Joey Mullen scored the go-ahead power-play goal with 1:58 left in the third period, and Alvernia University beat University of Delaware (M3) 8-6 on Saturday at Twin Ponds Arena. Ben Maurer added an insurance goal with 1:21 remaining as Alvernia won its first game of the season. The teams were tied four times.
University of Delaware (M3) built an early 2-0 lead on goals from Michael DePrisco with 14:44 left in the first and Matt McDermott with 8:57 left. Quinn Scribner assisted on both. Alvernia answered with Brendan Fergus scoring with 6:27 left, and Evan O’Byrne tied it on the power play with 24 seconds left in the period.
Alvernia’s special teams decided the second period. After Luke Heimberg restored Delaware’s lead, Reece Wilson tied it on the power play with 10:30 left. Mullen and Nathan Ciccarelli then scored shorthanded goals 51 seconds apart to make it 5-3. DePrisco pulled Delaware within one on a power play with 5:11 left, and McDermott tied the game 5-5 on another power play with 19:24 left in the third.
The third period stayed close. Mark Torre scored Alvernia’s third shorthanded goal of the night with 7:43 left, and Michael Romano tied it again for Delaware with 4:09 remaining. Mullen answered with his second goal of the game, and Maurer followed 37 seconds later to seal the win. Ciccarelli and O’Byrne each had a goal and an assist, and Dom Garcia added two assists.
Owen Nabotsky earned the win for Alvernia with 27 saves on 33 shots. For Delaware, Marco Auget stopped 12 of 16 shots and took the loss, while Andrew Colt made nine saves on 13 shots. McDermott led University of Delaware (M3) with two goals and an assist in a game that dropped the team to 1-2-0. Alvernia will look to build on its 1-0-0 start in its next game.
