BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team fought off a late push by Vermont that saw the Catamounts get back within one in the final minutes, but the Seawolves held on for the 10-9 win at Virtue Field Saturday afternoon. The Catamounts rallied for five goals in the fourth quarter, but the Stony Brook defense held strong to close out the win. The Seawolves move to 6-5 on the year, 2-2 in league play, while Vermont now sits at 5-7 this season, 1-4 in America East action.
 
Nagle's Reaction
 "It was a huge league win for our team this afternoon," said head coach Jim Nagle. "I'm happy for our guys, they worked hard this week in practice and it paid off for them. They held strong late in the game, and God bless that post."

Highlights

• Senior Ryan Bitzer (Riverhead, N.Y.) got things going for the Seawolves early as he put away back-to-back goals in transition. Classmate Alex Corpolongo (Purdys, N.Y.) quickly made it a 3-1 game, but Vermont responded with two straight to tie things up.
• Freshman Michael Bollinger (Sachem, N.Y.) came up with a big save for the Seawolves in the closing minutes of the first quarter to keep things tied at three by the end of the opening period.
• The Seawolves held Vermont scoreless in the second quarter, while freshman Tom Haun (Sachem, N.Y.) put away two of the team's three goals in the quarter to take a 6-3 lead into the break.
• Haun found Corpolongo twice and Vermont added a goal of its own in a slow third quarter for both teams.
• Freshman Wayne White (Huntington, N.Y.) gave Stony Brook its largest lead of the afternoon as he made it a five-goal game to start the fourth quarter, but the Catamounts responded with back-to-back goals as they tried to get things going in the final period.
• Senior Jeff Reh (Sound Beach, N.Y.) set up junior Jake Sheets (Brightwaters, N.Y.) with 6:35 left in the game, but the goal did not slow Vermont's momentum.
• The Catamounts added three more goals in the final 5:41 of play to get back within one. They maintained possession through the final minutes but were unable to add to the total. Bollinger game up with a huge stop with 11 seconds remaining and Vermont sent its final attempt of the game off the post as time ran out.  

Notes

• Corpolongo and Bitzer both extended their streaks in the game as Corpolongo has now scored in 29 straight games and Bitzer made it 32 games in a row with a point.
• Haun notched his eighth multi-point game of the season.
• Bollinger finished with 12 saves, marking the third time through four starts he has reached double figures in the category.
• Sheets' goal was his first of the season, while freshman Harrison Matsuoka (Calgary, Alberta) earned the first point of his career as he assisted Bitzer's second goal of the game. 

Up Next
The Seawolves remain on the road next weekend, taking on UMass Lowell on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.