FROSTBURG, Md. - Jimmy Dailey scored four-straight goals in the second quarter and No. 3 ranked Stevenson University captured a 16-4 win over host Frostburg State University in CAC action, Wednesday.
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The Bobcats (5-8, 0-5) fought hard in the first quarter and held the high-powered Mustang attack to just five goals. FSU freshman keeper
Tyler Haines (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) chipped in with seven saves and sophomore
Lucas Flaig (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) scored off a pass from freshman
Ryan Serio (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) with just 53 seconds left as the Bobcats trailed 5-1 after the first.
Dailey then took over in the second quarter with four goals as Stevenson (12-1, 5-0) opened up the score to 9-1 at halftime.
The Mustangs continued the run into the third quarter as they found the net four-consecutive times for a 13-1 lead with 4:34 to play.
Serio ended the run when he scored off a junior
Dan Dowd (Friendship, Md./Southern) assist and FSU cut into the Stevenson lead, 13-2. However, Stevenson ended the third quarter with back-to-back goals for a 15-2 edge.
FSU outscored the Mustangs, 2-1, in the fourth quarter and it started when freshman
Mark Petrasek (Crofton, Md./Arundel) scored off an assist from Serio at 10:19. Bobcat freshman
Phil Hess (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) later found Serio for his second goal of the contest with 6:50 showing.
Stevenson proved why its the fourth highest scoring team in the country attempting 65 shots to FSU's 17. The Mustangs also scooped up 56 ground balls, caused 13 turnovers and won 18-of-25 faceoffs. Dailey finished with six goals and two assists while Tyler Reid added two goals and one assist.
Serio led the Bobcats with two goals and two assists and now has a goal in five-straight games. Haines made a season-high 22 saves to keep the Stevenson offense from racking up 20 or more goals for the fourth-straight game.
The Bobcats cap the home portion of their schedule this Saturday at 1:00 pm when they host No. 2 ranked Salisbury.