ALBANY, N.Y. – Sophomore
Dylan Pallonetti entered Saturday's matchup at Albany with the second-longest goal scoring streak in the country. The sophomore was able to extend his goal scoring streak to 23 games in a row, but Stony Brook fell just short at Albany as the Great Danes came away with a 12-10 victory.
The Seawolves' offense came alive in the second half as it tallied nine goals over the final two quarters. Stony Brook went for six goals in the fourth as it mounted its comeback attempt, but was unable to go out in front of Albany. The Seawolves were able to cut the Great Danes' lead to as little as two on two separate occasions, but that was the closest they would come to tying the game up.
After being outscored 6-1 in the first half, Stony Brook's offense began to cut into Albany's lead. The Seawolves received second half hat tricks from Pallonetti and graduate midfield
Mike McCannell. The duo accounted for six of Stony Brook's 10 goals as they helped the Seawolves narrow the deficit.
With 7:15 to play, Pallonetti rattled the cage for the third time and cut the Albany lead to 10-8. The Great Danes received back-to-back goals down the stretch to extend their advantage to 12-8. Graduate attack
Kevin Mack scored a pair of goals over the final two minutes, but that would be the closest that Stony Brook would get as Albany held on to win, 12-10.
After winning each of the last two meetings with Albany, the Seawolves fell to the Great Danes for the first time since the 2018 season. Today's meeting marked the first up in Albany since March 31, 2018, when the Great Danes defeated the Seawolves, 13-7.
STATS AND NOTES
- Pallonetti totaled four points as he recorded his fourth hat trick of the season and 10th of his career in the contest. The sophomore also dished out an assist and picked up a pair of ground balls. Pallonetti extended his goal scoring streak to 23 games in a row, which is the second-longest active goal scoring streak in the nation. He has scored at least one goal in each game of his collegiate career.
- McCannell led the team with five points (three goals, two assists). He registered his fourth hat trick of the season and the ninth of his career. The two assists tied a season-high which he last did in a win over UMass Lowell on March 16.
- Mack tallied three points (two goals, one assist) for Stony Brook. His two goals both came with under three minutes to play in the game. It was his seventh multi-point game of the season and 30th of his career.
- Sophomore Ben Morschauser scored Stony Brook's first goal, which was his second of the season. Sophomore attack Noah Armitage also added a goal in the contest.
- Junior long stick midfield Christian Lowd caused a career-high six turnovers and picked up four ground balls.
- Graduate midfield Chris Merle picked up three ground balls and caused three turnovers.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"At the end of the day we can't score one goal in the first half and expect to win. I thought we battled in the second half but just dug ourselves too big of a hole," said head coach
Anthony Gilardi.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook returns to the field on Tuesday, April 5, when it travels to Hanover, N.H. to take on Dartmouth at 3 p.m. It marks the first time that Stony Brook and Dartmouth will go head-to-head since March 28, 1998, when the Seawolves picked up an 18-8 victory.
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