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Canisius midfielder Mason Wolford is shown shooting the ball during game action versus Manhattan at the Demske Sports Complex on March 29, 2025
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12
Winner Quinnipiac QUINNIPI 3-11
10
Canisius CAN 6-10
Winner
Quinnipiac QUINNIPI
3-11
12
Final
10
Canisius CAN
6-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Quinnipiac QUINNIPI 4 2 1 5 12
Canisius CAN 5 1 2 2 10

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

Men’s Lacrosse Falls to Quinnipiac in MAAC First Round

No. 6 seed Quinnipiac scored the final five goals of the game to erase a three-goal deficit and defeat No. 3 seed Canisius, 12-10, in first round action in the 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Championship Sunday at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo. N.Y.
 
Justin Robbert scored four goals and added an assist for the Bobcats (3-11), who will face top seed Sacred Heart in the tournament semifinals Thursday. Nate Watson chipped in three goals while Mason Oak made 14 saves between the pipes for the visitors.
 
Sophomore Mason Wolford scored five goals for the Golden Griffins (6-10). Sophomore Jordan Reed finished with four points on two goals and two assists. Junior Micah Hanson went 14-of-24 at the face-off "X" with nine ground balls while senior Tommy Kunz finished with 10 saves.
 
Trailing 10-7 early in the fourth quarter after Wolford struck twice in a 15-second span to give the Griffs their largest lead of the contest, Robbert notched consecutive tallies to pull the Bobcats within one before Trevor Douglas and Nate Watson found the back of the net just 41 seconds apart to give Quinnipiac an 11-10 lead with just over six minutes to play.
 
That would be all the support that Oak and the Bobcats defense needed as they held the Griffs off the scoreboard the rest of the way while Glenn Plantania provided an insurance marker with 19 seconds to play to send the Bobcats to the next round.
 
Earlier in the contest, Quinnipiac raced out to an early 3-1 lead, only to see Canisius answer back with four unanswered goals to grab a 5-3 lead late in the first quarter.
 
The Bobcats surged back in front with three straight goals to hold a 6-5 edge early in the second quarter, but Canisius scored five of the next six goals to grab a 10-7 lead, setting the stage for the Bobcats' decisive surge.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Sunday's contest served as the third postseason meeting between Canisius and Quinnipiac and the first since the 2018 season. The Bobcats have won two of those three postseason contests.
• Canisius outshot Quinnipiac by a 46-34 margin for the contest, highlighted by a combined 22-14 advantage over the second and third quarters.
• Canisius was 0-for-3 in its man-up opportunities while Quinnipiac converted on its only man-up opportunity in the contest.
• Wolford scored multiple goals in a game for the ninth time this season as he finished with a season-high five goals on Sunday.
• Reed notched four-or-more points in a game for the third time this season with his four-point performance on Sunday.
• Hanson scooped up nine-or-more ground balls in a game for the fifth time this season and third straight contest while posting 14-or-more wins at the faceoff X for the third consecutive game and sixth time in 2025.
• Graduate defenseman Jeff Douglas scooped up a season-best five ground balls on Sunday.
 
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