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Michael Bollinger set a career high with 22 saves.
10
Brown BRWN 2-1
11
Winner Stony Brook SBU 2-1
Brown BRWN
2-1
10
Final
11
Stony Brook SBU
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT F
Brown BRWN 3 2 4 1 0 10
Stony Brook SBU 4 0 3 3 1 11

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse |

OT THRILLER! Caleb Pearson scores game-winner, Michael Bollinger Makes 22 Saves in Brown Win

STONY BROOK, N.Y. —  Michael Bollinger stood tall, establishing a career high for saves. And Caleb Pearson's knack for overtime goals continued in another riveting victory for the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team on Saturday.

Pearson scored with 30.5 seconds remaining in the first OT session and the Seawolves rallied for an 11-10 win against Brown at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

"Caleb has ice in his veins," coach Anthony Gilardi said.

Stony Brook trailed 9-6 before getting consecutive goals from Tom Haun, Pearson, Cory VanGinhoven and Devin O'Leary to claim the lead.

Brown then forced the extra period on a goal from Luke McCaleb with 83 seconds to go.

Pearson produced a team-high four goals.

O'Leary tallied his first goal of the season.

Bollinger recorded 22 saves, rebounding from a loss at Fairfield in which he felt some stoppable shots found the back of the net. His previous career high had been 18 saves at St. John's on April 2, 2019.

Brown outshot Stony Brook, 61-41.

"Brown is a team that takes a lot of shots," Gilardi said. "We're not a team that looks at how many shots we try to take. ... Mike played great."

The Seawolves (2-1) also had won their season opener against St. John's in OT. Pearson scored the overtime winner in that game as well.

"The feeling after the first one, it was unbelievable. And especially after the second one," Pearson said. "You hate to go into overtime, especially in a tight game like that, because you never know how it's going to go. We were fortunate to have Bollinger make all of those saves. He was locking it down defensively. So we had to produce. It was unbelievable scoring that second overtime winner."

Stony Brook returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Hofstra at 6:31 p.m. at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.

"Everybody wants to celebrate, but it's really just on to the next one," Pearson said.
 
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