SCRANTON, Pa. – The Manhattanville College men's lacrosse team defeated Marywood University in double overtime, 7-6, on Saturday afternoon.  The Valiants and Pacers were neck and neck throughout the entirety of the match until Manhattanville's Sean Larkin (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains) scored unassisted 2:31 into double overtime to secure the victory. With the win, the Valiants are 2-0 overall, their best start since the 2019 season. 
 
Nick Cornelia (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) led Manhattanville with three points on three goals, while Larkin would get two points on a goal and an assist. Four players would record two points each for Marywood.
 
The Pacers would get on the board first after sophomore midfielder, Dillon Kane scored an unassisted goal within two minutes of regulation. The rest of the first period would be back and forth as the Valiants were held scoreless, firing off only eight shots. Marywood took 13 shots throughout the first 15 minutes.
 
Manhattanville would respond early in the second with an unassisted goal from Drew Palladino (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh) to tie it up, 1-1. Less than a minute later, the Pacers would get another on the board from Kieran Scanlan with a dish from Dalton Metzger to take back the lead. It would then become busy in the crease during the ninth and tenth minute of the period as the Valiants earned an extra man opportunity and scored back-to-back goals. Cornelia would get the first from Larkin to tie it up, 2-2. Tyler Berch (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) would then have an unassisted goal to take back the lead for Manhattanville, 3-2. Soon after, Marywood's Metzger would score one of his own unassisted to tie it up 3-3 before heading into halftime. The Valiants would hold a shot advantage through the first half, 19-17. 
 
To start the second half, the Valiants would have another man up opportunity where Cornelia would score his second goal of the day only 12 seconds into the period off a Frank Tallerico (Monroe Township, N.J./Monroe Township) assist. This would give Manhattanville a 4-3 lead. Not long after, Matt Manna was able to get one back for the Pacers to tie up the game at 4-4. Valiant freshman Dash Munson (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) would then score to take back the lead for Manhattanville, 5-4. In a game with four ties already, Marywood got another on the board from John Scibello to tie it up. 5-5 heading into the final period of regulation. 
 
Cornelia would get his third and final goal of the day in the fourth period, unassisted, to put the Valiants up 6-5. Minutes later, Marywood's Scanlan would get a dish from Scibello to tie it up, 6-6 and bring the game into extra minutes. 
 
During the first overtime both teams would be held scoreless as the Pacers would fire off only six shots, while the Valiants couldn't get a single one off. In the final period of overtime, it would be a quick back and forth as Marywood's Nick Ericson would win the faceoff and Scibello and Kane would fire a shot each. A ground ball would be picked up and cleared by Manhattanville as Larkin would score the game winner for the Valiants. 
 
In net, veteran Cody Johnston (Syosset, N.Y./Syosset) would get the start and make 12 saves. Mike Mooney (Tappan, N.Y./Tappan Zee) caused a team-high two turnovers. The Valiants collected only 37 ground balls to the Pacers' 56. Nick Padovani (Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac) took charge as the only Valiant in the faceoff circle, going 5-for-17 on the day. 
 
Next weekend, the Valiants will continue their road slate and head to Arlington, Va. to take on Marymount University on Saturday at 3 p.m.  

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