Box Score CASTINE--After a three-game road swing, the Maine Maritime Academy men's lacrosse team enjoyed the comforts of home at Ritchie Field on Saturday with a 24-6 lopsided victory over SUNY-Delhi in the North Atlantic Conference opener for both squads. The Mariners improve to 4-4 on the season, while the Broncos fall to 4-3 overall.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Freshman Tobey Lappin erupted for career highs of nine goals, four assists and 13 points to lead student-athletes in all but helpers on the afternoon.
• Senior Brendan Reddington pumped in season highs of four goals, game-high six assists and 10 points.
• Sophomore Bryce Crowell won 16 of 31 face-off attempts and he had five ground balls, while also scoring three points (1g, 2a).
• Senior Sam Nichol registered a hat trick and was joined by other teammates who also enjoyed a multi-point game: junior Trey Marcil with four (2g, 2a), sophomore Ryker Spear and freshman Ryan Dunstan with three (both 1g, 2a), sophomore Jaden Knight with two goals, and freshman Tristan Reinhold with a goal and an assist.
• Sophomore Finnian O'Donnell led all student-athletes with eight ground balls and four caused turnovers, both career bests.
• Classmate Andrew Noyes made nine saves over 45 minutes to earn the win, and junior Will Farrell had seven stops over the last 15.

SUNY-Delhi Highlights

• Joseph Lazazzaro led the team with three points on two goals and an assist.
• Chris Lazazzaro and Jagger Beachak both had two points on a goal and an assist.
• Anthony Ferrato went 11-for-22 in the face-off "X" and had five ground balls.

How it Happened

• Maine Maritime scored early and often by taking leads of 5-2 after the first quarter and 14-3 by halftime.
• Nichol and Joseph Lazazzaro traded goals 2 minutes and 35 seconds apart to begin the game before Nichol scored again at the 10:49 mark to put MMA ahead to stay, 2-1.
• Spear (8:03), Lappin (6:40) and Reddington (3:14) rounded out the scoring for the Mariners in the opening frame.
• Maine Maritime blew the game open with nine tallies in the second quarter as Knight made it 6-2 at 11:20 to ignite a 7-0 run.
• In the second half, MMA didn't make it any easier while outscoring Delhi 10-3.
• The Mariners also dominated the boxscore statistics: 70-45 in shots, 45-22 shots on goal, 13-21 in turnovers, clears (21/22 to 16/21) and 40-31 ground balls.

Inside the Boxscore

• Reddington's 10 points are a personal record and the six assists ties another.
• In the NAC preseason coaches' poll, SUNY-Delhi was picked to finish in first place and MMA was a close second.
• Lappin and Reddington are the third set of MMA teammates to combine for at least 23 points in the same game in Mariners history and the first since March 27, 2022, at SUNY-Cobleskill (13 by Alex Stevens and 11 by Jayden Wilson).
• Maine Maritime now leads the all-time series 6-2, including a 4-0 home mark, and the Mariners today set series benchmarks for goals scored, margin of victory (18) and fewest goals allowed.

Next Up

• Maine Maritime will be idle next week before returning to action on Tuesday, April 1, at Colby College in a non-conference match-up, which is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. face-off.