The inaugural season of Chaparrals men's lacrosse took coach Bill Sanford's team to Long Island last weekend and the Chaps reached the North Atlantic District Championship.
 
The Chaps defeated Delaware Tech 20-2 on Friday before losing to No. 2 and host Nassau Community College 15-9.
 
COD finished the season 5-4 overall.
 
Chaparrals 20, Delaware Tech 2
Chaps 5-8-6-1_20
Delaware Tech 1-0-1-0_2

• William Utter led the way with six goals on eight shots (seven SOG)
• Adryan Gonzalez was next with four goals on five shots, all on goal and had two assists
• Josh Kubicki followed with three goals on 16 shots with nine SOG
• Utter produced five of COD's goals in the opening 16-plus minutes helping the Chaps to a 7-1 lead
• Michael Olas played the entire 60 minutes with five saves
• Kylar Pierce and Lucas Calcagno led in assists with three each
• Ryan Thompson totaled eight ground balls and Brennen Walker six

 
Nassau 15, Chaparrals 9
Nassau 5-3-5-2_15
Chaparrals 3-1-2-3_9

• Josh Kubicki's three goals keyed the Chaps' attack
• Kubicki led in shots (11) and SOG (nine)
• Adryan Gonzalez followed with two goals, five shots (all on goal)
• Michael Olas gathered eight saves
• Michael Saccomano and Ryan Thompson each had five ground balls

 
Coach Bill Sanford Says
"A good trip on a number of levels. We played very well Friday, and we knew that we had our work cut out for us Saturday. We just played with a lot of determination and our lacrosse IQ elevated the past few weeks and the boys played with nothing to lose.  Saturday, it turned out to be a game of runs. Nassau had a little bit more fire power than us. I'm very proud of our effort. We treated it like the last game we would play together and we did. It's clear to me that the greatest role of development this season was character. Our guys had gone through the growing pains with departures and injuries and such. They got blown out by 30 in the early part of the season, and they've worked through it and wrote the the script that they wanted to get tough and they did. We're very proud of what Year 1 was all about.''