For the fourth time in the past six years, the Adelphi University men's lacrosse team will play for a Northeast-10 Championship. The top-seeded Panthers down fourth-seeded Pace, 15-12, in Wednesday's semifinal on Motamed Field to return to the NE10 title game after a year's absence. Adelphi is 3-2 in NE10 championship games all-time, winning its last title in 2015 as the second of back-to-back titles, and last finishing runner-up to Le Moyne College on home turf in 2017. The Panthers will have a another crack at the Dolphins in an NE10 final on Motamed Field on Sunday at 1 p.m., after second-seeded Le Moyne edged third-seeded Merrimack in the waning second of the other semifinal, 12-11, earlier on Wednesday. A 6-1 scoring edge in the third quarter turned a one-goal game at halftime into a six-goal lead for Adelphi, and the Panthers kept the Setters at arms' length from there over the final 15 minutes. Ian Kirby and Michael Osmundsen both tallied hat tricks for the Panthers (16-1) in the victory, with Osmundsen also tallying an assist for a team-high four points. Michael Paccione also tallied a goal and two assists for three points in the win, while 10 Adelphi players recorded at least one point in total. Brendan McDougal made 12 saves in the Panthers' cage, while Mark Andrejack won 20 of the 28 face-offs he took at the X and picked up a game-high 13 ground balls. Despite letting up the first goal of the game to Kirby, Pace scored four of the next five to take a 4-2 lead over the Panthers in the opening quarter. However, the Setters would not score again from the 3:35 mark in the period, over which scores by Gordon Purdie, Jr. and Nicolas Racalbuto tied things up at 4-4 after the first 15. Pace twice took a one-goal lead in the second quarter, but Adelphi had the answer each time, and later scored three of the last four goals over the last 8:31 to lead 8-7 at the break, with Sean McGovern's tally with 3:17 to play the difference. The Brown and Gold nearly kept Pace off the board in the third period, scoring the first six goals before the Setters' Daniel Keenan put one in with just nine seconds on the clock. Five different Panthers were responsible for the six goals, with Osmundsen starting and ending the scoring stretch, to build a game-high 14-8 lead. The Setters would not go quietly, however, scoring four of the last five goals of the game overall, and the last three, to creep closer - but they could not ultimately overcome the deficit. The Dolphins got the better of the Panthers in the teams' regular-season meeting on April 13. In a game in which in the Panthers trailed 8-2, they then ripped off six unanswered to level proceedings at 8-8 in the fourth quarterfinal before Le Moyne scored the last two to hand Adelphi its only loss of the season to date. About Adelphi Athletics A regionally and nationally competitive NCAA Division II institution located in Garden City, N.Y., Adelphi University has been a proud member of the Northeast-10 Conference since 2009. Winners of 16 NCAA Division II National Championships and four NE10 Presidents' Cups, Panther athletes have excelled at the conference, regional and national level, both on the field of play and in the classroom. In turn, the Adelphi athletic department is committed to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, equity and success where its student-athletes can thrive both on campus and off. Stay connected with Adelphi Athletics by following the Panthers at aupanthers.com or via social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and wear your Panther pride by shopping official Adelphi Panthers gear at our licensed team store.