STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Seawolves returned to LaValle Stadium and rolled to a 17-9 win over UMass Lowell in the America East conference play opener on Wednesday afternoon. With the victory, Stony Brook improved to 5-2, 1-0 America East on the season and is now a perfect 7-0 all-time against the River Hawks.
The Seawolves led wire-to-wire en route to their third home victory of the season. They received goals from eight different scorers and had five student-athletes record multi-goal games. Sophomore attack
Noah Armitage led all scorers with a career-high six points as he totaled a career-high four goals and a career-best two assists.
Sophomore attack
Dylan Pallonetti and graduate midfield
Matt DeMeo each registered a hat trick in the contest. For Pallonetti, it was his third hat trick of the season, while DeMeo notched his first hat trick of the 2022 campaign.
A strong defensive effort helped limited the River Hawks to nine goals, which marked the fourth time this season and second game in a row that Stony Brook has held an opponent to 10 goals or fewer. The Seawolves forced a season-high 24 turnovers and limited UMass Lowell to 12-for-16 on clear attempts.
Stony Brook was able to grow its lead thanks to outscoring the River Hawks, 9-2, over the second and third quarters. The Seawolves stymied UMass Lowell in the second and third as they held them to one goal in each of the respective frames.
STATS AND NOTES
- Armitage led all scorers with a career-best six points as he scored a career-high four goals and dished out a career-high two assists. The sophomore also picked up three ground balls, which were also a career-high. His six points are tied for the most in a game by a Seawolf this season.
- Pallonetti recorded his third hat trick of the season and seventh multi-goal game. He has scored at least one goal in every game of his collegiate career and has now registered 19 career multi-goal games. The hat trick was the ninth of his career. He also dished out an assist and picked up three ground balls.
- DeMeo notched his first hat trick of the season and the 38th of his career. It was his first multi-goal game as he tallied his three goals on four shots.
- Graduate midfield Kevin Mack racked up five points with two goals and three assists. It was his fifth multi-assist game of the season and 16th of his career.
- Senior midfield Caleb Pearson registered a pair of goals for his first multi-goal performance on the season.
- Graduate midfield Mike McCannell (one goal, two assists), senior midfield Matt Anderson (one goal), sophomore defensive midfield Ben Morschauser (one goal), and senior midfield Mike McMahon (one goal) all recorded points in the game. Morschauser's goal was the first of his career.
- Graduate midfield Chris Merle picked up a career-high six ground balls, while junior face-off specialist Renz Conlon picked up five.
- Junior long stick midfield Christian Lowd totaled three ground balls and two caused turnovers.
- The Seawolves are now 4-1 at home in conference games under head coach Anthony Gilardi.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"It's always great to win, obviously a quick turnaround – we play again on Saturday. A Wednesday conference game is something unique and we appreciate UMass Lowell for changing the game for us to play midweek. The guys fought hard, it's not going to be clean on quick preps – I'm proud of the effort and finding a way to win," said coach Gilardi following the 17-9 win over UMass Lowell.
"For us, winning the America East regular season is all we have. Every one of these games are really important and to go 1-0 gives you an opportunity to be 2-0. We are proud of that and we are looking forward to the next opportunity," said Gilardi as he discussed the importance of earning a win in the conference opener.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook welcomes fellow New York state foe Syracuse to Long Island on Saturday, March 19, at 3 p.m. It marks the first time in history that Stony Brook will play host to Syracuse.
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