CCC Semifinals: Second Half Surge Propels No. 1 Men's Lacrosse Past No. 4 Wentworth, 14-11

BEVERLY, Mass. – The top-seeded Endicott men's lacrosse team defeated fourth-seed Wentworth, 14-11, in the Semifinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) on Wednesday afternoon at Hempstead Stadium.

Tommy Tyksinski (Guilderland, N.Y.) led the way for the Gulls with a hat-trick in the come-from-behind victory. 

Guerin Favreau (Woodstock Valley, Conn.), Cam Fernandez (Mendham, N.J.), Nick Graap (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), and Nick Pagluiso (Shelton, Conn.) all found the back of the net twice. Matt Cawley (Westwood, Mass.), Jack Fiorillo (Mineola, N.Y.), and Colt Green (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) each added solo tallies for nationally ranked No. 17/19 Endicott.

Trailing 7-4 at the break, the Gulls responded with four goals in the third quarter to take an 8-7 lead going to the fourth.

Pagluiso jumpstarted the Gulls' scoring run in the third after a failed Leopards clear, turned into a Gulls possession as the senior streaked down the right side and finished it past the goalie. Two more tallies from Favreau tied the game with 4:32 to play in the third quarter. 

Fiorillo's goal at 1:57 in the third quarter gave Endicott the 8-7 lead they never gave back to Wentworth. The Endicott defense forced Wentworth into 10 turnovers in the third quarter and out-shot the Leopards 21-6.

Another Pagluiso goal with just under 12 minutes to play gave the Gulls a 9-7 as the Leopards got one back and cut the deficit to one with 10:03 left. Three goals by Endicott in the span of 1 minute and nine seconds gave them their biggest lead at 12-8. The run was fueled by two goals from Graap and another by Green. 

Two goals by Wentworth slashed the lead in half with 4:10 to play but Tyksinski completed his hat-trick with two more goals as Endicott secured its spot in the CCC Championship game with the 14-11 victory.

In goal, Tim Luciano (Westport, Conn.) made six saves to improve to 15-1 this season.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott is 28-3 all-time against Wentworth.
• The two sides last met in the CCC playoff back in 2019, as Endicott was victorious 20-4.
• To go with two goals, Pagluiso had three assists for a team-high five points.
• The Gulls outshot Wentworth, 64-26 in the contest.
• Thomas Barker (Needham, Mass.) went 19-for-29 at the X along with 17 groundballs.

WHAT'S NEXT

No. 1 seed Endicott will now host the CCC Championship game versus No. 2 seed Western New England in a rematch of last season's CCC Championship, on Saturday, May 4 at 1 PM.

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(Photo Credit - Kaeli Talora '25)