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Cape rocks total team effort, beats Wilmington Friends 16-7

Vikings play Sallies Saturday at 2 p.m. for state championship
Cape senior goalie Brendan Kane makes one of his 10 saves in the game. DAN COOK PHOTO
Dave Frederick
June 1, 2017
Cape senior Brock Maloomian shoots and scores one of his two goals on the night. DAN COOK PHOTO
Greg Boyce shoots a wrap-around shot and scores. DAN COOK PHOTO
Brooks Buck, right, celebrates his goal with teammate Timmy Kelley. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape long pole defender Holden Kammerer, right, keeps Friends attack Eric Pincus away from the crease. DAN COOK PHOTO
Senior long pole Sean Grahne, right, plays close defense on Friends’ attack Matt Tornek. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape defenseman Brooks Buck, right, keeps Friends’ middie River Harper in check. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape middie Ethan Ghabra shoots and scores. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape middie Timmy Kelley lines up to pressure a Friends attack. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape face-off specialist Liam Zolper wins a draw and goes to the Friends’ goal. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior middie Evan Gehman takes a shot on goal. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior midfielder Erik-Stephane Stancofski shoots and scores. DAN COOK PHOTO
Jake Trimmer gets one of his three goals in the game. DAN COOK PHOTO
Senior long pole Dillon Mocci plays tough defense on Friends’ middie River Harper. DAN COOK PHOTO
Cape senior Patrick Monigle cranks the rock and scores. DAN COOK PHOTO
Erik-Stephane Stancofski gets separation and powers in a goal. DAN COOK PHOTO
Jake Trimmer gets the first of his three goals in the game. DAN COOK PHOTO
Jake Brown looks to fly to the goal. DAN COOK PHOTO
The Cape team celebrates their victory. DAN COOK PHOTO
The Vikings go wild after defeating previously unbeaten Wilmington Friends. DAN COOK PHOTO

Cape lacrosse coach Mark D’Ambrogi was reflectively happy after the game, pensively looking down as things were looking up after Cape dismantled and dominated previously unbeaten Wilmington Friends 16-7 in the semifinals of the DIAA lacrosse tournament.

The Vikings will play Salesianum at Dover High School at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 3, for the state championship.

“It was a total team effort on our part, from the goalie to attack and the midfielders in between,” D’Ambrogi said. “Ian Zolper, Timmy Kelley and Dillon Mocci were picking up ground balls off the face-off and that’s when we started to roll.”   

Jaycob Trimmer had a first-half hat trick, leading Cape to a 6-3 halftime lead, while Erik-Stephane Stancofski ripped four second-half goals to propel Cape to a dominating performance and a berth in the finals.

Goalie Brendan Kane should have worn a question mark on his jersey because he was the riddle the Quakers could not solve. Time and again, Kane made point-blank saves not falling for the deke before the dunk.

“We worked on that all week,” said goalie coach Geoff Shupard. “Friends looks for cutters, and they are great at putting shooters right in your face. Brendan was laser-locked in the entire game - he was incredible.”

Cape blew the game open with a 5-1 third period, leading 11-4 entering the final frame. Nine different players scored for Cape in the game with Luke D’Ambrogi contributing three assists. The Vikings outshot Friends 36-25.

“Friends is a team of good lacrosse players,” D’Ambrogi said. “During the season, they beat CR, Archmere and Cape. They came back and got us at their place, but tonight we just kept up the pressure and pace.”

Goal scorers for Cape were Stancofski with four, Trimmer with three, Ethan Ghabra and Brock Maloomian with two each, and single goals from Evan Gehman, Luke D’Ambrogi, Greg Boyce and Brooks Buck.

Friends goals came from Matt Tornek with three and Eric Pincus, River Harper, Zach Cutler and Nat Ruhl with one apiece.

Freshman Jackson Skinner had six saves for Friends, while Kane was credited with 10.

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