Men's Lacrosse Drops Tight Contest to Post, 14-11

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – In a tightly contested conference battle, the University of Bridgeport's men's lacrosse team dropped a 14-11 matchup to Post on Wednesday. The loss moves the Purple Knights' record to 4-5 this season (1-2, CACC).

Down 7-3 at halftime, UB battled back in the final 30 minutes. The Purple Knights scored the first four goals of the second half to tie that game at 7-7.

After Post answered with two more tallies, Bridgeport once again responded with back-to-back goals to even the game back up at 9-9. Post went on to finish the game on a 5-2 run.

UB's attack was fueled by a sensational performance from James Napoli. The sophomore piled up career bests with four goals and six assists to finish with 10 points. He recorded back-to-back tallies in the third quarter to tie the game at 9-9.

James Goodrich and Aidan Kirkpatrick served as UB's other multi-goal scorers with two tallies apiece.

Ashton Lankowski, Joe Martin, and Dewey Schoenfelder also tallied goals in the contest while Matthew Levantini dished out a pair of assists.

Defensively, Liam O'Neill rattled off team highs in both caused turnovers (3) and ground balls (4).

Bridgeport's goalkeeper Peter Nazario finished with 11 saves in a complete-game effort.

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The Purple Knights will play at Georgian Court on Tuesday (April 2) afternoon.