Boxscore

(Brooklandville, Md) – St. Mary's College of Maryland scored six unanswered goals in the third period on the way to a 12-9 upset of #3-ranked Dickinson College on Saturday.

The Seahawks struck first but the Devils answered as sophomore Brian Cannon (Reisterstown, Md./Loyola-Blakefield) assisted Christian Beitel (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) at the 5:27 mark and scored with 1:35 remaining to put the Devils on top, 2-1, at the end of the first period.

Cannon opened the second quarter with an assist to senior captain Ward Gruppo (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep) to stretch the lead to 3-1. Johm Dehm finished an assist from Stewart D'Ambrogi before senior Bobby Kingsley (Bethesda, Md./St. Albans) scored on an assist from Beitel to give Dickinson a 4-2 advantage with 4:01 to play in the half.

St. Mary's cut the deficit to one, once again, as D'Ambrogi scored an extra-man goal off an assist from Will Lerch with 2:03 on the clock. The teams went into halftime with the Devils holding a 4-3 lead.

The third quarter was all St. Mary's as they erupted for six straight goals to take a 9-4 lead into the final stanza. Six different players found the net in the quarter with Patrick Mull scoring once and handing out a pair of assists. The Seahawks struck at the 14:14 mark and tallied another just 23 seconds later to take the lead with 13:50 on the clock. The Seahawks closed out the quarter with a pair of goals, scoring just seven seconds apart at the 2:41 mark and again at 2:34.

The Red Devils looked to rally in the fourth quarter but would simply run out of time. Cannon found Beitel again, just 41 seconds into the period as Dickinson looked to have some life. St. Mary's responded as D'Ambrogi fed Dehm to make the score, 10-5, with 14:12 to play.

Gruppo netted and unassisted goal at the 8:26 mark before Lerch put up back-to-back goals to keep the Seahawks in control. Senior Chip Murray (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) scored directly off a face-off win with 5:08 to play to trigger a three-goal run for the Devils. First-year Tyler White (Philadelphia, Pa./Penn Charter) found the net and Beitel connected with Kingsley for an extra-man goal with 1:15 remaining.

That would be all the scoring as St. Mary's held on for a 12-9 decision. Lerch finished with three goals and one assist while Dehm tallied three goals and two assists to lead the Seahawks (1-1).

Beitel finished with two goals and two assists while Cannon recorded three assists and a goal. Gruppo and Kingsley each added a pair of goals. Murray win 14-fo-24 face-offs and controlled a game-high 10 ground balls.

Junior Peter Zouck (Baltimore, Md./Gilman) forced seven turnovers and controlled five GBs while long-stick midfielder Brandon Palladino (Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge) picked-up seven GBs and caused three turnovers.

Junior goaltender Greg Hanley (Laurel Hollow, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) made seven saves and controlled four ground balls in the Devil nets.

The #3-ranked Red Devils slip to 1-1 on the season. They travel to Cabrini College for a 3:30 face-off on Wednesday afternoon.