Box Score GREENVILLE, Pa.—Mount Union's men's lacrosse team rallied in the second half to get a 12-7 win at Thiel (Pa.) in the 2016 season opener in Greenville, Pa.
Chris Daley (Wilmington,Del./Dupont) had a game-high five goals with an assist, Hogan Harris (Medina/Medina) had three goals while Andrew Rosati (Streetsboro/Walsh Jesuit) had six ground balls and was 13-of-15 on faceoffs to lead the Purple Raiders.
Collin Peters (Portland, Ore./Sunset) had seven saves in goal for Mount Union.
Timothy O'Shea had three goals and three assists to lead Thiel (0-1).
Thiel went up 2-0 to start the game and led 2-1 at the end of the first quarter.
Daley tied the game with a goal in first minute of the second quarter and gave the Raiders their first lead with a goal at the 9:05 mark off an assist from Brent Greenberg (Gaithersburg, Md/Quince Orchard).  Thiel retook the lead the with a pair of goals before Mount Union tied the score at 4-4 as Greenberg fed Josh Stephens (North Canton/Green) for a score with 3:41 left in the quarter.  Thiel scored two more times to lead 6-4 at the break.
Harris got on the board with a goal off an assist from Nick West (Newton, N.J./Kittatinny Regional) to cut the deficit to 6-5 early in the third quarter but Thiel got that goal back a little over a minute later to lead 7-5.  Mount Union then scored six unanwsered goals -- two from Daley, two from Harris and one each from Anthony Cacciavillano (Clarksboro, N.J./Kingsway Regional) and Kyle Adams (St. Catharines, Ontario/St. Francis Catholic) -- to lead 11-7 after three quarters.
Daley tacked on a final goal in the fourth quarter for the 12-7 final.
Mount Union next plays at Frostburg State (Md.) February 28 at 1 p.m. in Frostburg, Md.
 
 Men's Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
MOUNTUNI at Thiel
(2/20/2016 at 1 PM at Greenville, Pa. (R-S Dome))
MOUNTUNI (1-0) at
Thiel (0-1)
Date: 2/20/2016, Attendance: 220
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 SCORE BY PERIOD 
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 1 
 | 
 2 
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 3 
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 4 
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 FINAL 
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MOUNTUNI                1            3            7            1            12
Thiel                          2            4            1            0              7
 
 
MOUNTUNI SCORING: GOALS: chandler lameier 1 ; josh stephens 1 ; hogan harris 3 ; anthony cacciavillan 1 ; chris daley 5 ; kyle adams 1 . ASSISTS: michael taylor 1 ; brent greenberg 2 ; nick west 1 ; chris daley 1 ; michael muniak 3 .
Thiel SCORING: GOALS: aaron parry 1 ; edward kargbo 1 ; timothy o'shea 3 ; jared saffer 1 ; alex casile 1 . ASSISTS: timothy o'shea 3 ; jared saffer 2 ; alex casile 1 .
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 SHOTS BY PERIOD 
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 1 
 | 
 2 
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 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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| 
 MOUNTUNI 
Thiel 
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 9 
7 
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 15 
7 
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 14 
5 
 | 
 13 
2 
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 51 
21 
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| 
 GROUND BALLS BY PRD 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 2 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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| 
 MOUNTUNI 
Thiel 
 | 
 12 
7 
 | 
 11 
8 
 | 
 12 
6 
 | 
 5 
5 
 | 
 40 
26 
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| 
 FACE-OFFS BY PRD 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 2 
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 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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| 
 MOUNTUNI 
Thiel 
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 4-4 
0-4 
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 6-7 
1-7 
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 5-7 
2-7 
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 2-2 
0-2 
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 17-20 
3-20 
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| 
 CLEARS 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 2 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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 MOUNTUNI 
Thiel 
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 4-4 
5-5 
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 3-3 
4-4 
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 3-3 
4-4 
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 6-6 
7-7 
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 16-16 
20-20 
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 EXTRA-MAN OPPS 
 | 
 1 
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 2 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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| 
 MOUNTUNI 
Thiel 
 | 
 0-1 
0-0 
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 0-2 
1-2 
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 0-0 
0-1 
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 0-1 
0-1 
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 0-4 
1-4 
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| 
 SAVES BY PERIOD 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 2 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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| 
 MOUNTUNI 
Thiel 
 | 
 4 
5 
 | 
 1 
1 
 | 
 1 
4 
 | 
 2 
7 
 | 
 8 
17 
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 TURNOVERS BY PRD 
 | 
 1 
 | 
 2 
 | 
 3 
 | 
 4 
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 TOTAL 
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MOUNTUNI                  8          5          4          2          19
Thiel                            5          4          5          6          20