MORRISVILLE, N.Y.  – The Hilbert men's lacrosse team put a point on the scoreboard in each quarter, but the Hawks suffered a 22-5 United East Conference semifinal loss to the top seeded Morrisville State Mustangs.

THE BASICS  
           
Final Score:   Morrisville State 22 | Hilbert 5
Records:         Mustangs 11-2 | Hawks 3-7

HIGHLIGHTS 

• Michael Anzalone was credited with a game-high three caused turnovers as the Mustangs out-shot the Hawks 59-22.
• Senior Liam Doyle closed his collegiate career with a pair of scores against the Mustangs and freshman Zach Blount added one goal and an assist in the loss.
• Senior Daniel Flynn and freshman Joey DiMaria rounded out the five Hilbert scores.
• Senior Brandon Moore, who closed the game in goal the first time these two teams met a few weeks ago, made eight saves in the opening 39:09 minutes of action.   Freshman Griffin Miller was credited with six saves while surrendering the game's final six goals.

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Morrisville State opened with a first-goal just 45-seconds into the game.  DiMaria scored an unassisted hit at 9:15 which knotted the game at 1-1.
• The Mustangs drilled seven consecutive goals spanning two quarters of action before Doyle notched his 18th hit of the season at 8:54 in the second quarter. 
• Morrisville, leading 11-2 at intermission, stretched the margin by five more points with just under six minutes remaining in the third quarter.
• Blount and Flynn (from Blount) each added a man-up goal before the start of the final period with the Mustangs leading 16-4.
• Doyle hit the back of the net at the start of the fourth quarter but Morrisville continued the same pace and added six more scores for the final 22-5 result.

 GAME NOTES

•  The Hawks were credited with six caused turnovers and attempted 22 shots against the top-seeded team forcing Morrisville into 10 saves.
• Morrisville, who leads the UEC in faceoff percentage (.684) won 27-31 and finished with a 43-20 advantage in ground balls but the Hawks did force 23 Morrisville turnovers. 

No. 1 Morrisville will host No. 2 St. Mary's the United East Conference Championship Game Saturday, May 7th.   The Seahawks advanced to the championship game today after earning an 18-5 victory over No. 3 Penn College.