STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Anthony Palma continues to dazzle in his first season as the starting goalie for the Stony Brook men's lacrosse team. And Palma was recognized for his performance with a selection to the USILA Team of the Week on Tuesday.
In a 14-8 win against Bryant on Saturday, Palma recorded a career-high 16 saves. He allowed only one goal after intermission and held the Bulldogs scoreless for the final 19 minutes, 11 seconds.
Palma, a 6-foot, 175-pound junior from East Islip, is 2-0 with an 7.82 goals against average and 6.34 save percentage through two collegiate starts.
He had been named the America East Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
"Anthony was fantastic in the goal, bailing us out any time they had any good looks," coach
Anthony Gilardi said. "… He's just locked in. We've seen that from Anthony for the year and a half I've been at Stony Brook. He has that in him to get hot. He's been really consistent this year specifically."
The No. 17 Seawolves return to action Saturday at Hofstra.