Junior attack Foster Cuomo had five goals and two assists and junior attack Mike Fletcher had four goals and three assists as the Quinnipiac men's lacrosse team jumped out to a 16-1 halftime lead on its way to an 18-6 win over NJIT on Saturday at Quinnipiac Lacrosse Team. Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli keyed the dominance, winning 20-of-22 face-offs, 14 of which resulted in his own ground balls, while scoring a goal off one of them as well. SCORE Quinnipiac 18 / NJIT 5 LOCATION Quinnipiac Lacrosse Stadium / Hamden, Conn. RECORDS Quinnipiac 2-2 / NJIT 0-6 GAME NOTES Quinnipiac scored the game's first 10 goals. before the Highlanders got ont he scoreboard with 7:04 left in the second quarter Junior attack Foster Cuomo had a hat trick in the game's first nine minutes before finishing with a career-best five goals The seven points for Cuomo (five goals, two assists) and junior attack Mike Fletcher (four goals, three assists) were a career high for both. Fletcher matched his high in goals, which he set in a 12-11 overtime win over Brown on Feb. 17, including the game-winner. Senior long-stick midfielder Adam Bellamy opened the scoring in transition off a feed from senior short-stick defensive midfielder Joe Murphy for his second goal of the season (and Murphy's first assist). The Bobcats closed out the first half on a blistering tear, scoring five times in the final 1:23 to stretch their lead to 16-1 at the break. Senior face-off specialist Will Vitelli (pictured) lost the opening face-off of the game on a violation, and then won 20 of his last 21 before giving way in the third quarter. He won two-thirds of those face-offs cleanly to finish with 14 ground balls. Vitelli's big day on face-offs wasn't even his career best. As a sophomore, he had a game in which he was a perfect 19-19 at the X in an overtime win over Marist. Cuomo scored his fifth goal of the game at the 8:13 mark of the third quarter to make the score 18-2, and the Bobcats did not score over the final 23 minutes as NJIT closed out on a 4-0 run. . Junior Matt Frost and senior Anthony Carchietta added two-goal games for the Bobcats. A total of 36 players saw game action for Quinnipiac. QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS Goals: Foster Cuomo 5, Mike Fletcher 4, Anthony Carchietta 2, Matt Frost 2, Jake Tomsik 1, Ryan Corcoran 1, Tyler Mackay 1, Will Vitelli 1, Adam Bellamy 1 Assists: Mike Fletcher 3, Foster Cuomo 2, Jake Tomsik 2 Saves: Joe Zukauskas 5 Ground Balls:Will Vitelli 14, Adam Bellamy 6, Mike Ruane 4, Ryan Corcoran 4 NJIT STAT LEADERS Goals: Aaron Forster 4 Assists: Three with 1 Saves: Cameron Crook 6 Ground Balls: John Tachon 4 Next Up Quinnipiac travels to Fairfield for a 3 p.m. contest on Tuesday.