Box Score

The Albright College men's lacrosse team rallied from a sluggish first half, outscoring Marymount University 9-1 in the second half to reach the ECAC Mid-Atlantic championship game with an 11-7 victory.

Freshman Cam Cetrone had a hat trick to lead the Lions, with James Egleston and Ryan Turner adding two goals each. Cetrone also had three ground balls on the day, with junior Darian Meador winning 13-of-21 faceoffs while totaling seven ground balls and one caused turnovers.

Albright trailed 6-2 at halftime to the sixth-seeded Saints, before cutting the deficit in half with a 3-1 third quarter performance.

At the beginning of the fourth, Red and White goalie Jordan DiZenzo saved Lance Bernecker and Mike Southwick assisted Kyle McCabe to cut the deficit to one.

Turner tied it with 9:40 remaining, and Meador won the ensuing faceoff. Egleston struck less than a minute later for an 8-7 lead, Albright's first of the day.

Two Cetrone goals sandwiched one from fellow rookie Andrew Potter, as Albright outscored their opponents 6-0 in the final period to reach their second straight ECAC title game.

Marymount struck first in the game, but Cetrone tied it for Albright in the fourth minute of action.

The Saints controlled the rest of the period, leading 3-1 after one and holding a 17-6 shot advantage with four caused turnovers in the opening quarter.

Trailing 4-1 five minutes before halftime, the Lions called timeout and finally got something going out of the stoppage. A. Potter assisted Southwick, but Marymount responded with two more before halftime for a 6-2 advantage.

The win sets up a rematch of last year's ECAC title game, with the Lions set to face host Frostburg State tomorrow at 2 p.m. for the championship.

The FSU Bobcats shut down the Ospreys 9-0 in the first half of an eventual 14-6 victory. Spenser Love had a hat trick by halftime, and Devin Colegrove added four points (2G, 2A) in the opening 30 minutes.

In last year's Mid-Atlantic championship, Albright (now 5-3 all-time in postseason games) overcame a four-goal Ryan Serio performance for a 15-10 win behind four goals by Turner and three points from T.J. Holston (1G, 2A).