Final Stats

Stony Brook, N.Y. - Junior Brody Eastwood (Victoria, British Columbia) scored four goals and senior Mike Rooney (East Islip, N.Y.) added a goal and six assists to lead the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team to a 12-6 win over UMBC Saturday at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

Rooney assisted on each of Eastwood's four goals and scored or assisted on seven of the Seawolves' final 10 goals.

Stony Brook (6-2, 1-1 America East) outscored UMBC (2-5, 0-2), 7-1, after the Retrievers tied the game at five with 6:47 left in the third quarter.

Juniors Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, British Columbia) and Frank Lucatuorto (Stony Brook, N.Y.) added two goals apiece.

Freshman Brandon Maciejewski (Penn Yan, N.Y.) made seven saves to record his second victory of the season.

Nate Lewnes led UMBC with three goals. Pat Young, the Retrievers' leading scorer, was held to one goal.

Quotes . . .
Jim Nagle
"I thought it was good for our guys to get our first league win. Credit to UMBC for the way they played. They had a tough game last week, so we knew they would make the necessary adjustments and play with the necessary resolve. They have an experienced group, especially on defense, that gave us problems. We didn't play pretty, but in the end, we got the win."

Mike Rooney
"I felt like we weren't really playing our game for the first two-and-a-half quarters. I thought we carried some momentum from the third into the fourth quarter with some late saves and goals."

Brandon Maciejewski
"I was excited to be out there. I knew I had to play to the best of my ability in a conference game we needed to have."

Brody Eastwood
"After the Albany loss, we just wanted to have a great week of practice going into today's game. We'll have the same approach when we play Vermont next week. Not sure you can look past anyone in this league."

Key Moment
UMBC scored two goals eight seconds apart in the third quarter to tie the game at five. Connor Finch had a shot attempt on the door step, but was stoned by Maciejewski. After a successful clear, Rooney found Eastwood cutting to the crease for the score. It was the first of four straight goals for Stony Brook.

By The Numbers
• Stony Brook scored nine of its 12 goals in the second half, including six in the fourth quarter.
• Lucatuorto's two goals are a career-high. He had tallied one goal in 30 games prior to today.
• Lucatuorto and sophomore Jay Lindsay (Burlington, Ontario) combined to win 17 draws. Lucatuorto was 13 of 16 and Lindsay was 4 of 6 at the 'X'.
• The Seawolves had 28 ground balls to UMBC's 18.
• Both teams were 12-for-14 on clear attempts.
• Stony Brook turned the ball over only nine times and only once in the fourth quarter.

News & Notes
• Stony Brook snapped a two-game losing streak against UMBC.
• Today's win was the 250th all-time for the program.
• Rooney has 19 points in four career games against UMBC.
• Eastwood has scored 12 goals in three games against UMBC.
• Rooney is 13 points away from becoming the fourth player in school history to reach 200 career points.
• Rooney's tallied 36 points over the last five games. He also moved into third place all-time with 83 assists.

Up Next
Stony Brook will head to Vermont to take on the Catamounts on Saturday, March 28 at 1:30 p.m.