THROGGS NECK, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College men's lacrosse team outscored Maritime College 3-1 in fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough as the Valiants were defeated on the road by the Privateers Saturday afternoon, March 23, by a score of 16-13.
 
Manhattanville (4-2) took the early 2-0 lead just over two minutes into the first quarter thanks to goals from junior Gianni Ciffone (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) and rookie Nick Lambiase (Irvington, N.Y./Irvington), but Maritime (5-2) scored the next three to take a 3-2 lead. Junior Nick Delia (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South) scored in the final two minutes of the quarter, however, to tie it at 3-3 before the Privateers snuck one in with 39 seconds left before the end of the quarter.
 
Maritime outscored the Valiants 5-3 in the second quarter and took a 9-6 lead into halftime. Ciffone scored twice in the second quarter, and Lambiase scored his second of the game. The third quarter was much like the second, with the Privateers outscoring Manhattanville 6-4 and maintaining the two-goal lead.
 
Junior Will Duval (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay) scored his first of the game in the third quarter to make it 10-7 at the time, followed by Ciffone's fourth of the game to make it a two-goal game at 10-8 with 11:18 remaining until the fourth. Delia scored his second to make it 11-9 at 7:02 before Maritime scored four straight to make it 14-9. Duval scored his second at 2:17 in the third to trim it back to 14-10 before the Privateers once again scored in the final minute to make it a five-goal game.
 
Neither team scored in nearly the first 10:00 of play in the fourth until Manhattanville rookie Harrison Yoguez (Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph (H.S.)) scored his first of the game in a man-up situation to make it 15-11. Trailing 16-11 with less than two minutes remaining, Ciffone and Yoguez each scored again and the Valiants trailed by three at 16-13, but were unable to complete the comeback attempt against their future Skyline Conference foe.
 
Highlights:
- Ciffone finished with five goals on eight shots on net.
- Duval and Delia each finished with three points.
- Senior Soya Goto (Rye, N.Y./Rye) scooped up four ground balls, caused two turnovers and won six faceoffs. He also notched one assist.
- Rookie Kevin Rafferty (Yonkers, N.Y./Archbishop Stepinac) had four ground balls and caused two turnovers to go with an assist.
 
The Valiants return to the field this Wednesday night, March 26, for a road game in Danbury, Conn., at Western Connecticut State University. Faceoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.