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Carolina Breezes Past Manhattan 26-6
March 7, 2015 | Men's Lacrosse
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Fifteen different Tar Heel men's lacrosse players scored Saturday as second-ranked UNC defeated Manhattan 26-6 at Navy Field on a sunny morning before 418 fans.
Sophomore Luke Goldstock had career highs for goals in a game with five, assists in a game with four and points in a game with nine. His five goals were the most by a Tar Heel since Joey Sankey scored five against Johns Hopkins on March 29, 2014. His nine points were the most by a UNC player since Marcus Holman had 10 points against Michigan on May 5, 2012. Goldstock scored on all five of his shots in the game.
Both Michael Tagliaferri and Chad Tutton added had tricks in the game for UNC. It was the second of Tagliaferri's career and the 15th career hat trick for the Canadian lefty midfielder Tutton. Patrick Kelly, Brian Cannon and Joe Costigan each tallied two goals for UNC with Cannon and Costigan both recording career highs for goals in a game.
Like Goldstock, Jimmy Bitter had four assists in the game and he also scored a goal. Bitter's four assists equal his career high set against Denver on February 27. Joey Sankey had three assists for the Tar Heels. Altogether, 10 different Tar Heels had assists in the match.
Manhattan was led by Marcel Godino who had three goals and an assist. The Jaspers fell to 0-6 on the season after starting their 2015 campaign with six straight road games. UNC improved to 6-0 on the campaign heading into Tuesday's 4 p.m. home game against Bryant at Fetzer Field.
Five different Tar Heel players – Brian Cannon, Luke Walsh, Chris Cloutier, Timmy Gehlbach and Brett Bedard – had their first career goals in the match. Freshman Patrick McCormick had his first career point, assisting Cloutier's goal.
Carolina jumped out to a 6-1 lead at the end of one quarter and never looked back. Michael Tagliaferri broke a 1-1 tie at 11:15 of the first quarter off an assist by Jimmy Bitter, giving the Tar Heels a 2-1 lead they would never relinquish. Both Goldstock and Tutton had two goals apiece in the opening 15 minutes of the game.
UNC had a 9-3 lead at the 7:50 mark of the second period before Jimmy Bitter scored off an assist by Stephen Kelly seven seconds later, jumpstarting a four-goal run that put Carolina up 13-3 heading into halftime. Joe Costigan notched his second goal of the game off a William McBride assist just five seconds before intermission to give UNC its first 10-goal lead of the match.
Carolina went on a four-goal run midway through the third quarter with Goldstock scoring once and assisting twice, putting the Heels ahead by an 18-4 count with 5:05 left in the frame. Manhattan answered with back-to-back goals by Stephen Farrell and Marcel Gordino before Carolina ran off the final eight goals of the game spanning the third and fourth quarters. Steve Pontrello notched his first goal of the season, followed by Patrick Kelly's second of the game before the third quarter ended.
In the fourth quarter, Cannon got his career first at 11:57 followed by another career first by Gehlbach at 7:53. After Michael Tagliaferri finished his hat trick at 6:41, Cloutier scored his career first, Cannon garnered his second of the game and Luke Walsh recorded his career first to finish off the scoring at 26-6 with 2:02 to play.
The 26 goals scored by Carolina were the most since April 26, 2011 when it defeated Pfeiffer 27-7. The total was the most scored by Carolina against an NCAA Division I team since April 19, 1995 when Carolina beat VMI 26-8.
UNC scored on more than 50 percent of its shots against the Jaspers, notching 26 goals on 50 shots. UNC scored on all 13 of its shots on goal in the second half of the game. Both teams played multiple goalies. Michael Wiatrak had 10 saves for Manahattan. Brian Balkam and Kieran Burke shared the first half for UNC while Duncan Saunders played the second half and had a career-high four saves in the match.
Stephen Kelly was outstanding at the face-off position for UNC, winning 15 of 19 draws and scooping up a game-high nine ground balls. The 15 face-off wins equaled the second most in Kelly's career. Freshman Riley Graham also saw his first career action and won five of nine face-offs. UNC utilized four different face-off men with Jack Lambert and Brent Armstrong also taking draws.
The game got sloppy at times with the teams combining for 35 turnovers. UNC also had a season-high six face-off violations, three times giving the Jaspers EMO opportunities in the second half.
NEXT UP: Carolina will play host to 2014 NCAA quarterfinalist Bryant Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Fetzer Field. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN3.
NOTING THE TAR HEELS THIS WEEK
• Sophomore attackman Luke Goldstock had career highs for goals in a game with five, assists in a game with four and points in a game with nine. His previous career high for goals was three which he had achieved on four occasions. His previous career high for assists was two versus High Point on February 10 and his previous career high for points in a game was four which he had done on three occasions.
