WILKES-BARRE, PA. – The Manhattanville College men's lacrosse team closed out its 2019 season with a tough 12-7 loss at Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom rival King's College (Pa.) Saturday afternoon, April 27.
 
The Valiants (7-8, 2-5 MACF) kept up with the Monarchs (4-11, 2-5 MACF) for most of the first quarter, as the two squads traded goals to the turn of a 3-3 tie with just over 2:00 remaining until the second before King's scored with 00:10 left to take a 4-3 lead. That tally started a four-goal run for the hosting Monarchs, as they started the second quarter with three straight and jumped ahead 7-3.
 
Junior Nick Delia (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South) scored his 25th of the season with 1:06 remaining in the first half to bring Manhattanville back to within three at 7-4, and that's the way it would stay until nearly 4:00 into the third quarter when fellow junior T.J. Caccavo (Carlsbad, Calif./San Marcos) scored his 21st to trim the gap to just two at 7-5. The Monarchs scored once in the quarter at 4:30 to make it 8-5, but the Valiants closed out the third with a goal from rookie Harrison Yoguez (Trumbull, Conn./St. Joseph (H.S.)) – his 19th – to make it 8-6 heading into the fourth.
 
Freshman Matt LaBash (Stratford, Conn./St. Joseph (H.S.)) began the game's final quarter with his 10th goal of the season at 13:14 and Manhattanville was back within one goal at 8-7. Unfortunately, King's closed out the game on a 4-0 run to come away with the five-score victory.
 
Highlights:

• Junior Will Duval (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay) finished with a game-high-tying five points as he assisted on five Valiants goals. He also scooped up four ground balls.
• Delia totaled four points with two goals and two assists. He also notched two ground balls and caused a turnover.
• LaBash scored twice and had three ground balls.
• Sophomore Simon Boisvert (Pointe Claire, Que./Millbrook School) finished with four ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Senior Sam Hahn (Briarcliff Manor, N.Y./Briarcliff) closed out his collegiate career with four caused turnovers and two ground balls.
• Senior Soya Goto (Rye, N.Y./Rye) was 2-for-4 on faceoffs and also notched three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers.
• Junior Ty Arnone (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Our Lady of Lourdes) picked up five faceoff wins to go with a pair of ground balls on the night.
• Junior Jason Frezza (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Portledge) turned away 11 shots on the night.

The game against King's was the final MAC Freedom contest for the Valiants, as the program rejoins the Skyline Conference for the 2020 season.