Box Score March 29, 2016
Final Stats
Bethlehem, Pa. - Seniors Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, British Columbia) and Chris Hughes (Oceanside, N.Y.) and junior Ryan Bitzer (Riverhead, N.Y.) each enjoyed career nights as the No. 12 Stony Brook men's lacrosse team defeated Lehigh, 16-6, Tuesday at the Ulrich Sports Complex.
Rogers had two goals and a career-high five assists. Hughes tied a career-high with six points on three goals and three assists.
Bitzer tallied career-highs of five goals and six points.
Stony Brook (7-2) has won seven of its first nine games for a second straight season.
Matt Raposo had two goals for Lehigh (5-4).
Quotes . . .
Jim Nagle Jay Lindsay got us the possessions early on and we went from there. I thought our maturity showed with our ability to share the ball. Our ability to get ground balls tonight can't be overstated. We took a big step defensively.
Ryan [Bitzer] has been doing so much extra work before and after practice. I was really happy for him tonight.
In the beginning of the game,
Zach Oliveri made a couple of point-blank saves that could have gone either way. His presence in the cage allowed us to stretch our lead tonight.
Ryan Bitzer Our quick starts is attributable to ball movement, fundamentals and running quality offense. I was in a little bit of a slump, but my teammates are always there to support me. Challen [Rogers] is the quarterback and point guard for our offense. He's a great feeder.
By The Numbers
• Stony Brook outshot Lehigh, 42-22.
• Junior
Jay Lindsay (Burlington, Ontario) won 17 draws for a second straight game and had a game-high 11 ground balls.
• Eight different players scored a goal and 10 tallied a point for Stony Brook
• Senior
Zach Oliveri (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) made six saves and allowed two goals in the first half.
• Stony Brook scored four goals with the 30-second shot clock on.
• Sophomore
Tyler Anderson (Wading River, N.Y.) scored his second collegiate goal.
News & Notes
• Rogers moved past
Kevin Crowley '11 into third place in school history with 103 career assists.
• Junior
Alex Corpolongo (Purdys, N.Y.) scored two goals to match last year's season total of 23 with at least six games to go.
• Stony Brook has won 22 straight games when holding an opponent under 10 goals.
• Lehigh entered tonight's game averaging more than 12 goals per game.
• The Seawolves reached double-digit goals in the first half for a second straight game.
• Hughes' first assist of the game was the 100th point of his career. He's the 19th player in school history to reach 100 career points.
• Stony Brook has scored seven goals in the first quarter in two of the last four games.
• Rogers is 16 points away from 200 for his career.
Up Next
Stony Brook hosts Vermont Sunday, April 3 at 12 p.m.
