Schenectady, N.Y. – Rob Lutin scored four goals and Flip Bongaerts made 17 saves as the Skidmore College men's lacrosse team advanced to the Liberty League Championship with a 10-6 victory over Union in the Liberty League semifinal at Frank Bailey field on Friday afternoon.

 

The Thoroughbreds improve to 9-5 will face top-seed Rensselaer at noon on Sunday, May 9 in the Liberty League Championship at East Campus Stadium. The Dutchmen finish their season with an 11-4 record.

 

Union got on the board first on a Scott Garibaldi goal and made it 2-0 less than a minute later when Andrew Higgins converted on a man-up opportunity at the 7:48 mark. 

 

Skidmore would go on to score the next six goals to take a 6-2 lead. Lutin (Port Washington, N.Y.) scored three of the Thoroughbred goals with Matt Levesque (Wellesley, Mass.) adding two and Cory Barkoff(Woodbury, N.Y.) tallying a goal and three assists during the run.

 

The Dutchmen got within three goals on Garibaldi's second goals of the game, but Skidmore added goals from Jon Hoeg (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) and Barkoff to take an 8-3 lead into the half.

 

The teams traded goals throughout the third as Jacques Ward (New York, N.Y.) scored his first goal of the season with a man-down for and Lutin added his fourth of the game for Skidmore, while Jon Stidd tallied his first goal of the season and Ted McKenna scored for Union to make it a 10-5 game after three.

 

In a defensive fourth quarter which Bongaerts (New Canaan, Conn.) made five of his 17 saves, Ethan Meyer scored the only goal for the Dutchmen as Skidmore earned a 10-6 victory.

 

Barkoff finished with two goals and three assists and Levesque added two goals for the Thoroughbreds. Garibaldi finished with two goals for Union and McKenna had a goal and an assist.

 

Sean Aaron finished with 12 stops for Union.

 

Skidmore won 11-of-19 faceoffs and outshot the Dutchmen 38-37.

Lacrosse Game Summary (Final)

                      2010 Skidmore College Men's Lacrosse

      Skidmore College vs Union College (May 07, 2010 at Schenectady, NY)

 

           Skidmore College (9-5, 4-2) vs. Union College (11-4, 4-2)

Date: May 07, 2010  Location: Schenectady, NY       Stadium: Frank Bailey Field 

Attendance:422   Start time:4:00 pm   End time:5:49 pm   Total time:1:49   

 

SCORE BY PERIOD       1  2  3  4  Tot

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Skidmore College....  3  5  2  0 - 10

Union College.......  2  1  2  1 -  6

 

Skidmore College SCORING: GOALS: Rob Lutin 4; Cory Barkoff 2; Matt

Levesque 2; Jon Hoeg 1; Jacques Ward 1.

ASSISTS: Cory Barkoff 3; Tom Howley 1; Matt Levesque 1.

 

Union College SCORING: GOALS: Scott Garibaldi 2; Ted McKenna 1; Ethan

Meyer 1; Jon Stidd 1; Andrew Higgins 1.

ASSISTS: Ted McKenna 1; Robert Young 1.

 

Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Ryan Paradis 7; Scott Grillo 5; Ernie

Economides 3; Alex Giaimo 3; Mike Holden 3; Scott Madison 3; Cory

Barkoff 2; Flip Bongaerts 1; Jeff Caruso 1; Bryan Connolly 1; Dan

DeMartini 1; Jon Hoeg 1; Matt Levesque 1; Rob Lutin 1; J.P. Sullivan

1; Jacques Ward 1.

 

Union College GROUND BALLS: Derek Mayer 6; Brendan Kinnane 4; Matt

Livingston 4; Charles Hovsepian 3; Sean Aaron 2; Kyle Christine 2; Sam

Kenyon 2; Ethan Meyer 2; Jon Stidd 2; Alex Stone 2; Kendall Delgado 1;

Scott Garibaldi 1; Jon Goldberg 1; Ted McKenna 1; Derek Witheford 1;

Robert Young 1.

 

Skidmore College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Alex Giaimo 2; Scott Madison 2;

Bryan Connolly 1; Dan DeMartini 1; Scott Grillo 1; Mike Holden 1; Matt

Levesque 1; J.P. Sullivan 1; Mike Perlow 1; Charlie Sullivan 1.

Union College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Robert Sullivan 3; Charles Hovsepian

2; Matt Livingston 2; Jon Stidd 2; Derek Witheford 2; Sean Aaron 1;

Kendall Delgado 1; Sam Kenyon 1; Brendan Kinnane 1; Rob Lord 1; Robert

Young 1.

 

SHOTS - Skidmore College 38; Union College 37.

SHOTS ON GOAL - Skidmore College 22; Union College 23.

 

Penalties - Skidmore College 5/2:30; Union College 3/2:00.

MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Skidmore College 0-3; Union College 1-5.

 

TURNOVERS - Skidmore College 29; Union College 25.

 

FACEOFFS - Skidmore College 11-19; Union College 8-19.

 

CLEARS - Skidmore College 20-27; Union College 21-26.

 

GOALIES - SKIDMORE: Flip Bongaerts 9-5 (60:00 minutes, 23 shots-17

saves, 6 GA); UNION-M: Sean Aaron 11-4 (60:00, 22-12, 10).

 

Start time: 4:00 pm   Finish time: 5:49 pm   Length of game: 1:49

Officials: John Keenan; Peter Barnett; Patrick Gunner.

 

A-422 T-1:49