Game 12: Stony Brook (6-5, 2-1 AE) at UMass Lowell (4-7, 1-2 AE)
LOCATION	Cushing Field Complex | Lowell, Mass.
DATE | TIME	Saturday, April 13  |  7 p.m.
RANKINGS	Stony Brook: UR | UMass Lowell: UR
COVERAGE	Live Stats  |  AE.tv
GAME NOTES	Stony Brook | UMass Lowell

LOWELL, Mass. -- After back-to-back non-league games last week, the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team returns to America East Conference action on Saturday when they visit UMass Lowell for a 7 p.m. faceoff at Cushing Field Complex.

The Seawolves (6-5, 2-1 AE) split the two non-conference games last week with a victory at St. John's and a loss to Princeton. The River Hawks (4-7, 1-2 AE) dropped a road game at Hartford last Saturday.

SERIES INFO
• This will mark the fifth meeting between the two conference foes.
• Stony Brook have won all four of the previous meetings.  
 • The Seawolves are 2-0 in games played in Lowell.  
 
LAST TIME AGAINST UMASS LOWELL
• Stony Brook edged out UMass Lowell, 12-11, in a battle of runs at LaValle Stadium on April 20.
• The Seawolves strung together a late spree and caused a turnover on the final face-off of the game to seal the victory.
• Stony Brook got out to a hot start, opening the game with eight straight goals from eight different players in the first 17:33 of play.
• Mike McCannell recorded a hat trick in the victory, while Chris Pickel Jr. and Tom Haun each netted a pair of goals.

SEAWOLVES NOTES
• Stony Brook, the co-regular season America East Conference champions in 2018, were slated second in the preseason conference poll by the league's coaches. The Seawolves received three first-place votes and 32 points to fall just behind UAlbany's 33 points and three first-place votes.
• Junior Tom Haun leads the Seawolves with 23 goals through the first 11 games of the season. His first of a career-best five goals in the win at Hofstra was the 50th of his career.
• Haun earned the America East Offensive Player of the Week on March 4 following his week with six goals and two assists that included his five-goal night at Hofstra.
 • Junior Michael Bollinger was named the America East Defender of the Week on Feb. 25 after he recorded 12 saves in the win at Brown. He also stopped nine Hofstra shots.
• Junior Chris Pickel Jr. scored the game-winning goal with 16 seconds remaining to defeated Bryant and was named the America East Offensive Player of the Week on March 11. He tallied a total of five goals during that week.
• Freshman Layton Harrell netted a career-best three goals for his first hat trick in the win over UMBC to earn the America East Rookie of the Week honor on March 23.
• Senior LSM Ryland Rees has been named to the 2019 Tewaaraton Watch List.

LAST TIME OUT
• Stony Brook stumbled on Saturday night at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium to visiting Princeton 14-4 in the final non-league game of the regular season.
• Cory VanGinhoven, Layton Harrell, Connor Grippe and Mike McCannell scored the Seawolves' goals.

SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL
• The River Hawks are 4-7 overall and 1-2 in America East play.
• 16 different players have scored at least a goal for UML and four players have netted double figure goals.
• Cory Highfield and Jake Lining lead UMass Lowell with 16 goals each. Highfield also leads the squad with 30 points.

ON DECK
Stony Brook completes its conference road schedule with a trip to Vermont next Saturday at 12 p.m.