads the team in points and assists so far this season, scoring 16 times to go with nine assists and 25 points. He also has picked up 22 ground balls.
• Steve Long has posted 17 goals and 18 points, leading the team with 75 shots and 35 attempts on target.
• Cole Metzger has posted 10 points on seven goals and three helpers, and Ethan Johnson has five goals as well. Ryan Ridolfi has added three goals and five assists.
• Bobby Bausman is the leading face-off man for the Mighty Macs, winning 43 percent of his attempts this year. He also leads the team with 57 ground balls and a team-high 14 caused turnovers.
• Jimmy Cooper leads the defensive unit with 11 caused turnovers and 17 ground balls, and Elijah Sims also has five caused turnovers.
• Denton States is the go-to backstop for the Mighty Macs in cage, as he has a 48 percent save clip, making 84 saves on the season to go with 91 goals allowed. He has played all but 30 minutes in net this season.

Against Immaculata All-Time: King's is 3-0 all-time against the Mighty Macs, last defeating Immaculata in 2013 with a score of 11-3. Prior to that, King's defeated IU 14-6 in 2008 and 11-8 in 2009.

Up Next: The Monarchs will have six days off before opening Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom play against crosstown rival Wilkes University in McCarthy Stadium at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3.