Feb. 19, 2005

Final Stats

BRANFORD, CONN. - The Providence College men's lacrosse team started the 2005 season with a 9-2 loss to No. 4 Navy on Saturday, February 19, 2005 in Branford, Conn. Navy's Steve Looney scored a career-best five goals to lead Navy. Senior Dan Giuntini (Floral Park, N.Y.) tallied both Friar goals.

The story of the game was Navy's defense. The Mids held the Friars to just 14 shots. Providence also cleared just 13-of-27 attempts and was 5-of-15 on face-offs. Navy also held the advantage in groundballs, 32-18.

Providence was able to stay in the game thanks to a standout goaltending performance by Andrew McMinn (Pittsburgh, Pa.). The senior made 11 saves for the Friars, and as a team, three goalies combined to stop 17 Navy shots. Navy outshot Providence, 51-14, on the day. Matt Russell stopped six shots in the cage for Navy.

With his two goals, Giuntini moved into a tie for 12th all-time at PC in career goals with 66.

Providence (0-1) returns to action on Wednesday, February 23 against Holy Cross at 4:00 p.m. The game will be played in Worcester, Mass.

SCORE: Navy 9 (4-2-3-0), Providence 2 (1-0-0-1)
SHOTS:: Navy 51 (20-9-13-9), Providence 14 (3-1-4-6)
SAVES: Navy 6 (1-0-3-2), Providence 17 (6-3-6-2)
FACE-OFFS: Navy 10-of-15, Providence 5-of-15
GROUND BALLS: Navy 32 (13-5-7-7), Providence 18 (3-4-7-4)
CLEARS: Navy 17-of-21, Providence 13-of-27
EMO: Navy 0-for-0, Providence 1-for-2
NAVY SCORING (G-A-PTS): Steve Looney 5-0-5, Jon Birsner 0-3-3, Nick Mirabito 1-0-1, William Wallace 1-0-1, Ben Horn 1-0-1, Graham Gill 1-0-1, Dwayne Osgood 0-1-1, Billy Looney 0-1-1
PROVIDENCE SCORING (G-A-PTS) Dan Giuntini 2-0-2
NAVY GOALIES: Matt Russell 6 saves, 2 GA, 58:18; Matt Hage 0 saves, 0 GA, 1:42
PROVIDENCE GOALIES: Ron Westgate 4 saves, 3 GA, 9:00; Andrew McMinn 11 saves, 6 GA, 36:00; Peter Littell 2 saves, 0 GA, 15:00
SCORING:
1ST QUARTER
1. Navy -- Steve Looney 1 (Jon Birsner 1); 1:52
2. PC -- Dan Giuntini 1 (unassisted); 5:11 (EMO)
3. Navy -- Graham Gill 1 (unassisted); 7:46
4. Navy -- Ben Horn 1 (Jon Birsner 2); 9:00
5. Navy -- Steve Looney 2 (Jon Birsner 3); 14:19
2ND QUARTER
6. Navy -- William Wallace 1 (unassisted); 2:18
7. Navy -- Steve Looney 3 (unassisted); 8:38
3RD QUARTER
8. Navy -- Steve Looney 4 (Billy Looney 1); :48
9. Navy -- Nick Mirabito 1 (Dwayne Osgood 1); 7:28
10. Navy -- Steve Looney 5 (unassisted); 13:44
4TH QUARTER
11. PC -- Dan Giuntini 2 (unassisted); 2:09