BROOKVILLE, N.Y. – A balanced attack that featured goals from 13 different members of the No. 5/7 LIU Post men's lacrosse team led the Pioneers to a 23-2 victory over Wilmington University in non-conference action Tuesday afternoon at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium.
 
With four goals on the afternoon, sophomore WIlliam Snelders tallied his 100th career goal in just 26 career games. Snelders matched redshirt-junior Thomas Liantonio for the team-high in scoring.

The Pioneer offense began the game red-hot, as Liantonio scored the game's first goal with 14:04 on the clock. The Pioneers tallied four goals inside the opening five minutes, with three coming off the stick of Liantonio. While Wilmington managed to find the back of the cage on one occasion, LIU Post ended the first quarter with a 10-1 advantage.
 
The Wildcats could not claw their way back into the game during the second quarter as the Pioneers held them scoreless. Junior Dan Foley, junior Alex Russell and Liantonio added goals inside the final six minutes as the Pioneers took a 13-1 lead into halftime.
 
LIU Post further built its lead in the third quarter after redshirt-junior Jeff Jean-Baptiste scored courtesy of an assist from freshman Henry Flocco with 10:42 on the clock in what was the first of five Pioneer goals in the quarter.
 
Taking a 19-1 advantage into the final quarter, freshman Doug Chase scored with 10:58 and 9:49 on the clock to give the Pioneers a 21-1 lead. Just 11 seconds after, sophomore Dalton Chea scored his first career goal to make it a 22-1 game and while both teams would add one more goal, the Pioneers held on for the 23-2 victory.
 
Senior Connor Farrell turned in another dominant performance at the faceoff X, going a perfect 16-for-16 on faceoffs and leading the game in ground balls with 14. Farrell also tied for the game-high in assists with two. Russell, senior Michael Licata and freshman Jake Gillis finished with two assists apiece to tie the game-high. Senior Bryan Ochs had five saves and earned the win while freshman John Ruddick tallied a career-high six saves.
 
The Pioneers will return to East Coast Conference (ECC) action on Saturday, April 6 against the University of the District of Columbia (4-4, 0-2) at 1:00 p.m. at the UDC Soccer Field.