Final Stats

Queens, N.Y. - Despite a hat trick from junior Brody Eastwood (Victoria, British Columbia), the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team lost at St. John's, 13-8, Saturday at DaSilva Memorial Field.

The Seawolves had leads of 4-1 and 7-4, but the Red Storm scored seven unanswered goals.

Eastwood finished with his 18th career hat trick and all three goals were scored in the first half. Junior Matt Schultz (Smithtown, N.Y.) and senior Mike Rooney (East Islip, N.Y.) added two goals for Stony Brook (1-1), which went 3 of 5 on extra-man opportunities.

Stefan Diachenko had three of his four goals in the fourth quarter for St. John's (1-1).

Eric DeJohn finished with three goals and three assists.

Quotes . . .
Jim Nagle
"We just didn't capitalize on some of our opportunities.  We need to do a better job of fighting adversity and maintaining our poise and believing in our system.  I liked the way Frank [Lucatuorto] and our wings played.  Defensively, I thought we did a good job the majority of the time.  But we gave them too many chances and ultimately played defense too much, especially in the fourth quarter.

Key Moment
Schultz's man-up goal off a feed from sophomore Alex Corpolongo (Purdys, N.Y.) gave the Seawolves an 8-6 lead midway through the third quarter. St. John's scored 16 seconds apart towards the tail end of the third and scored five more unanswered in the fourth quarter.

News & Notes
• Eastwood has seven goals in two games and 91 in 34 career contests.
• Junior Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, British Columbia) finished with a goal and an assist and has tallied a point in all 34 games played.
• Freshman Brandon Maciejewski (Penn Yan, N.Y.) was charged with the loss after allowing eight goals, but did finish with eight saves.
• Junior Frank Lucatuorto (Stony Brook, N.Y.) was 13 of 23 at the 'X'.
• Rogers finished with a career-high six ground balls.
• Stony Brook cleared the ball successfully 16 of 17 opportunities.
• St. John's has won three straight in the series. The road team had won four straight in the series.

Up Next
Stony Brook will begin a three-game homestand against Division I-newcomer NJIT on Friday, February 20 at 3 p.m.