Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/16/26
From Press Release
James Bienia’s golden goal, the first in program history, propelled the HFU Men’s Lacrosse Team to an 18-17 overtime triumph over Quincy on Monday afternoon at Tiger Field.
Logan O’Keefe’s (Conwell-Egan Catholic) caused turnover and Bradley Smith’s (Egg Harbor Township, N.J.) ground ball sprung a break. Smith then found Nicholas Maccariella (Williamstown, N.J.), who passed to Jake Feeney (Voorhees, N.J./Eastern) to set up Bienia in front of net.
Individual Highlights
Bienia led all players with nine points on four goals and five assists, all of which were career-bests, while adding a team-high six ground balls
Feeney had six ground balls too, to go along with seven points on four assists and three scores
Noah Simpson led all players with a career-best seven goals
O’Keefe, Maccariella, Cole Galvao (Mount Laurel, N.J.) and Jackson Brown (Lower Cape May-NJ) all caused multiple turnovers, with Maccariella adding his first career score
Parker Smith (Caesar Rodney) recorded a brace, while Smith also had multiple points
Adam Wickel made nine saves to earn the win in net
Inside the Box Score
The Tigers had nearly triple the amount of caused turnovers, 11-4, to go along with a slight advantage in shots on goal, 31-27
How it Happened
Holy Family led by as many as seven twice, at 8-1 and then 9-2 as Simpson found the net twice in the first 1:47 of the second quarter
Quincy would tally five of the next six scores, but Smith’s man-up goal 1:50 ahead of the break established an 11-7 edge entering the locker room
The Hawks dominated the third though, 1-6, taking their first lead at 12-13 with 1:37 remaining in the period
Quincy pushed its lead to two twice in the first half of the fourth quarter, including at 14-16 with 7:39 to go
Simpson and Maccariella scored 12 seconds apart to tie it up though, and after the Hawks made it 16-17 with 2:59 left, Simpson equalized with 1:08 on the clock
Galvoa’s caused turnover and a Quincy penalty meant the Tigers would start overtime with the ball, but a turnover led to the Hawks gaining possession
