STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Score one for the 631 in the Battle for Long Island.

The Stony Brook men's lacrosse team defeated Hofstra, 14-11, Tuesday night to remain unbeaten at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium under first-year coach Anthony Gilardi.

After overtime victories at home against St. John's in the season opener and Brown on Saturday courtesy of sudden-death goals from Caleb Pearson, the Seawolves required less drama to earn the win against the Pride.

Wayne White put Stony Brook (3-1) ahead for good in the third quarter with his second goal of the game.

Connor Grippe followed with a goal 25 seconds later for a 10-8 advantage.

And after Hofstra climbed back within a goal, Devin O'Leary answered with the first man-down tally by the Seawolves this season. Matt Anderson also scored before the third quarter's completion to give Stony Brook a three-goal cushion heading into the final period.

Renz Conlon then won the faceoff and scored his first Division I goal 10 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 13-9 lead and Stony Brook was off to the races. Conlon, a transfer from Franklin Pierce, also won 16 of 28 faceoffs.

"We had a lot of energy going into this one being that it was a rivalry game," said Cory VanGinhoven, who produced his first hat trick of the season as well as two assists. "We took down St. John's. We took down Hofstra. We're pretty much Long Island's team now."

Said Gilardi: "It was a quick turnaround, a rivalry game and two great Long Island teams battling. I told the guys we needed great energy, effort and toughness. The guys did it from the first play until the last play. I loved their effort. The guys gave us everything they had the entire game."

Patrick Kaschalk's goal with 2:11 to go put Stony Brook ahead 14-11 and defused a late push by the Pride (2-2).

VanGinhoven tallied his sixth career hat trick.

"I was just trying to get them on cage when I was shooting," VanGinhoven said. "And then I was just keeping my head up when I was dodging and finding the open guy."

Eleven players scored goals for the Seawolves.

"We're an unselfish team," Gilardi said. "We preached that from Day 1."

Goalie Michael Bollinger, who earlier in the day was named to the USILA Team of the Week for his career-high 22-save performance against Brown, turned in another standout performance.

Bollinger, who was featured Sunday on Fox 5 New York for his athletic accomplishments and work as a volunteer firefighter in Holbrook, recorded 16 saves. He held Hofstra scoreless for 14 minutes, 49 seconds spanning the third and fourth quarters.

Stony Brook has now won consecutive games against the Pride. Tom Haun's tiebreaking goal with 80 seconds remaining gave the Seawolves an 11-10 win last season in Hempstead.

The Seawolves return to action at Rutgers on Saturday at noon.