Boxscore
Galloway, NJ – Stockton University (10-3, 2-1 Skyline) scored five goals in the first four minutes and cruised to a 25-4 victory over upstart Purchase College (0-5, 0-3), which is in its first year of NCAA competition.
Erik Anderson (Monroe Twp./Monroe Twp.) pumped in seven goals and dished three assists for 10 points.
Mike Caposella (Wayne/DePaul Catholic) tallied three goals and three assists followed by
Jon Liguori (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) with three goals and one assist.
Joey Tiernan (Voorhees/Eastern) and
Rory Alpaugh (Clinton/North Hunterdon) each contributed two goals and an assist. Eleven Ospreys scored at least one goal in the game.
Caposella and Anderson spearheaded the early barrage, with Caposella notching two goals and an assist while Anderson added a goal and two helpers to spark Stockton to a 5-0 lead in less than four minutes. Purchase got on the board with 8:38 gone before Anderson netted three straight goals followed by one from
Mike Drumm (Fairfield/West Essex) for a 9-1 lead after one period.
The Ospreys outscored Purchase 6-1 in the second quarter, sparked by two goals and an assist by Anderson plus a goal and two assists by Caposella. Stockton led 15-2 at the break and emptied the bench in the second half.
The Ospreys dominated the third quarter by the same 6-1 count as the second stanza. Sophomore defender
Kevin Matheny (Flemington/Hunterdon Central) scored his first career goal to begin a run of nine straight Stockton markers that carried into the fourth period.
Stockton outscored the Panthers 4-1 in the final quarter to close out the 25-4 victory. Freshman
Mike Krosnodomskie (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) registered his first career point on a tally by
Eamon Morley (Glen Rock/Glen Rock).
Stockton goalkeeper
Justin Ruiz (Holmdel/Holmdel) earned the win with two saves in the first half before exiting the game.
Tyler Bollard (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) went a perfect 18-18 on faceoffs and scooped 12 ground balls.
Stockton will conclude a three-game homestand on Wednesday when the Ospreys host Farmingdale State in a Skyline Conference game at 7 p.m.