Box Score WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Manhattanville men's lacrosse team took to the road for the final time during the 2013 regular season and fell to the King's Monarchs by the score of 14-7 on Saturday afternoon. Senior Peter Callahan (Fairfield, Conn./Salisbury School) led the Valiants with a career-high five points, which included three of Manhattanville's goals.
 
The Monarchs started out well as the outshot Manhattanville 10-1 in shots on goal in the first quarter, three of which found the back of the net to put King's up 3-0. Sophomore Ray Zimlin (Graniteville, N.Y./Wyoming Seminary), making his second straight start, made seven saves in the period.
 
However, two of Manhattanville's four shots found the back of the net as Callahan and sophomore Tom Tarczali (Stratford, Conn./Saint Joseph) began the period with two straight to trim the King's lead to one. Zimlin made two more saves in the second quarter, but allowed six goals in the frame as the Monarchs sent 16 shots in the direction of the Manhattanville goal, to take a 9-2 lead into halftime.
 
After the break, Zimlin was removed from the game as senior Dom Poletto (Engelwood, Colo./Regis Jesuit) returned after battling injury over the past few games. The Monarchs put up the first two goals of the half and took its largest lead of the game by nine goals.
 
Manhattanville then went on a five-goal stretch in attempts to claw back into the game, the rally began with senior Jordan Kolb (Sisters, Ore./Sisters) picking up his lone goal of the contest with 6:44 remaining in the third quarter. Several minutes later Callahan scored his second to make the score 11-4 heading into the fourth period.
 
In the last quarter, the offense continued as senior Bill Motherway (Kings Park, N.Y./Kings Park) and junior Eric Brown (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick) picked up goals within 36 seconds of one another. Callahan capped off his afternoon with one last goal with 10:48 left in the contest. King's ended up scoring three more times through the remainder of the contest to come away with the 14-7 victory.
 
As a team, Manhattanville was outshot 50-20 in the 60 minute contest, while King's also led in ground balls at a 45-26 differential. Faceoffs were also handled with ease by the Monarchs as clears, turnovers, and extra man opportunities were even for both sides.
 
Taking the loss was Zimlin to fall to 0-2 on the year after allowing 10 goals while making nine stops in the first 30 minutes of play. Poletto came on and made seven saves while allowing only four Monarch tallies. Earning the win for King's was Brendan McCrudden after allowing all seven Manhattanville goals and making five stops during his 60 minutes of action.
 
Manhattanville (0-14, 0-4 Freedom) is still alive in terms of postseason contention and needs two wins in its final two games to make the Freedom Conference Tournament. The Valiants' next game will be on Tuesday afternoon when the team hosts the FDU-Florham Devils under the lights at GoValiants.com Field at 7 p.m. King's (9-2, 3-1 Freedom) plays host to DeSales on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. with the Valiants needing a win from the Monarchs to keep their playoff chances alive.