The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team played four goalies in its three games at the Pumpkin Stick-Out on Sunday.

Redshirt freshman Pete Coluccini and sophomore Jake Myers, who are competing to start in the spot vacated by Jay Pfeifer, were accompanied by sophomore Casey Rotella and sophomore walk-on Nicholas Huertas.

Coluccini played first against LeMoyne. In a 6-5 win, he made six saves. Myers made two saves in the first half of SU’s 11-6 win over Cortland.

‘I thought that all the goalies did a good job,’ SU head lacrosse coach John Desko said. ‘I would’ve given Coluccini a little more credit because he played against better competition (LeMoyne), but they all did well.’

Soggy turf

The teams played in a light rain on both Coyne Field, which is Astroturf, and a new adjacent FieldTurf practice field.

SU played all three of its games on Coyne because of its stands and press box with a public address system. As a result, the Orange players and its competitors were sliding all over the field as they struggled to grip the slick surface.

At one point in SU’s 13-3 win over Herkimer, it looked as though sophomore Mike Leveille pulled a hamstring. He immediately came out of the game. Though Desko was not sure of the extent of the injury, he said he hoped it was just cramps.

‘We’re gonna check him out,’ Desko said. ‘We’ve been practicing on the new FieldTurf and we’d much rather play on it.’

Desko said his team scrambled before the game to find appropriate footwear, but some players still wore sneakers.

Leveille did not return to action.

Transfers

University of Virginia transfers Joe Yevoli and Nathan Kenney competed in the games.

Yevoli saw extensive time at attack and played with a sleeve on one knee, due to a slight injury which kept him out of practice last week. Kenney played midfield and took some faceoffs.

Yevoli had a goal against LeMoyne and a goal and an assist against Cortland. The score against Cortland, which came at the end of the first half, was the prettiest SU goal of the day.

Yevoli gained possession of the ball behind the Red Dragon net and stared at the goalie and a defender for several seconds. He made a quick move to the left side of the net and walked to the right side before throwing it low into the back of the goal.

‘Everything’s been going great so far,’ Kenney said about transferring. ‘We definitely wanted to bounce back from the tournament down in Maryland. This is a unique team because we’re all friends with each other.’

This and that…

Senior Timothy Raschdorf led all SU scorers with six goals and an assist. … Freshmen Pat Perritt and Kenny Nims each had goals while freshman Dan Hardy added an assist. … Local actor William Baldwin was one of the approximately 1,100 people in attendance.

Published on October 16, 2005 at 12:00 pm