RUTHERFORD, NJ (April 12, 2023) - Georgian Court Men's Lacrosse was on fire from the opening draw Wednesday afternoon at Felician. The Lions scored the first eight goals and were up 17-3 at half before cruising to a 21-7 win. It's the Lions fourth win in a row as they remain unbeaten in the CACC at 3-0 and are 7-5 overall.

How it Happened
• Total numbers weren't as far apart as much as the final score would suggest. The Lions won 19-of-31 face-offs and led in total shots 55-39.
• Felician turned the ball over just one more time than GCU, 17-16. The Lions were 21-24 on clears and the Golden Falcons 17-21.
• With the extra-man Georgian Court was 1-for-2 while Felician was 0-for-5.
• Each team made 14 saves. The biggest difference was Georgian Court put 21 of their 55 shots in the back of the net while Felician only scored on six of their 39.

First Half
• The Lions nearly pitched a shutout in the opening quarter, but in the end led 8-1. Felician scored with just eight seconds in the frame to get on the board.
• The scoring started with Brett Bridges netting the first of the game at the 12:15 mark. The Lions poured on three more in the next two minutes with goals from Millan Webster, James Sanford and Thomas Heegan.
• Bridges netted his second of the game to give the Lions a 5-0 lead. With less than four minutes to play, Vincent Giunta, Michael Ventresca and Tallen Smith, with the man-advantage all scored putting the Lions up 8-0.
• If eight was good, nine is better. Thats how many the Lions scored in the second. Ryan Rigby started it with back-to-back goals. Ventresca, Giunta and Sanford all popped their second of the game and Brett Bridges his third. 
• Daniel Burnham, Tyler Burns and Doug Mackenzie also got in on the action.
• Again Felician scored with less than a minute remaining, but that just made it a 17-3 lead at the half.

Second Half
• There was plenty of playing time to go around in the second half. Tallen Smith started it with his second goal of the afternoon.
• Nicholas Mann and Vincent Burns scored in the third with Broadie Seaborn netting one in the fourth.
• The Lions were able to get four goaltenders into the game with everyone getting at least five minutes of action.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Brett Bridges scored a team-best three goals. He also assisted on five others for eight total points. He also grabbed four ground balls.
• Vincent Giunta scored twice and passed out two assists.
• Michael Ventresca, Tallen Smith, James Sanford and Ryan Rigby all scored twice.
• Ventresca, Smith and Daniel Burnham tallied three points each.
• Hunter Rindos, Thomas Heegan, Max Dennington, Jordan Frank and Daniel Devitt all came up with three ground balls.
• Justin Iannarone was 8-11 on face-offs. Garrett Kenny won 4-of-6, Vaughn Meehan 3-of-5, and Daniel Devitt 3-of-4. 
• Vincent Burkhart was the winning goaltender. He allowed three goals and made four saves in 30 minutes.
• Andrew Candino made five saves without allowing a goal.
• Thomas Hackl made five stops as well.

For the Golden Falcons
• Robert Grasso scored three of the seven goals and caused three turnovers.
• Jabes Escalante added a goal and an assist.
• Alfonso Guerrero, Nick Grebe, Joseph Celentano and Finn Crocker each grabbed three ground balls.
• Nick Grebe played all 60 minutes in goal making 14 saves. 

News and Notes
• Andrew Candino made his 100th career save. Something only four other Lions have ever done.
• Tallen Smith surpassed 100 career points. He also scored his 60th goal and dished out his 40th assist.
• Michael Schone played in his 25th career game.
• Max Dennington grabbed career ground ball number 50.
• The Lions have now won four straight since 2021. It's also their first time starting CACC play 3-0 since that year. 

Up Next
• Georgian Court will stay on the road to visit Caldwell Saturday, April 15. It's a GCU-Caldwell lacrosse doubleheader. The Cougars and Lion women get underway at 10 a.m. with the men's teams to follow.