Queens, N.Y. -–The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team improved to 2-0 after coming from behind and taking down St. John's 14-5 Sunday afternoon.
Nagle's Reaction
"Always good to get the result against a cross town rival. We are learning each week what type of team we can be if we maintain our focus on individual and team development," said head coach
Jim Nagle.
Highlights
- Stony Brook got off to a slow start going down 4-0 at the end of the first quarter.
- Freshman Cory VanGinhoven (Fort Mill, N.C.) would put Stony Brook on the board with 12:38 left in the second quarter.
- Junior Derek Lloyd (Calgary, Alberta) scored his first goal of the season on a man- up opportunity to cut St. John's lead in half.
- Senior Ryan Bitzer (Riverhead, N.Y) fed freshman Connor Grippe (Setauket, N.Y.) for a man-up goal to make it 3-4 St. John's.
- Freshman Wayne White (Huntington, N.Y.) tied it up 4-4 on a man-up opportunity.
- VanGinhoven picked up his second goal and put the lead in Stony Brook's favor the first time.
- Freshman Tom Haun (Sachem, N.Y.) added a goal with 12 minutes left in the third quarter to take the lead to 6-4.
- Senior Alex Corpolongo (Purdys, N.Y) and sophomore defenseman James Gerstner (Albertson, N.Y.) both added goals to increase the lead to 8-4.
- Bitzer fed Corpolongo for his second goal and Stony Brook went up 9-4.
- Five more players added goals in the Seawolves' fourth-quarter scoring spree.
Notes
- Junior Brandon Maciejewski (Penn Yan, N.Y.) picked up his second win of the year, only allowing four goals and totaled nine saves.
- James Gerstner (Albertson, N.Y.) and Chris Pickel Jr. (Bayport, N.Y.) tallied their first goals of their career.
- Bitzer, Llyod, and Matt Robison (Franklin Square, N.Y) picked up their first goals of the season.
- The Seawolves are, 7-10 on man -up opportunities this season and 5-5 today.
- Stony Brook was, 5-6 in face offs in the second quarter.
- The Seawolves scored 14 unanswered goals.
Up Next
The Seawolves will travel to Brown Saturday, Feb. 25
th for a 1 p.m. game.
