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A showdown between Suffolk County’s two Class C behemoths went to the defending champions.
NLF No. 1 Joey Spallina (Team 91 Long Island) once again led the charge for No. 4 Mount Sinai. The Syracuse signee bagged three goals and dished out six assists to lead the Mustangs to a 12-7 win over No. 21 Shoreham-Wading River in a rematch of last year’s Suffolk County class C title game. Spallina enters the postseason with a ridiculous 67-goal, 78-assist, 145-point résumé and he’s got Nicky Galasso‘s Long Island career scoring record of 500 points in his sights. Spallina has amassed 482 career points despite missing his sophomore campaign to the Covid outbreak. He already holds the county record for most career assists with 266.
The Mustangs (16-0) also got four goals from junior Cole Marsala (Team 91 Long Island / Quinnipiac) and a pair of tallies from both senior James Carretta (Team 91 Long Island / Georgetown) and NLF No. 26 junior Jake Spallina (Team 91 Long Island / Syracuse). Uncommitted goalie Brayden Wilcken (Team 91 Long Island) continued his terrific junior campaign with 11 saves against an explosive Wildcats offense.
NLF No. 9 ’24 Liam Kershis led the SWR offense with two goals and two assists, while NLF No. 48 ’23 Alec Gregorek (Navy) chipped in two goals and an assist. NLF No. 22 ’24 Liam Gregorek (Team 91 Long Island) supplied a goal and an assist for the Wildcats.
The teams are on a collision course for a rematch in the Suffolk County title game. Round 1 went to the Mustangs. Check out the video highlights above, courtesy of Lax.com.
Mount Sinai 12, Shoreham-Wading River 7
Box score courtesy of Newsday
Shoreham-Wading River 0 2 4 1 — 7
Mount Sinai 1 5 3 3 — 12
Shoreham-Wading River
Liam Kershis ’24 (NLF No. 9 ’24) 2 goals, 2 assists
Alec Gregorek ’23 (NLF No. 48 ’23) 2 goals, 1 assist
Liam Gregorek ’24 (NLF No. 22 ’24 / Team 91 LI) 1 goal, 1 assist
Steven Cain ’23 1 goal
Francisco Cortes ’22 (Harvard) 1 goal
Jaden Galfano ’24 14 saves
Mount Sinai
Cole Marsala ’23 (Team 91 LI / Quinnipiac) 4 goals
Joey Spallina ’22 (NLF No. 1 ’22 / Team 91 LI / Syracuse) 3 goals, 6 assists
James Carretta ’22 (Team 91 LI / Georgetown) 2 goals
Jake Spallina ’23 (NLF No. 26 ’23 / Team 91 LI / Syracuse) 2 goals
Lucas LaForge ’24 (Team 91 LI) 1 goal
Christian Colantonio ’23 2 assists
Austin Oppenheim ’22 (Team 91 LI / Albany) 1 assist
Brayden Wilcken ’23 (Team 91 LI) 11 saves
