STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook University men's lacrosse team is set to play a pair of fall ball exhibition games on Sunday, October 17, at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, N.Y. The Seawolves are slated to face Army at 11 a.m., followed by a meeting with Marquette at 1 p.m.
"We are looking forward to the opportunity to compete on Sunday versus Army and Marquette at Ward Melville High School. It is going to be a great day of lacrosse on Long Island with Yale also participating in the four-way scrimmage. This will be a very good test of where we are through the end of Phase two of the Fall. We have a lot of new guys and a lot of returners in new spots. We are looking forward to seeing how we compete and handle the ups and downs of playing other teams. The scrimmages will give us a lot of information on where we are and areas we need to improve as we finish up the Fall and progress into the preseason," said head coach
Anthony Gilardi.
Stony Brook is coming off of an (8-6, 6-3 America East) season in 2021 and earned a trip to the conference semifinals. The Seawolves finished the year ranked fourth in the nation in scoring offense (14.36), fourth in points per game (23.57), fourth in assists per game (9.21), and fourth in fewest turnovers per game (12.86). Stony Brook also ranked eighth in the nation in scoring margin (3.71), ninth in man-up offense (0.434), 11
th in ground balls per game (34.36), and 15
th in man-down defense (0.711).
The Seawolves return All-Conference selections
Dylan Pallonetti,
Mike McCannell,
Michael Sabella,
David Estrella, and
Austin Deskewicz to their 2022 roster. In addition to being an All-America East First Team and All-Rookie selection, Pallonetti was the league's Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. He became the first student-athlete in America East history to win the Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors in the same season.
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