Lane Kocovsky and
Kyle Reese scored two goals each as the Misericordia University men's lacrosse team kept its post-season hopes alive with an 8-3 win at King's, Wednesday night.
Nick Kenna,
Chris Fleming,
Andrew Reynolds and Phil Fraher all added goals for MU and
Josh Shanker made eight saves in goal.
Misericordia improved to 8-6 overall and 3-3 in the MAC Freedom. The Cougars face a must-win situation when they host Delaware Valley in their regular season finale, Saturday at 1:00.
Six different players scored goals as the Cougars built a 6-3 lead early in the fourth quarter.
King's took a 1-0 lead six minutes into the game, but
Lane Kocovsky tied it with his 100
th career goal with 1:16 left in the first quarter.
King's regained the lead with less than a minute remaining and
Nick Kenna pulled MU even with 15 seconds left in the first period.
After a King's goal midway through the second period,
Chris Fleming scored the first of six straight goals for MU to make it 3-3 with 6:08 to go before halftime.
Andrew Reynolds gave the Cougars their first lead nearly three minutes into the third quarter and
Kyle Reese made it 5-3 with 3:54 left in the period.
Phil Fraher scored a man-up goal early in the fourth period and Kocovsky scored again with 11:11 to play to make it 7-3.Â
Kyle Reese scored less than a minute later for an 8-3 lead.
Steve Dallicardillo had a team-high five ground balls and Pat Newins and
Ryan Cannon both had four. Newins added four caused turnovers and Reynolds won 5 of 12 face-offs.
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