BALTIMORE – The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team reigned victorious on Tuesday night against No. 17 Johns Hopkins. The Seawolves downed the Blue Jays by a 12-9 score at Homewood Field to notch their fourth win in a row and second of the season over a top-20 team.

QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"Tremendous road win for our squad. Hopkins is a great team and we knew we had to play a great game to be successful. I'm real proud of the way our team stepped up and got contributions from different places. Our defense was real impressive tonight against a potent offense. We will enjoy the bus ride back but all of our attention is on Friday night and Albany. Our team is working and improving and that's all you can ask!"
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• With things all tied up, 9-9, with under 14 minutes to play, Stony Brook scored the final three goals of the evening to come away with the win.
• Johns Hopkins began the contest with a 2-0 advantage but the Seawolves fought back to take a 6-5 lead at the half. 
• Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.) led all players on the field with six points from four goals and two assists.
• Her first three goals came in the first half. 
• Siobhan Rafferty (Long Beach, N.Y.) and Sara Moeller (Phoenix, Md.) each netted hat tricks.
• Rafferty laid claim to the game winner with 12:34 remaining and Moeller also added in an assist to garner four total points.
• Mackenzie Burns (West Sayville, N.Y.) and Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) each put in scores as well.
• Burns put in the insurance goal and McCarthy scored 47 seconds into the second half to put the team up by two.
• Goalkeeper Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) made seven saves on the evening, including a clutch stop on a Johns Hopkins free position attempt that would have pulled the Blue Jays within one with 3:28 remaining.

NOTES

• Kennedy has scored in all 12 games this season and Rafferty has notched at least one point in each contest.
• McCarthy (6) and Kennedy (4) combined for 10 of the Seawolves' draw controls.
• Rafferty and Williams each caused three turnovers while Haley Dillon (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) and Tesoriero picked up three ground balls apiece.
• The Seawolves outshot the Blue Jays 33-21 with 24 falling on goal.
• The team also had the slight advantage in draw controls, 12-11.
• Johns Hopkins had the edge in ground ball pickups, 17-14.
• Stony Brook is 5-3 all-time against Johns Hopkins, winning its last four matchups.

NEXT UP
A big weekend awaits Stony Brook as the Seawolves host UAlbany and USC at LaValle Stadium. Stony Brook meets with the Great Danes at 6 p.m. this Friday for the Employee Appreciation Game and will go head-to-head with the Trojans on Sunday at noon for the team's Pink Game.