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Tower Hill boys' lacrosse holds off Cape 9-8

Cape junior midfielder Brock Maloomian power cradles past Tower Hill's William Maloo in the Vikings' 9-8 loss to the Hillers. Maloomian scored two goals in the contest. BY DAN COOK
Dan Cook
May 9, 2016
Cape midfielder Robbie Neall, right, battles through a trap from Hillers William Maloo, middle, and Carter Cucuzzella. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Evan Gehmen dodges past Tower Hill's Michael Schmidt. BY DAN COOK
Cape goalie Brandt Lookup prepares to make a save on a Hillers shot. BY DAN COOK
Cape face-off specialist Liam Zolper, right, battles for a draw. BY DAN COOK
Cape junior middie Ethan Ghabra looks to go to the cage. BY DAN COOK
Cape middie Erik-Stephane Stancofski goes to the goal. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Hank Coveleski looks to get a pass to Erik-Stephane Stancofski. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Jake Brown dodges away from trouble. BY DAN COOK
Cape defender Sean Grahne clears the ball. BY DAN COOK
Cape defender Holden Kammerer clears the ball from the Hillers' offensive end. BY DAN COOK

Cape and Tower Hill have a history of tight games, and the May 6 game at Legends Stadium was no different, as the Hillers held off the Vikings for a 9-8 victory to move to 9-2. The Vikings' record fell to 8-4.

Cape junior attack Brock Maloomian and Ethan Ghabra scored twice, while Erik-Stephane Stancofski, Robbie Neall, Sean Lally and Jake Brown tallied one goal apiece. Stancofski had two assists in the game.

Cape took a 2-1 edge into the halftime break, but the Hillers outscored the Vikings 8-6 in the second half to take the victory.

Tower Hill outshot the Vikings 35-33. Cape goalie Brendan Kane made six saves in the contest, while Brandt Lookup had four.

"The game was hard fought with momentum swings from both teams," said Cape head coach Mark D'Ambrogi. "Tower Hill is a good team, but we were careless with the ball early in the third quarter; that allowed them some extra possessions that they scored on to take the lead. As a result, we had to play from behind and were unable to make up the deficit."

"We didn't play tough Cape lacrosse during the whole game," said junior attack Brock Maloomian. "I think it's going to motivate us to get back to our roots and get playing better lacrosse."

"We need to play with a chip on our shoulder," said junior long pole Holden Kammerer. "We need to get the 50/50 balls and play hard-nosed lacrosse."

"I feel if we focus on taking care of the ball and making simple, smart plays, we can improve from this loss and play better lacrosse," said D'Ambrogi.

Cape travels to Appoquinimink High School Tuesday, May 10.

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