CCC Men's Lacrosse Tournament Interactive Bracket
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's lacrosse team has advanced to the CCC Championship game for the 11th time since joining the league in 2000 after the nation's ninth-ranked and tournament's top-seeded Gulls defeated the #5 seed Gordon 26-9 on Wednesday afternoon. Six different offensive weapons for Endicott recorded at least four points in the win and sophomore Tommy Hughes (Coram, N.Y.) shined in the face-off circle with 24-of-32 wins and nine groundballs.
The 2015 CCC Championship and automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Tournament will be decided on Saturday, May 2nd at 1:00 p.m. at Endicott Stadium when the Blue and Green (14-3) take on either #2 Western New England or #3 Roger Williams. The Golden Bears and Hawks play their CCC Semifinal game on Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in Springfield.
Senior midfielder Harrison Cotter (Lordship, Conn.), senior attacker Kyle Weber (West Hartford, Conn.), and sophomore attacker Colin Bannon (Westport, Conn.) all tallied six points with Cotter and Weber each registering five goals and an assist while Bannon scored three times and assisted on three more in the semifinal win. Weber surpassed 50 goals on the season for the first time in his career and currently has 53 on the year.
Senior midfielder Joshua Tordik (Sayville, N.Y.) had his best game of the season with a five-point effort as he netted season-high three goals with two assists while scooping up two groundballs. Senior attacker Nick Pincaro (Beverly, Mass.) added two goals and two assists and sophomore attacker Will Jennings (Danvers, Mass.) eclipsed the 30-goal plateau in 2015 with three goals and an assist.
Jonathan and Jeremy Morgan (Lake Panamoka, N.Y.) each contributed offensively with Jonathan totaling three points on a goal and two assists and Jeremy tacking on two goals. Jonathan also had three groundballs.
Endicott was able to maintain possession throughout the game with Hughes winning face-offs and freshman midfielders Nicholas D'elia (Stanford, Conn.) and Doug Richardson (Arlington, Mass.) collecting loose balls with seven and four groundballs, respectively.
Although Endicott struggled to contain Scots junior attacker Jake Martin (Watertown, Conn.), who poured in four goals with an assist to lead the visitors, defensemen Matt Holzinger (Fairfield, Conn.) and Ben Katzen (Blauvelt, N.Y.) each caused two turnovers. Gordon's only other offensive threat came from junior attacker Ryan Utz (Rochester, N.Y.) who had two goals in the loss.
Endicott held a significant statistical advantage in several categories including shots (60-26), face-offs won (26-13), groundballs (54-31), and successful clears (19-10). Endicott converted nine man-up opportunities into four goals.
Gulls junior goalie Cameron Bell (Falmouth, Maine) recorded the win with seven saves in the cage. Bell's counterpart, junior Cody Greenwald (Albany, N.Y.) made nine saves before giving way to senior Brian Lane (Rochester, N.Y.) who made five saves in the fourth quarter.
