By Matt Chandik
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/7/18
For a quarter, Saturday’s 10th Annual Checking for Cancer game between host Haverford School and Long Island power St. Anthony’s looked like a classic between two national powerhouses.
Haverford School’s Luke O’Grady tallies one of his two goals in Saturday’s loss to St. Anthony’s (Photo by Matt Chandik)
But the Friars used a 6-0 second-period run to seize control and routed the Fords, 16-5. Jake Bonomi led St. Anthony’s with three goals and two assists, Brennan O’Neill and Andrew McAdorey each added hat tricks and Aidan Danenza dished three assists.
“They were a good team and we came out flat and didn’t really work our way back in it,” Haverford senior midfielder Payton Hollway said. “I think their faceoff guys were great and got them the ball a lot.
“On attack, their guys made smart plays and the ball bounced their way a lot. This shows us how much we’ve got to work and the teams around here are just as good as that team. In my opinion, we’re just as good as that team, but today they came out on top.”
St. Anthony’s (2-2) won 20 of 24 faceoffs with Brandon Rizzuto (12-for-14) and Jake Naso (8-for-10) dominated at the X, with Naso also scoring on a fast break on the quarter’s first faceoff. The tandem won all seven second-quarter faceoffs to help the Friars stretch their lead from 2-1 to 8-1, led by Bonomi’s hat trick.
When the Fords (5-3, ranked No. 1 by Phillylacrosse.com, No. 9 by Inside Lacrosse) did get the ball at the offensive end, they weren’t able to threaten much, in large part because of a stingy St. Anthony’s defense led by Brady Keneally and LSM Greg Campisi. If Haverford did get a shot, it was routinely tossed aside by Alex Pazienza, who denied 11 shots sent his way.
“Quite frankly, it’s pretty embarrassing to get beat like that, but we have to bounce back and learn from our mistakes,” said Haverford attackman TJ Malone, who had a goal and set up one of Luke O’Grady’s two tallies. “They played a great game and we give them credit, but we should never let that happen again.”
Campisi, Tanner Germain, Jack Walsh, Trevor Tyrer and Joe Duchnowski also scored for St. Anthony’s. Tim Carlson and Connor Devine each tallied once for Haverford, which got eight first-half saves from Sage Garito. If anything, the loss gives the Fords plenty to work on in a pair of nonleague games against Bellevue (Wash.) and St. Joseph’s Prep before the Inter-Ac schedule starts next Friday against Penn Charter.
“Losses aren’t good, but you can always learn from them, and this was a good loss to learn from,” Malone explained. “We got absolutely crushed and it’s a reminder that we’re not good enough just to flip the switch if we have a bad practice. We didn’t have a good practice yesterday, so we can’t expect to have bad practices and then play well in the games.”
St. Anthony’s-NY 16, Haverford School 5
St. Anthony’s 2 6 4 4 — 16
Haverford School 1 0 2 2 — 5
St. Anthony’s
Jake Bonomi 3g, 2a
Brennan O’Neill 3g
Andrew McAdorey 3g
Aidan Danenza 1g, 3a
Tanner Germain 1g, 1a
Jack Walsh 1g
Greg Campisi 1g
Trevor Tyrer 1g
Joe Duchnowski 1g
Jake Naso 1g, 8 for 10 faceoffs
Anthony Culley 1a
Brandon Rizzuto 12-for-14 faceoffs
Alex Pazienza 11 saves
Haverford School
Luke O’Grady 2g
TJ Malone 1g, 1a
Tim Carlson 1g
Connor Devine 1g
Sage Gariton 8 saves
Robert Esgro 2 saves
Harrison Fellheimer 1 save
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