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Philadelphia tramples over Titans

April 7, 2007 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Philadelphia Wings News Release


PHILADELPHIA - The Wings came out firing and never stopped as they defeated the expansion New York Titans, 20-8, Saturday at the Wachovia Center in front of 13,201 fans. The Titans scored first, but gave up the next six goals and never recovered. The team hasn't won on the road this season. Athan Iannucci and Jake Bergey led the powerful Philadelphia offense with six goals each. Sean Greenhalgh, Keith Cromwell, and Dan Marohl combined for 18 assists.

"We had a lot of things going for us tonight and we were finishing real strong on the net," said Wings' General Manager and Head Coach Lindsay Sanderson. "It was a real good night for the boys. We have to get ready and set up for next week. We'll focus on just having a good practice. We'll have to play a full 60 minutes and have everybody running and gunning."

The Titans took the lead on their first shot of the game in the opening minute of play. But the Wings took over, scoring the next six goals. The goals all came in pairs. Sean Greenhalgh and Athan Iannucci scored first in a 24-second span. Iannucci put the ball past New York goalie Matt Vinc again five minutes later on the power play and Jake Bergey added to the lead 54 seconds later. Finally, Iannccui completed the hat trick and Marc Morley scored, both on the power play with the Titans' Keevin Galbraith in the box for five minutes with a high-sticking penalty. Mike McLellan ended the quarter with a goal for New York.

New York opened the scoring in the second quarter with a goal by former Wings' defenseman Jeff Spano. The Wings answered with the only other two goals of the quarter. Bergey and Greenhalgh each tallied their second of the game. Philadelphia killed off a late Titans' power play to hold an 8-3 lead at halftime.

Iannucci netted his fourth goal of the game to start the second half. Bobby Horsey responded for New York, but Philadelphia quickly scored two more, from Keith Cromwell and Morley. Pat Maddalena capitalized on a power play for the Titans t make it an 11-5 game. The Wings took over once again as Dan Marohl added a goal to his five assists and Iannucci brought his goal total to five. With a 13-5 score, New York replaced Vinc in goal with Nick Schroeder. Schroeder gave up a goal to Bergey to end the quarter. Philadelphia led, 14-5, going into the final quarter.

The Wings continued to dominate in the final quarter. Bergey scored his fourth and fifth goals, while Geoff Snider added a goal to his fourth assists. Goals by New York's Keevin Galbraith and Brendan Mundorf couldn't help the team battle back. The Titans added a final goal by Mundorf during a five-on-three power play. Philadelphia ended the action with goals by Bergey, Iannucci, and Snider, in a 35-second span. Athan Iannucci led the Wings in scoring with 10 points (6G,4A). Six other players scored goals for Philadelphia, including Marc Morley (2G,1A), Sean Greenhalgh (2G,7A), Jake Bergey (6G,2A), Keith Cromwell (1G,5A), Geoff Snider (2G,4A), and Dan Marohl (1G,6A). Goaltender Matt Roik made 38 saves.

Pat Maddalena led the Titans in scoring with five points (1G,4A). Six other players scored for New York, including Bobby Horsey (1G,2A), Mike McLellan (1G), Gewas Schindler (1G,4A), Brendan Mundorf (2G,1A), Keevin Galbraith (1G), and Jeff Spano (1G). Goaltender Matt Vinc had 33 saves on 36 shots and Nick Schroeder stopped 10 of 17 shots.

The Wings final home game is April 13 against the Minnesota Storm at the Wachovia Center at 7:30 p.m. Party packs are just $66 and include four lower level tickets, four hot dogs, and four sodas. For more information call the Wings ticket office at (215) 389-WING or visit wingslax.com.

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