April 12, 2014

Final Stats

Albany, N.Y. - The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team fell to 5-8, 1-2 in America East play after a 17-7 loss to Albany Saturday night at John Fallon Field. Sophomore Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, British Columbia) led the Seawolves with two goals and four assists, which tied a career-high.

Sophomore Matt Schultz (Smithtown, N.Y.) added two goals for Stony Brook, which lost at Albany for the first time April 26, 2008.

Freshman Hayden Johnstone (Toronto, Ontario) finished with 12 saves.

Miles and Ty Thompson combined to score nine goals to lead Albany (6-5, 3-0)

Head Coach Jim Nagle's Reaction
"I thought their pressure on the ride was the difference in the game. It helped them force turnovers. We've got to do a better job on executing the simple stuff."

Turning Point
Schultz and Rogers scored 47 seconds apart in the first quarter, but Stony Brook did not score for the next 23:34 of game action. Albany scored eight consecutive goals over a 13-minute span to take its biggest lead of the game, 8-2, up to that point.

By The Numbers
• Rogers extended his consecutive point streak to 29 straight games
• Johnstone's 12 saves gave him six out of the last seven games with double-digit saves
• Redshirt freshman Jeff Reh (Sound Beach, N.Y.) scored his first collegiate goal in the fourth quarter
• Each team went 2 of 4 on man-up opportunities
• Freshman Kyle Rowe (Vienna, Va.) was 14 of 27 at the 'X'
• Stony Brook was 10 of 18 on clear attempts

News & Notes
• Rogers has 15 points in three career games against Albany and at least three points in seven of the last eight games
• Rowe helped Stony Brook win the face-off battle for the 12 time in 13 games this season.
• Sophomore Brody Eastwood (Coquitlam, British Columbia) was held without a goal to snap a streak of 24 straight games with a score

Up Next
Stony Brook will head upstate again to take on Binghamton (5-6, 3-0) on Saturday, April 19 at 1 p.m.