Final Stats

Burlington, Vt. - Senior Mike Rooney (East Islip, N.Y.) totaled a career-high 11 points and junior Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, British Columbia) scored a career-best five goals to lead the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team over Vermont, 21-12, Saturday at Virtue Field.

Rooney scored three goals and finished with a career-high eight assists. He has 47 points in the last six games and 56 for the season.

Rogers bested his previous goal total of four set against Sacred Heart last year and Manhattan this year.

Junior Brody Eastwood (Victoria, British Columbia) tallied four goals.

Junior Chris Hughes (Oceanside, N.Y.) and freshman McLean Chicquen (Victoria, British Columbia) added two goals and an assist apiece.

Stony Brook (7-2, 2-1 America East) had 10 players with at least one point.

Sophomore Jay Lindsay (Burlington, Ontario) was 14 of 25 from the 'X'.

Ian MacKay and Dyson White had three goals apiece for Vermont (3-8, 1-1).

Quotes . . .
Jim Nagle
"We did a nice job in that second quarter of sharing the ball and playing unselfishly. Mike [Rooney] did a great job of acting as a catalyst. Vermont did a good job of taking us out of our rhythm early on, but our guys maintained their poise. Mike's done a terrific job of letting the game come to him and let other guys play through him."

Mike Rooney
"I'm just playing as hard as I can and making a concerted effort to get other guys involved. This is my last year at Stony Brook so I'm trying to play with no regrets. Today, we were able to score quickly, especially in the second quarter. We kind of slowed down a little bit, but we did enough in the second."

Key Moment
James Barlow's second goal of the game tied it at 3 with 6:17 left in the first quarter. Chicquen scored two straight goals to ignite a stretch of 10 straight goals and 14 of the next 15 as the Seawolves led 17-4 with 9:22 left in the third.

By The Numbers
· Stony Brook scored 13 goals on 18 shots in the first half.
· Eight different players scored for Stony Brook in the first half.
· The eight second-quarter goals are a season-high for a quarter.
· The Seawolves were 2 of 2 on man-up opportunities.
· Stony Brook totaled 42 ground balls.
· The 21 goals are the most in Nagle's four seasons as head coach at Stony Brook.

News & Notes
· Stony Brook is 15-0 all-time against Vermont.
· The only player to tally more assists in a game than Rooney was John Sproat (9) against Marist in 1990.
· Rooney's 11 points are the fifth most in a game in school history.
· Rooney is two points away from 200 and 35 from breaking Kevin Crowley's school record of 232.
· The Seawolves have scored in double digits in the first half twice this season (11 vs. Manhattan).
· Freshman Matt Philbin (Danbury, Conn.) tallied his first collegiate point after winning the draw and finding Rooney top left for the goal.

Up Next
Stony Brook will open a two-game homestand against Quinnipiac on Tuesday, March 31 at 7 p.m.