Towson, Md. – Junior
Kylie Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) scored with four seconds to go off a feed from from sophomore
Kasey Mitchell (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.), giving the No. 6/5 Stony Brook women's lacrosse team a 10-9 win over No. 19/19 Towson Saturday at Johnny Unitas Stadium in both teams' 2017 opener.
Coach Spallina's Take
"Not a thing of beauty … We did so many uncharacteristic things but we found a way to win. Down a goal and down two men with four minutes left, we get a stop and then we tie it. Our team willed its way to a win, and like I told them, it's not always sunshine and rainbows. Towson has a great team that returned 10 starters from a 16-4 team and 90-percent of its scoring we knew we had our work cut out for us."
Turning Point
The Seawolves trailed 9-8 with two minutes remaining before junior
Samantha DiSalvo (Lynbrook, N.Y.) tied the game with 1:53 to go. Stony Brook forced a shot-clock violation on the ensuing Towson position, giving the ball back to Stony Brook with 17 seconds to go. Mitchell was awarded a free-position shot, electing to pass to Ohlmiller for what proved to be the game-winning tally.
By the Numbers
- Four Seawolves tallied two goals in the contest – DiSalvo, senior
Dorrien Van Dyke (Northport, N.Y.), senior
Kristin Yevoli (Massapequa, N.Y.) and freshman
Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.).
- Ohlmiller had one goal and three assists, while senior
Courtney Murphy (Shirley, N.Y.) added a goal.
- Sophomore
Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) had six saves.
Notes
- Stony Brook improves to 3-0 all-time against Towson.
- Stony Brook moves to 6-0 in season-openers under Coach Spallina.
- The Seawolves are now 13-2 in the month of February since Coach Spallina arrived in 2012.
- Four Seawolves – Kennedy, junior
Carolyn Carrera (Riverhead, N.Y.), sophomore
Carlee Janelli (Glen Head, N.Y.) and freshman
Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) – made their first Stony Brook starts Saturday.
- Murphy's goal was the 233rd of her career, passing Sheehan Stanwick and Katie Rowan for sole possession of 19th place in NCAA history.
- Kennedy had the first two-goal game in a Seawolves debut since Murphy (7) and Van Dyke (5) combined for 12 goals at Bucknell, Feb. 15, 2014.
Up Next
The Seawolves are off for two weeks before hosting Bryant, Saturday, Feb. 18 at noon at LaValle Stadium.
