Game 13: Stony Brook (7-5, 3-1 AE) vs. Vermont (7-4, 4-1 AE)
LOCATION	Virtue Field | Burlington, Vt.
DATE | TIME	Saturday, Apr. 20 | 12:00 p.m. (ET)
RANKINGS	Stony Brook (UR) | Vermont (UR)
COVERAGE	Watch Live

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team looks to continue its three-game conference winning streak with a trip to first-place Vermont for a noon faceoff on Saturday, April 20 at Virtue Field.

The Seawolves (7-5, 3-1 AE) sit in second place in the America East after topping UMass Lowell, 15-12 last Saturday night. Vermont is tied with Albany for first place in the conference, and secured a spot in the America East Tournament after its win over Binghamton last Saturday.

Series Info

• Saturday's matchup with be the 22nd all-time meeting between the two conference foes.
• The Seawolves have an all-time record of 19-2 against the Catamounts.
• Stony Brook has won in all eight trips to Burlington.

Last Time Against Vermont

• The Catamounts topped Stony Brook, 8-4 in the 2018 America East Semifinals in Albany.
• Then-freshman Mike McCannell (Orangeville, Ontario) scored the Seawolves' first two goals to give them a 2-1 lead after the opening period.
• The contest was knotted at halftime, 3-3.
• Vermont led by one heading into the fourth quarter, where they rattled off a three-goal run and eventually won the game, 8-4.

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 (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) leads the squad with 27 goals. He was named the America East Offensive Player of the Week for the third time of the season this week, after notching four goals in the win over UMass Lowell.
• Junior Michael Bollinger (Holbrook, N.Y.) has tallied the majority of the minutes in net for the Seawolves, owning a .526 save percentage. He was named the America East Defender of the Week on Feb. 25.
• Junior Chris Pickel Jr. (Bayport, N.Y.) totaled a career-high six points in the Seawolves' win over UMass Lowell, dishing out his first three assists of the year.
• Junior Connor Grippe (Setauket, N.Y.) has scored a goal in six-consecutive games.
• Senior Ryland Rees (P. Coquitlam, B.C.) has been named to the 2019 Tewaarton Watch List.

Last Time Out

• Stony Brook topped UMass Lowell, 15-12, on Saturday night at Cushing Field Complex.
• The Seawolves had a hot start, jumping out to a 6-1 advantage midway through the first half.
• UMass Lowell rallied to trim its deficit to two at the half.
• Stony Brook led, 10-5 in the second half before the River Hawks made a run and tied the game at 12 with just under five minutes remaining.
• The Seawolves rattled off the last three goals of the night to secure the victory.
• Haun and Pickel Jr. both tallied hat tricks in the victory. It was Haun's fifth hat trick of the season and Pickel Jr.'s fourth.

Scouting Vermont

• The Catamounts are 7-4 overall and 4-1 in America East play.
• Junior A Ben French leads Vermont in goals with 21 and total points with 29.
• Junior G Nick Washuta has started all eleven games in goal, leading the conference in goals against average (9.11) and save percentage (.573).
• UVM leads the America East in goals per game, shots per game and assists per game.

On Deck
The Seawolves wrap up the regular season on Friday, April 26 at home against Albany.