Sparkill, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College team dropped its fourth straight contest on Tuesday at Spartan Field, falling to Georgian Court University by a score of 18-5.

How it Happened

• Georgian Court scored the first three goals of the match via Devin Bell, Michael Ventresca and Daniel Burnham.
• Jeremy Schucker picked up a late first quarter tally for STAC to make it a 3-1 contest after 15 minutes of action.
• The visiting Lions tallied five consecutive times to open the second quarter, with Michael Ventresca, Ryan Rigby, Daniel Burnham, Joe Zerr and James Sanford all scoring to push the GCU lead to 8-1.
• Jonathan Farley and Jack Margetson found the back of the cage in the final three minutes of play before halftime, to cut the deficit to 8-3 at the break.
• Following the intermission, Georgian Court outscored St. Thomas Aquinas by a 6-1 mark, with Millan Webster, Devin Bell, James Sanford and Michael Ventresca (3) all tallying goals and Jason Beddows getting the lone STAC score to push Lions advantage to 14-4 through three quarters. 
• In fourth quarter action, GCU scored four more times in the frame, as James Sanford, Nicholas Mann, Millan Webster, DaShawn Lamar-Baldwin all found the back of the net, while Jonathan Farley picked up his second on the afternoon to close out the scoring in the stanza, giving the Lions an 18-5 victory.

Top STAC Performances

• Jonathan Farley topped the offense with two points on a pair of goals. 
• Jason Beddows, Jeremy Schucker and Jack Margetson tallied a goal apiece for the Spartans.
• James Staeckeler picked up a team-high four ground balls in the match.
• Craig Peavy (L, 0-2) got the start between the pipes for STAC and stopped 11 of 23 shots faced, with Giorgio D'Angelo coming on in relief late in the third quarter, and making six saves.

Up Next

St. Thomas Aquinas (1-7) returns to action on Saturday (March 26) as they host the University of the District of Columbia at 12:00 p.m.