• Goldstock's five goals were the most by a Tar Heel in a game since Joey Sankey had five goals versus Johns Hopkins on March 29, 2014. He scored on all five shots he took in the game
• Luke Goldstock's nine points were the most by a Tar Heel in a game since Marcus Holman had 10 points versus Michigan on May 5, 2012.
• Luke Goldstock now has five career hat tricks, including four this season.
• Michael Tagliaferri has the second hat trick of his career. He also scored three times versus Duke on March 15, 2014.
• Five Tar Heels had their first career goals. This group included Brian Cannon, Luke Walsh, Chris Cloutier, Timmy Gehlbach and Brett Bedard.
• Patrick McCormick had his first career point, recording an assist.
• Stephen Kelly won 15 face-offs in the match, two short of his career high of 17 wins versus Massachusetts on February 14. Kelly's .789 face-off percentage was the highest of his career in a game in which he has taken 10 or more face-offs. Kelly matched his season high for ground balls with nine. He also had nine in the win over UMass.
• Luke Goldstock, Michael Tagliaferri, Brian Cannon and Joe Costigan all set career highs for goals in a game or matched their career high. Jimmy Bitter and Luke Goldstock both tied or matched their career high for assists in a game.
• Jimmy Bitter's goal versus Manhattan on March 7 give him 104 career tallies, the seventh most in UNC history. Chad Tutton scored three times in the game, giving him 85 career goals, which ranks him in a tie for 22nd place in UNC history with Bruce Ledwith (1970-73).
• Jimmy Bitter has now recorded at least one point in 47 successive games dating back to March 16, 2012. That's the second longest current streak in the nation in NCAA Division I, trailing only a 51-game streak by Shayne Adams, a red-shirt senior attackman at Detroit. During his 47-game scoring streak, Bitter has scored 96 goals and passed for 55 assists for 151 points. The 47-game streak is the third longest in Carolina history behind 50-game streaks by Dennis Goldstein (2-28-89 to 5-27-91) and Ryan Wade (5-11-91 to 5-21-94).
• Joey Sankey has recorded at least one point in 43 successive games, a streak that began on April 20, 2012. That is the fourth longest active streak in NCAA Division I and it is equals the sixth longest streak in Carolina history. During that streak, Sankey has scored 84 goals and passed for 68 assists for 152 points.
• In Bitter's 47-game streak and Sankey's 43-game streak, they have totaled 151 and 152 points, respectively.
• Jimmy Bitter has scored a goal in 20 straight games, dating back to February 16, 2014. That is tied for the fifth longest active streak in the nation with Kevin Rice of Syracuse. Bitter's streak began on February 16, 2014 and he has scored 46 goals in that time. The 20-game goal scoring streak matches the sixth longest in UNC history. Mike McCall had a 20-game goal scoring streak from 2002-04 and Joey Sankey had a 20-game goal scoring streak as well from 2013-15 that ended just last week against Denver.
• Jimmy Bitter now has 162 career points at UNC. He has moved into 12th place in Carolina history in Carolina points. Mac Ford (1982-85) and Jed Prossner (2002-05) are tied for 10th with 172 career points.
• Joey Sankey has now totaled 183 career points, a total which ranks seventh in UNC history. John Webster (1990-93) ranks sixth in Tar Heel history with 188 points.
• Chad Tutton recorded three goals against Manhattan. He now has 105 career points. He is tied for 35th place in Carolina history with Thomas Wood who had 105 points from 2009-12.
• Joey Sankey recorded a three assists against Manhattan and has 81 career helpers, a total which moves him into sixth place in UNC history, one behind Dennis Goldstein (1987-91).
• Chad Tutton recorded his third hat trick of the 2015 season against Manhattan and the 15th hat trick of his career.
• Chad Tutton has recorded at least one point in 45 of the last 48 games, a streak dating back to his freshman season.
• Carolina scored on a season-high 52 percent of its shots in the game, going 26 for 50.
• Jimmy Bitter had a career high four assists in the game versus Manhattan. That matched the career high three assists he had against Denver on February 27.
• Jimmy Bitter has 16 assists this season after recording only seven in his junior year in 2014. His most in a single season was 20 in the 2013 campaign.
• Carolina's 26 goals were the most they have scored in a game since April 26, 2001 when it beat Pfeiffer 27-6. The goal total is the highest versus an NCAA Division I team since April 19, 1995 in a 26-8 win against VMI.
• UNC scored 13 goals in each half.
• The 26 goals were the most scored by UNC in the Joe Breschi coaching era, exceeding the 21 on February 16, 2014 versus Manhattan in a 21-5 victory.
