Men's lacrosse battles hard in overtime loss at Felician

PARAMUS, New Jersey - The American International College men's lacrosse team battled for 60 minutes and beyond, but ultimately came up short in a 9-8 overtime loss at Felician University on Saturday, March 19.

FAST FACTS:
Final Score: Felician 9, AIC 8 (F/OT)
Records: The Yellow Jackets fall to 1-5, while the Golden Falcons rise to 4-3
Location: Paramus Catholic High Football Field, Paramus, New Jersey

KEY STATS:
Felician:
Robert Grasso: Three goals, one assist
Felipe Correia: Two goals, two assists, three ground balls
Nick Grebe: Win (4-3), 16 saves

AIC:
Rusty Stone: One goal, two assists
Hunter Terlik: One goal, two assists, three ground balls
Seamus Hayes: Two goals, three ground balls
Nick Mee: Loss (0-1), 23 saves

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Robert Grasso put Felician on the board first, but Rusty Stone set up Hunter Terlik to tie the game at 7:52. Late in the first, AIC went on a run, opened by a Seamus Hayes man-up tally at 11:43 and followed by goals from Jason Vickery and Tyler Shrewsbury in the next 1:17 to take a 4-1 lead through one.
• Hayes notched his second to open the scoring in the next stanza, and though the Golden Falcons hit the net twice in a 1:09 span in the middle of the period, Terlik was able to feed Andrew Boyer for a goal with 59 seconds remaining in the half to put AIC in the locker room with a 6-3 lead.
• Felician closed the gap with three goals in the first 7:32 of the third period of play, but a goal by Stone between Grasso's pair kept AIC up 7-6 through 45 minutes.
• The Golden Falcons tied the game at the 1:38 mark of the fourth, but Stone set up Orlandi at 7:45 to put AIC back ahead. The lead lasted until the final minute, when Filipe Correia hit the net to force overtime.
• In the extra session, Correia struck again, winning the game at the 25-second mark.

STRONG SHOWING BY MEE:

• Making his first start of the season, Nick Mee turned aside 23 shots, a season-best for the Yellow Jackets and the most since Vincent Orlandi made 24 stops for AIC against Adelphi on March 7, 2020.
• He also gathered seven ground balls, a game high.

NEXT UP:

• The team visits Pace University for a Northeast-10 Conference battle on Saturday, March 26.