Wilkes-Barre, PA (April 17, 2019) - Only one team remains undefeated across NCAA Division III after the DeSales University men's lacrosse team took down King's College, 19-4, in MAC Freedom action on Wednesday evening.

The Basics

• Final Score: DeSales - 19, King's - 4
• Records: DeSales (14-0, 5-0 MAC Freedom); King's (3-10, 1-4 MAC Freedom)
• The Bulldogs clinch a spot in the MAC Freedom postseason but are still in search of the top seed and home field advantage with two wins in its last two MAC Freedom games.
• DSU is now the last team standing in all of NCAA Division III with an unbeaten record after #1 Salisbury University lost to York College (PA) on Wednesday.

How it Happened

• DeSales dominated this one from the very beginning scoring the game's first seven goals and led 12-2 at the halftime break.
• The onslaught continued in the third quarter when the Bulldogs out-scored the Monarchs, 5-0, before posting the final 19-4 margin after each team scored twice in the fourth quarter.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Sophomore Zach Bowen led the scoring charge with six goals and two assists for eight points.
• Freshman Tom Connors was once again masterful totaling one goal and six assists for seven points.
• Senior Joe Neggia had five goals and one assist.  His 49 goals are now the second most in a single-season and he is now ranked second all-time in career goals with 126, 11 behind all-time leader Patrick Stringer.
• Junior Justin Monaghan had two goals and one assist and junior Matt Brown had three goals.
• Sophomore Rob Heaney had one goal and freshman Chase Yoder and junior Nick Bowen each had an assist.
• Senior Brad Dender put the exclamation point on the win scoring his first career goal with just 14 seconds left.
• Junior Frank Krug was once again dominant in the midfield totaling seven caused turnovers and 10 ground balls.
• Sophomore Colin Corrado won 19-of-21 face-offs and had 11 ground balls.
• Senior Matt Barry had nine saves and allowed just two goals in three quarters of play.

For the Foes

• Gabe Vansuch had three goals for the Monarchs.
• Matt Basile made 16 saves in goal for King's.

Inside the Box Score

• DeSales out-shot King's, 46-35, and had a 42-35 edge in ground balls.
• DSU won 21-of-27 face-offs.
• Both teams had 21 turnovers.

Up Next

• The Bulldogs are idle this weekend for the Easter holiday and will return to action on Wednesday, April 24th when they host Wilkes University in the final regular season home game of the year beginning at 7:00 pm.